> I didn't see any mention of the provenance of these photos. Anyone know? these photos are genuine — they come directly from the - Library of Congress Matson

> I didn't see any mention of the provenance of these photos. Anyone know? these photos are genuine — they come directly from the - Library of Congress Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection [0] - Library of Congress American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department [1] - New York State Education Deparment Instructional lantern slides [2][3][4] > These photos are of stunning quality. I'm not sure I've seen any 19th century photos that come close, even with retouching and postprocessing. While lensmaking has become more industrialized and specialized, raw photographic technology has not advanced much over the past ~100 years. This goes viral on reddit every so often, so I assume most are already familiar, but I recommend looking through the Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky[5] collection[6] on the LOC for examples of medium to large format color photography from 1905-1915, for example. Gorsky's field work of Tsarist Russia (with what was most likely some version of the Miethe Dreifarben-Kamera[7][8][9], given the rectangular shape of the glass negatives) is stunning. [0]: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?sp=1&co=matpc&st=gallery https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?sp=1&co=matpc&st=galler... [1]: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?va=exact&st=gallery&q=American+Colony+%28Jerusalem%29.+Photo+Department&fi=author&sg=true&op=EQUAL https://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?va=exact&st=gallery&q=... [2]: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/education/lesson-topic-syria http://www.archives.nysed.gov/education/lesson-topic-syria [3]: https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/place_facet/id/224 https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Brow... [4]: https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/collections/4243 https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Deta... [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky [6]: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?co=prok&st=gallery https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?co=prok&st=gallery [7]: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html [8]: http://www.dreifarbenfotografie.de/kamera.htm http://www.dreifarbenfotografie.de/kamera.htm [9]: http://www.vintagephoto.tv/mb.shtml http://www.vintagephoto.tv/mb.shtml