The comment "It is extremely astonishing to look at the world now long gone, the world which you are used to see in black & white images and often with poor qua

The comment "It is extremely astonishing to look at the world now long gone, the world which you are used to see in black & white images and often with poor quality." is a bit off the mark. Black and white pictures, by and large, were excellent quality. eg look at Atget's pictures of Paris from the same date (although done on much older equipment) http://www.googleartproject.com/en-gb/artist/eug%C3%A8ne-atget/4132599/ http://www.googleartproject.com/en-gb/artist/eug%C3%A8ne-atg... or https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_E...