P3D Re: Autochromes

["Alexa R.W. Smith" <arws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> During the open part of the meeting of the O-hi-O Stereo Photographic
> Society, member Chuck Weiss talked about his lot of (mostly) stereo 
> glass slides and negatives that he got sometime back.  These stereo
> pictures were taken with a Jules Richard "Verascope" stereo camera
> in the turn of the century.  Many of the slides were in color,
> taken on Autochrome plates.  Autochrome was the most satisfactory
> process for producing color slides until the introduction of
> Kodachrome in 1935.  I asked Chuck to copy some of these slides
> and present them in a future meeting.  These would be the earliest
> color images I have seen.  
> 
> Color rules!
> 
> George Themelis

George,
Very cool that you got to see some Autochromes!  I've only seen a few over the 
years and never in stereo.  We are talking about the ones that used potato 
starch  separated into red, green, blue, right?  How did the grain look in 3D as
the ones I've seen weren't too smooth?  

Alexa
(who also loves that color!)

Alexa Smith
arws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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