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Note that those shown are all heavily restored (also cropped) versions of the originals. They are all from the Library of Congress collection (~1900 of the ~350

Note that those shown are all heavily restored (also cropped) versions of the originals. They are all from the Library of Congress collection (~1900 of the ~3500 he made). An example of an unrestored version for comparison is at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/item/prk2000002550/ http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/item/prk20000025....

dkroy 14y ago
Honestly, even those in the link are impressive to me. Just think of where technology was at that point in time, and what ingenuity it took to create pictures of this quality.
- vhf 14y ago
  I wouldn't call it "technology". It's more of a successful experiment than technology, to me. Color separation cameras came two decades after, and this was really a technology : making one camera capture at the same time 3 pictures on negative. (Where those very impressive pictures shown in the link are taken using the color separation process but without a color separation camera, and not on negative.)
  - MichaelApproved 14y ago
    This is indeed technology. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technology http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technology
  - knowtheory 14y ago
    I don't think the distinction you have made is valid. Experiments are a kind of technology by any common definition. Just because this never rolled out into mass production doesn't mean that it wasn't a systematic application of scientific/engineering principles.
    - 001sky 14y ago
      Au Contraire. Its not clear <you> are able to distinguish technique from technology. And even if so, how much proportional impact is technique vs. technology. And even then, and in this case in particular, ex-post-facto how much technology and/or technique have been applied to put these images online.
- jsilence 14y ago
  Yes. I'm also really impressed with the pictures. We have come a lone way in only three to four generations. My personal contribution to humanity so far: zero. Standing on the shoulders of giants...
bane 14y ago
Anybody know an easy place to download the entire batch? The LoC page makes getting them in bulk a bit of a pain.
- bpatrianakos 14y ago
  I think a bash script and wget will be your best bet there. I looked too and couldn't find a way. If I end up getting some shell script working I'll post it here for you.
gnosis 14y ago
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

dkroy 14y ago

Honestly, even those in the link are impressive to me. Just think of where technology was at that point in time, and what ingenuity it took to create pictures of this quality.

vhf 14y ago
I wouldn't call it "technology". It's more of a successful experiment than technology, to me. Color separation cameras came two decades after, and this was really a technology : making one camera capture at the same time 3 pictures on negative. (Where those very impressive pictures shown in the link are taken using the color separation process but without a color separation camera, and not on negative.)
- MichaelApproved 14y ago
  This is indeed technology. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technology http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technology
- knowtheory 14y ago
  I don't think the distinction you have made is valid. Experiments are a kind of technology by any common definition. Just because this never rolled out into mass production doesn't mean that it wasn't a systematic application of scientific/engineering principles.
  - 001sky 14y ago
    Au Contraire. Its not clear <you> are able to distinguish technique from technology. And even if so, how much proportional impact is technique vs. technology. And even then, and in this case in particular, ex-post-facto how much technology and/or technique have been applied to put these images online.
jsilence 14y ago
Yes. I'm also really impressed with the pictures. We have come a lone way in only three to four generations. My personal contribution to humanity so far: zero. Standing on the shoulders of giants...

bane 14y ago

Anybody know an easy place to download the entire batch? The LoC page makes getting them in bulk a bit of a pain.

bpatrianakos 14y ago
I think a bash script and wget will be your best bet there. I looked too and couldn't find a way. If I end up getting some shell script working I'll post it here for you.

gnosis 14y ago

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/