Pee Viggi and Squaw
These Photochrom prints are from the collections of the Detroit Photographic Company (est. 1888), who recorded colour images of American life for magazines and postcards, long before the technology of colour photography was possible. The company secured exclusive rights to the Swiss-developed Photochrom technology, which transfered black and white negatives onto lithographic printing plates. Photographers were employed to travel the country for long periods of time taking photos of urban and rural life and other communities from Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Thousands of images were taken from 1888 up until WWI, when declining sales and more advanced technologies forced the company into receivership in 1924.
Yucca Cactus at Hesperia, California
Women at the Matate, Moki Pueblos
Ojibwas. Equai and Papoose.
Children of Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
Picking Oranges
Canyon of the Rio Las Animas, Colorado
Mission San Luis Rey from the Cloisters
Monday Washing Day, New York
Gold of Ophir Roses, Carmelita, Pasadena
Laurel Blossoms
Azaleas of the Deep South
Cathedral Interior, Havana, Cuba
Apache Chief James A. Garfield,
Apache Chiefs Garfield, Ouche-te Foya and Sanches
Oraibi, Arizona. Thanksgiving Dance
Home of Rip Van Winkle, Sleepy Hollow, Catskill Mountains.
Papago Indians