Sunday, 6 December 2020

Winter sunset in Norway (1925)

 Winter sunset in Norway 1925. Anders B. Wilse shot this photo on Freuary 23, 1925, in Katnosa, Nordmarka, Oppland (not so far from Oslo). My colorization of the original image in the Oslo Museum archive (Digital Museum).




Monday, 30 November 2020

The first frosty view

Two days ago we got the first frosty morning view from the living room. (I´m afraid

 we will soon have much more of this ... :-)



Driving a Citroën in Oslo (1934)

 Driving a Citroën in Oslo (1934). I am not at all an expert on old cars, but I think this could be a 1934 model 15 AL cabriolet made in Germany by Papler. (Please correct me if I am wrong).

My colorization of Anders B. Wilse´s photo in the Norsk Folkemuseum archive (Digital Museum).



Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Spitsbergen Panorama (1880s)

 Spitsbergen panorama. Photographed in the 1880s by Axel Lindahl, a Swedish photographer who worked in Norway for several years. My colorization of an image in the Norsk Folkemuseum archive (Digital Museum).






Monday, 16 November 2020

The Joy of Dance

 The Joy of Dance. Three ballerinas at Den røde lykte cabaret theatre portraited by the Oslo photographer Anders Beer Wilse in 1920. My colorization of a photo in the Norsk Folkemuseum archive (Digital Museum).



 

Saturday, 14 November 2020

At the Grande Central Terminal (New York) in 1941

 At the Grand Central Terminal, New York City, in October 1941. My colorization of John Collier Jr´s photo in the Library of Congress archive (Office of War Information).




Friday, 30 October 2020

The first 1956 Cadillac in Sweden

The first Cadillac series 62 sedan, year model 1956 in Sweden just after having been unloaded from a ship. This photo was taken in connection with the type inspection. My colorization of an image in the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology archive (Digital Museum).