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Portrait by William H. Towles
1908
Photography's early color images
William Towles made this autochrome portrait in Washington, DC, in 1908. Originally produced by the Lumière brothers of France, autochromes were photography's first color images. The color in the photographs are achieved through the arrangement of dyed potato starch particles.
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