In my last blog post, I shared with you the secrets of a lovely wooden box which contained a collection of glass lantern slides from about 1920. While most of the slides are black and white, a few colorful slides rest as jewels among them.
In the early 20th century, photography was principally a black and white experience. Color photography, an experimental practice at best, was not a terribly viable practice for mass consumers/audiences until the 1940s.