Comments on: The End Of A Black-And-White World: Color Photography http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-end-of-a-black-and-white-world-color-photography/ Where Hunters Gather Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Collectors’ Quest » Blog Archive » The Tournament Of Roses Parades Of The 1960s http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-end-of-a-black-and-white-world-color-photography/#comment-40856 Collectors’ Quest » Blog Archive » The Tournament Of Roses Parades Of The 1960s Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:51:25 +0000 http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-end-of-a-black-and-white-world-color-photography/#comment-40856 [...] The Tournament of Roses parade started in 1890, making the 1964 parade the 75th diamond anniversary for the parade. From looking at the content of the pictures, I believe that this collection is also interspersed with photos of the 1960 parade as well, but the slide frames don’t give much info on their origins. The Parade was first televised in 1947, and color TV had a pretty good foothold by 1964, but these slides would still be a step above anything a person could get without actually going to the parade themselves. Over the years the slides have gone red, a common problem with color negatives of the time (see example at right), but thanks to the magic of a transparency scanner and Photoshop, I got them pretty close to their original colors. Looking back, compared to the modern day Rose parade, there’s things they had back then that we don’t anymore: [...] [...] The Tournament of Roses parade started in 1890, making the 1964 parade the 75th diamond anniversary for the parade. From looking at the content of the pictures, I believe that this collection is also interspersed with photos of the 1960 parade as well, but the slide frames don’t give much info on their origins. The Parade was first televised in 1947, and color TV had a pretty good foothold by 1964, but these slides would still be a step above anything a person could get without actually going to the parade themselves. Over the years the slides have gone red, a common problem with color negatives of the time (see example at right), but thanks to the magic of a transparency scanner and Photoshop, I got them pretty close to their original colors. Looking back, compared to the modern day Rose parade, there’s things they had back then that we don’t anymore: [...]

]]> By: Jennie Finch Photo http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-end-of-a-black-and-white-world-color-photography/#comment-12728 Jennie Finch Photo Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:57:12 +0000 http://www.collectorsquest.com/blog/2006/10/09/the-end-of-a-black-and-white-world-color-photography/#comment-12728 <strong>Jennie Finch Photo...</strong> I Googled for something completely different, but found your page...and have to say thanks. nice read.... Jennie Finch Photo…

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