Figure 1.--Most Autiochrome images are French. Her we scee a scene in an unidentified French park, presumably in Psris, during 1914. At the time, French soldiershad brightly colored uniforms. While most Autochrome images are French, it is estimated that Autochrome images exist fom more than 50 countriedifferent s.

Most all of the Autochrome images that we have found were French. And we believe that a very large proprtion of the Autchrome images made were French. We know, however, that images were taken in many different countries. lthough th solute numbersare probbly smll compsred to France. We think this was mostly French photogrphers traveling round the world. We note some images Britain. The image here was taken in Britain (figure 1). we have not found any American images, but we know that some were taken. We do not note large numbers of Autochrome images so we have relatively few foreign images. We know that National Geographic photographers used Autochrome. This included American photographers because until the 1930s, Autochrome was the only available color process. It was, however, not ideal for Nationl Geographic photographers. They often worked in remote areas. Thus the bulky cameras that had to be used to expose glass plates as well as the plates themselves were a problem. Autochrome film did not appear until the 1930s.

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