 Early Colour Photos of Aust Trains
Robert wrote:
> I have a copy of an authochrome dating from 1916. It's by a French
> photographer and was taken in Vietnam. But it's not of a train, but
> of a pair of Vietnamese mandarins, very stiffly posed, in gorgeously
> coloured silk robes. Such tended to be the subjects of early colour
> photography. Trains would have been the last things those VERY few
> with access to authochrome would have taken, I suspect. The
> authochrome (copy!) I have gives a rather stilted colour, but it
> seems accurate in its way.
Yes, I tend to agree with you, although it is worth noting that one of
the first commercial, public showings of a motion picture - which was
also the work of the Lumiere brothers - was footage of a steam
hauled train arriving at a station in Paris. And I have seen some
Autochromes held by the museum at Saint-Mandé, that showed tramways in
Paris, and other French cities. So, maybe there are some train photos in
existence - one can always hope!
All the best,
Mark.
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