Sepia-tinted photos from the old west....

[Il Duce]

These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted pictures show the American West as you have never seen it before - as it was charted for the first time.
 
The photos, by Timothy O'Sullivan, are the first ever taken of the rocky and barren landscape.
 
At the time federal government officials were travelling across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the rest of the west as they sought to uncover the land's untapped natural resources.

Go to thw link to see the pictures

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html#ixzz2HW3S1RyL

[DaveS]

Really nice. Thanks for posting!

 

Dave S

[Sidinman]

Cool pictures, thanks for the link. Enjoyed 'em

[xRUSTYx]

Breathtaking ...

 

My wife is a Photographer -- Gonna pass this along!  She'll get a kick out of it!

[Rowdy]

Thanks for posting. The pictures remind me that I'm pretty small and insignificant in the "big picture".

[mcurrier]

As a photographer, these are some of my favorite interesting photography items -

 

 

Amazing color photos from WWII -

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/world-war-ii-the-american-home-front-in-color/100122/

 

Main WWII photo page - http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/pages/ww2/

 

 

 

Amazing old pictures in color

 

http://www.oddee.com/item_66082.aspx

 

 

 

The Wonderful World of Early Photography.

http://www.neatorama.com/2006/08/29/the-wonderful-world-of-early-photography/

 

 

 

Frontier Life in the West

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/02/23/from-the-archive-frontier-life-in-the-west/2713/

 

 

 

Stereoscopic Images of the Civil War Turned into Animated '3D' Gifs

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/06/stereoscopic-images-civil-war-turned-animated-3d-gifs

 

 

 

14 Rare Color Photos From the FSA-OWI

 

http://pdnphotooftheday.com/2009/03/628

 

 

Early 1900's in Colour

http://citynoise.org/article/10598

 

 

I can't find one of my favorites of a photographic technique of using color filters with b&w film back in the mid-1800's to later produce a full-color image.  The results are astounding.