Vor 113 Jahren
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Von frenchcat808
Vor 113 Jahren
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Von frenchcat808
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Big Irish head on her
I’m doubting that was everyday clothing even in 1913.
Not colorized, either. If the attribution is correct, it was taken in autochrome and was part of a project known as *Archives de la Planète.*
Great photo, this stuff is always so interesting as a lens into the past.
„pictures, taken by Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon-Alba during their trip to Ireland in 1913, are believed to be the first color photos of Ireland ever taken […] The French women were part of a worldwide project titled “The Archives of the Planet.” French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn created the project“ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/first-color-photographs-of-ireland-1913
The originals are in a museum in Paris. https://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.fr/
Style is timeless
More images from this collection: https://antoilean.blogspot.com/2012/12/old-colour-photos-of-ireland-in-1913.html
The caption for OP’s image:
“Main Ní Tuathail, a 14 year old girl from the Claddagh wearing traditional Claddagh dress. Galway, Ireland, 26th May 1913
“The Claddagh (Irish: *an Cladach*, meaning “the shore”) was a fishing village close to the centre of Galway city. The people of the Claddagh lived quite separately from the City of Galway and retained their Gaelic customs, language, and dress well into the 1930s. The original village of thatched cottages was razed in 1935 and replaced by a council-housing scheme.”
Shame the fashion, language and culture completely died out