Color photos in the late Qing dynasty: reappearing the social reality a hundred years ago. Are people popular in wearing blue or gray clothes?

The old man carrying a pole to sell fruit is weighing. A Dutch website published a batch of works by American photographer Rene Noon on the Internet. These old photos were taken in the capital of 19 10, reflecting the people's livelihood and social outlook when the Qing Dynasty was about to perish. As a senior photographer, Rene Noon has a unique skill, which is to manually color black and white photos to make them closer to natural colors. Today, we will select some of his color works and look for the historical information they reveal.

Children in the temple. These color photos are no longer so gloomy and dreary, which can make us closer to the social reality of 100 years. For example, we can see that it is popular for ordinary people to wear blue or gray coarse clothes now.

Camel teams carrying goods on the streets of Beijing. Old Beijing? Morning rush? Camels are generally blocked? That is, a large number of camels carrying daily necessities queue up to enter the city every morning, resulting in poor traffic. Camels shuttle between Beijing and other cities, transporting coal, mountain products, fur, cloth, medicinal materials, tea, grains and other items.

The father rode a camel with two children. Because of the important role of camels in transportation, many farmers in the suburbs of Beijing feed camels, and Balizhuang and Wulituo in the west of Beijing have even formed? Camel professional village? The number of camels in a village exceeds 1000. There are many shops renting camels in the street, just like renting trucks now.

An old man selling fruit. It is worthy of the name to use bamboo baskets to hold things (probably produced by their own fruit trees) to set up stalls. Small business? . Do you think the colorful fruit in front of her is hawthorn or jujube?

Someone who rents donkeys. This small business of renting animals was very common in the old society. It can carry people and pull goods. Posters of Beijing-Tianjin Times are posted on the wall next to it.