Instagram in the 1800s — Clear Creek Canyon, Georgetown Loop, Colorado. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — In this print, several plates were printed with different brown inks to capture the dusty wonder of the Grand Canyon. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — Photochroms predated color film by decades and combined the emerging science of photography with time-tested painting techniques. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — Mulberry Street, New York. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — Multiple printing plates were made with each negative and parts of each plate were erased to feature a single color. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — The colors are saturated and sort of dreamlike rather than exact representations of the color spectrum. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — William Henry Jackson Diving for coins, Bahamas. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — Sunset from the Battery, New York. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — A Monday washing, New York. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — The result are prints that combine photographic levels of detail with a painterly feel. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — Seminole Indian family in dugout canoe, Miami River, Florida. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — The prints started out as traditional black and white negatives on glass. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Instagram in the 1800s — Zuni Pueblo Indians, the Rain Dance, New Mexico. MARC WALTER/COURTESY TASCHEN Prev Next
