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A COLLECTION OF EIGHT OF THE FIRST COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEXICO William Henry Jackson was a famous 19th-Century photographer. In the 1880s, he was commissioned to photograph Mexico to promote tourism. His crew of men carried photographic equipment on the backs of mules and rifles on their shoulders. The weight of the glass plates and the portable darkroom limited the number of possible exposures, and these images were taken in primitive, roadless, and physically challenging conditions. In 1897, he joined Detroit Photographic and they printed some of his photos using a new process called photochrom, the first color photo printing process. Unfortunately, the creation of photochroms was very labor intensive and production ceased. 35 of these eight piece sets will be sold. BUYERS OF THE EIGHT PIECE PHOTO SET WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF “THE BIRTH OF A CENTURY”, A 200 PAGE COLOR BOOK ABOUT THE EARLY PHOTOS OF WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON. Photos are approx. 7 x 4.