First color photos from Russian Empire early 20th c.

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I don't know if have seen these yet, but I just came across them in Andrew Sullivan's blog, who pointed to another blog, who pointed to where they are housed, including the Library of Congress, and wikimedia commons.

They are the first color photos, from Russian Empire, early 20th c.. This blog explains them a bit,
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/03/some-of-worlds-first-color-photographs.html

This is where the photos can be found.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Mikhailovich_Prokudin-Gorskii
They link to other photo locations as well.

While this is not my time period or country of normal study, I found the photos just fascinating, especially in how vivid the colors of the clothing.

I am going to link a few here, so I can study them later for my own ends.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prokudin-Gorskii-08.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prokudin-Gorskii-05.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorskii_04422u.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorskii_04412u.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prokudin-Gorskii-44.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorskii_04430u.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorskii_04435u.jpg

Enjoy!