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notbob1959 t1_jdw5rde wrote

Reply to comment by icelandichorsey in A woman in Sarajevo shows off her tattoos in 1912. The image is an early example of a technique called Autochrome, pioneered by the Lumière brothers which allows us to see the early 1900s in colour. I've compiled a large collection of examples of Autochrome via the link in the comments. by dannydutch1

OP apparently isn't aware that the spam filter in this sub deletes comments when it sees the h t t p of an external link in the comment. You can see the deleted comment with link in their profile. However, I would not recommend going to the link. I glanced at the contents and immediately saw one error. A caption for one photo says:

>July 13 1913 Christina O’Gorman, photographed by her father at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England.

But that is incorrect.

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dubiousadvocate t1_jdw4mzx wrote

Reply to Unknown cowboy, c.1900 by Star_Ship_55

Fun fact, but for decades most cowboys across the Americas were blacks or Latinos. Both were often slaves. It was very hard work with very poor conditions, and only the poorest and most desperate whites were willing to do it. Hollywood westerns not surprisingly are mostly mythological and play into the myth of the Independent Self-sufficient White Man single-handedly defending his family from non whites and evil government.

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