#1
Posted: 5/5/2010 21:28:10
I was just reading a bit about a man named Albert Kahn who, with a team of photographers using autochrome cameras, captured some 70,000 color photos, starting as early as 1909. Staggering.
I've come across one aircraft picture in the bunch, and I'm about 90% sure it's a Farman MF.11, though the turreted front gun doesn't seem to show up in any other pictures I've come across.
If I'm wrong, I'm eagerly awaiting correction from one of the usual suspects ... in the meantime, have a look:
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#2
Posted: 5/7/2010 16:13:04
|Fantastic photo Hal.Thanks for posting.Makes you wonder what happened to the two guys in it,did they survive the war,I hope so.
#3
Posted: 5/12/2010 00:00:34
That's fantastic Hal. There's a WWI autochrome of a Nieuport that I've seen several times before but never the Farman . Wonderful find.
#4
Posted: 5/12/2010 00:44:16
Here are some more great autochromes early aviation in France, many are by Leon Gimpel
#5
Posted: 5/12/2010 08:14:11
Years later, people will look back at this thread, shake their heads sadly and say "... and that's when Hal first got totally obsessed with autochromes...!"
Beautiful stuff - I had no inkling that there would be that many images out there ...
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#6
Posted: 5/13/2010 19:11:11
This is glorious and stunning to the ultimate degree. I could go beserk over these photos....and bless the photographer.
This is a wonderful window into the past...and I only wish more photos were available.
Whoooooooooooooo! Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
#7
Posted: 6/18/2010 15:32:55
Beautiful shots!! I'm enthralled! THANKS for posting these!!