c. 1910 – Colorized postcard showing the castle of Eutin in Germany. Scan © Mark Zanzig/Zanzig.com/Photo: Lempe
The story behind the image
Eutin is a beautiful town situated in Northern Germany, between the cities of Kiel and Lübeck. It has a long history, and it is well worth a visit. Its stunning castle and gardens are located right next to the Kellersee.
This postcard image was shot by the Lempe brothers from Kiel who ran a publishing and photography business that produced a variety of postcards at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Their cards showed high quality and detailed images, predominantly depicting Kiel and its surroundings.
For color prints, the Lempes used the so-called photochrome process, an early photomechanical process, which was mostly used for postcards. It was developed towards the end of the 19th century and was particularly popular between 1890 and 1910, until the 1920s.
The process was based on a black-and-white photographic negative, which was then manually color-reconstructed by artists using lithographic stones, one for each color. The colors were then printed on the paper in multiple passes.
The result was a color print, often with soft tones and an artificial, painted look. These color prints were more attractive than simple black-and-white images, but cheaper than genuine hand-coloring. While the appearance was largely realistic, the reduced colors tended to be somewhat exaggerated.
Despite the issues with the colorization process we get a more vivid impression oif how the castle in Eutin looked around 1910.
Nice.
P.S.: Here are a couple of black and white images of the castle: from 1910, 1932, 1942, and 1950.
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The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1910 |
| Photographer | Gebr. Lempe, Kiel |
| Location | Eutin, Germany |
| Image Source | Postcard, c. 8.9 x 14 cm |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 6595 x 4203 Pixels |
| Copyright | Mark Zanzig/Zanzig.com/Photo: Lempe |
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