FINE MODERN PRINTS OF

HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Welcome to Blue Monocle Photos! We specialize in producing high-quality modern photographic prints of historical photographs of cities, towns, landscapes, and more, mainly from the period of 1860-1930. Old photos are a wonderful window onto history showing those places most important and interesting to us: our towns, our ancestry, and our common heritage. Our prints are made to the highest archival standards using only the highest quality materials.

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Anti-onion Gas Mask

Camp Kearny, California

A humorous but effective solution to cutting onions.

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Spotlight on History

Train Stations

After the rise of rail travel in the mid 19th century, many cities began to build railway stations in a grand style, often reflecting the importance of trains and railroads in an emerging and increasing mobile industrial society.

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Andrew J. Russell

Detroit Photographic Co.

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

William H. Jackson

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Archival Standards

We're committed to producing prints made to the highest archival standards using only the highest quality materials. We use only professional photographic paper in all products we sell. When stored or framed properly, our prints will last for generations with no noticeable decrease in quality.

Historical Photos in Color

Many of the photographs in our collection were originally printed in color before the era of color photography. These photos were printed using a color lithography process invented in the 1880s in Switzerland that allowed the creation of very high quality false color prints with remarkable clarity.