![[From St. Hanshaugen, Hammerfest, Norway] (LOC) (via The Library of Congress on Flickr)
What’s a photochrom? Published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, these prints were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.
I love the washed-out, bronze look of these. Check out the whole set.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktoefnrqus1qzxralo1_500.jpg)
[From St. Hanshaugen, Hammerfest, Norway] (LOC) (via The Library of Congress on Flickr)
What’s a photochrom?
Published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, these prints were created by the Photoglob Company in Zürich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Company in Michigan. The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches.
I love the washed-out, bronze look of these. Check out the whole set.
