Early 20th century England in colour

Post by **faceless** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:02 pm

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A crowd gathers near Big Ben during the 1919 victory celebrations

Returning heroes: The Union Jack and the French Tricolour flutter above the lines of troops marching through Knightsbridge during the World War One victory parade in 1919.

After the 1919 victory parade, London's Piccadilly Circus is eerily deserted

A snapshot of London's Fleet Stree, home of the British press in 1924.

An early photograph taken in 1913 of a London residential street.

Merchant ships are berthed on the bank of the Thames.

Children play on the cobbled streets of St Ives, Cornwall.

Locals pose in front of a dilapidated cottage in 1913 Cornwall.[/align]

Aja · Post by **Aja** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:30 pm

Wow ..... Love these Pics

Post by **Skylace** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 3:32 pm

Those are nice for sure. It gives a different feel to the photos entirely.

pirtybirdy · Post by **pirtybirdy** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:55 pm

Wow, I really love that. It just gives it a whole different vantage point I think.

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:26 pm

Those were wonderful pics. thanks Face, you always put up the most interesting content. I thoroughly enjoyed them.

Post by **faceless** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:40 pm

glad you all enjoyed them - the one with the man with the cart outside the house makes me think of 'The Young Ones' and the house they had.

Twirley · Post by **Twirley** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:25 pm

How were these done? Was the colour added in afterwards? Pretty cool, whatever.

Post by **faceless** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:15 pm

no, they are original colour pictures - I think they're to do with Albert Kahn and his mission to record life around the time. If you check in Ash's documentaries thread you'll hopefully still be able to get 'The Edwardians in Colour' which featured a lot of similar stuff.

[web]https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentar ... kahn.shtml[/web]

Twirley · Post by **Twirley** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:33 pm

That makes the photos even cooler. I'll look up Ash's thread. Thanks!

11antoniacourt · Post by **11antoniacourt** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:14 am

faceless wrote:glad you all enjoyed them - the one with the man with the cart outside the house makes me think of 'The Young Ones' and the house they had.

hahaha!

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:34 pm

GREAT PICTURES

I have the entire series in almost pristine quality. But to see the images without any cut and in such high resolution is just amazing. Face, if you have more then please up them. Thanks for these

ps: also get the 20's in Colour- those are the last 4 episodes. Edwardians in Colour are the 1st 5 episodes. All 9 together aired under the title The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn.