These images are all autochromes taken between about 1910 and 1920 by the Belgian photographers Alfonse Van Besten, Charles Corbet, Georges Gilet, and Paul Sano. They form part of the collection of Florent Van Hoof.
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[...] The flowers of 1910 still bloom | How to be a Retronaut 100 Jahre alte Blumenfotografien. “These images are all autochromes taken between about 1910 and 1920 by the Belgian photographers Alfonse Van Besten, Charles Corbet, Georges Gilet, and Paul Sano. They form part of the collection of Florent Van Hoof.” [...]
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