That’s right, nearly 150 years ago, 3D photography was the most popular type of photography. Known as “stereoviews”, “stereocards” or “stereographs”, it was a triumph of early photography that continued in popularity for decades. Look at the images at the top of the page. All of them are part of a 3D photograph.
Hand coloring of images is a technique that dates to the very beginning of photography. During the Civil War images were hand colored and tinted. The early attempts are crude and quality varies, but the desire for color images was there from the beginning. There are many examples of period stereo view cards that were colored. [...]
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About History in Full Color
History in Full Color started out in 2009 with the idea to restore and colorize Civil War Stereo cards. Soon our images became popular and our stereo cards began to be purchased by collectors. Within a year we had requests for Civil War images as regular prints and not stereo cards, so we expanded to Civil War In Color. In 2012, we had numerous requests to branch out beyond the Civil War so we opened History in Full Color and in keeping with our 3D roots, History In 3D.
Today, History in Full Color is the parent company for CivilWarIn3D.com, CivilWarInColor.com & HistoryIn3D.com. Our main focus is on restoring and colorizing classic images from the past – Civil War, Military, Politics and People; as well as providing other color images such as NASA/Hubble, Recruiting/War Bond Posters and Famous Art in 3D.
In our quest to bring the best history and 3D images to the public, we work with other artists. You can see/purchase these images at History In Full Color.