How to be a Retronaut » Rothschild http://www.howtobearetronaut.com If the past is a foreign country, this is your passport Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Early colour: Rothschild Autochromes http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/early-colour-rothschild-autochromes/ http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/early-colour-rothschild-autochromes/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:25:19 +0000 The Retronaut http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/?p=5125

“These autochromes taken by banker Lionel de Rothschild include the earliest known colour photograph of King Edward VII, taken in 1909 just months before he died. The autochromes [...]]]>

“These autochromes taken by banker Lionel de Rothschild include the earliest known colour photograph of King Edward VII, taken in 1909 just months before he died. The autochromes were recently rediscovered by his grandson wrapped in newspaper in the family home”

- BBC News
Alfred Rothschild, Gunnersbury (1912) King Edward VII (1909) Mediterranean Garden (1912) Marie de Rothschild at Gunnersbury (c. 1910) Marie-Louise Beer (1912) Ferms (1912) Lady Helen Vincent (1906) Military Encampment, Tidworth (1911) Leopold de Rothschild (1910)

]]> http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/early-colour-rothschild-autochromes/feed/ 6 The Brixton Zebra http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/the-brixton-zebra/ http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/the-brixton-zebra/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:01:10 +0000 The Retronaut http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1960

This picture shows a zebra-driven hackney cab travelling from Brixton towards Stockwell. The driver is Gustav Grais who ran a circus of zebras and baboons.

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This picture shows a zebra-driven hackney cab travelling from Brixton towards Stockwell. The driver is Gustav Grais who ran a circus of zebras and baboons.

Tame Zebras were not unusual at the beginning of the twentieth century:

Zebra jumping London Zoo advertising 1914 Lord Walter Rothschild's Zebra cart Lord Walter Rothschild's Zebras
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Thanks to Vonalina Cake and Urban 75.

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