Vibrant Early-1900s Autochromes Capturing the Vacations Of A Family From Around The World

Friedrich Adolf Paneth was an Austrian-born British chemist. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Vienna in 1910, and switched to radiochemistry. He also became an expert in photography, including the new and complex color process known as Autochrome.

Autochrome was an early color photography process Patented by brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière of France in 1907. It was the history’s first commercially successful color photography process.

In 1913, Paneth married Else Hartmann, and took her on a honeymoon to Cairo. The next year they had a daughter, Eva, and in 1918 a son, Heinz. The family visited many countries around the world in the later years. Paneth always took his camera with him, with the aim of capturing the places they visit.

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#1 Paneth’s wife Else on their honeymoon in Cairo. 1913

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#2 Eva, Heinz and Else sitting on a wall. 1924

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#3 Otztal, Austria. 1912

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#4 Skiing across ice in Otztal, Austria. 1912

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#5 At the entrance to the Pyramid of Menkare. 1913

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#6 The Temple of Dor el-Medine. 1913

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#7 Else at the flooded Trajan’s Kiosk. 1913

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#8 Karnak, Egypt. 1913

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#9 Market stalls outside an Egyptian ruin. 1913

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#10 Sphinx and camel. 1913

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#11 Else reading by the Nile,” Luxor, Egypt. Dec. 23, 1913

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#12 Snowy mountains. 1915

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#13 Highland Castle, Scotland.c. 1920

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#14 Beach scene with flag. 1925

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#15 Heinz and Else looking out to sea.c. 1925

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#16 Mountain peaks.c. 1925

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#17 Boy in a tree.c. 1920

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#18 The family at the lake.c. 1925

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#19 Eva at Mount Spinale. 1925

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#20 Heinz and Eva on the hillside.c. 1925

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#21 Children on a rooftop.c. 1925

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#22 St Vasily’s Cathedral, Moscow. 1934

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#23 St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice. 1925

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#24 St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice. 1925

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#25 People watching a yachting race.c. 1925

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#26 Eva and Heinz on the shore of Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.c. 1927

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#27 Stilvie Pass, Italy.c. 1930

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#28 Eva doing a handstand.c. 1925

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#29 Eva climbing a rock face, Lake Luzern, Switzerland.c. 1927

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#30 Heinz on the beach.c. 1929

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#31 Beach view in the evneing, 1925

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#32 The Paneth family on a boat in Lake Garda, Italy.1930

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#33 Eva poses after a successful hunt in Scotland.c. 1925

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#34 Eva Paneth at Lake Garda, Italy.c. 1930

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#35 Relatives of the Paneths in Scotland.c. 1933

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#36 Meran, Italy.c. 1930

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#37 Children at sunset.c. 1930

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#38 Quay market, Finland.c. 1934

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#39 Heinz, Eva, Dora Hartmann, cousin Peter Paneth, and Else Paneth in Brittany, France. The Kodak film advertised ultimately replaced Lumiere’s Autochrome.1938

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