Seeing the world captured in colour is something most of us take for granted. But at the start of the 20th century, the art of photography was rather more limited - to black and white images, with various shades of grey in between. It was not until 1907 that autochrome - the process through which colour photographs were first produced - was invented in Paris.
Returning heroes: The Union Jack and the French Tricolour flutter above the lines of troops marching through Knightsbridge during the World War One victory parade in 1919
Read all about it: A snapshot of London's Fleet Street, home of the British press in 1924
Sweeping change: An early photograph taken in 1913 of a London residential street
Say cottage cheese: Locals pose in front of a dilapidated cottage in 1913 Cornwall
Party time: A crowd gathers near Big Ben during the 1919 victory celebrations
Monumental moment: After the 1919 victory parade, London's Piccadilly Circus is eerily deserted
Village life: Children play on the cobbled streets of St Ives
Picturesque: With Oxford University in the background, students punt along the Cherwell
East Industry: Merchant ships are berthed on the bank of the Thames
Fantastic! I love these early color photos. These look a little blurrier than the Russian photos from around the same time but they certainly look amazing. Thanks for sharing these.
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