Someone in my family told me about a possible time capsule in our old family house, After investigation, I found a box dating from around 1900 containing two glass plate negatives, which I decided to try and develop using one of the oldest photographic printing methods in existence: the Cyanotype.

I was so happy with the results that I wanted to give life back to the image, so I decided to colorize the negatives using my skills in Photoshop.

Even 120 years ago, cat pics ruled the world.

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I found a time capsule from around 1900 in our old family house

The box contained precious possessions of a little girl

Among them, there were two glass plate negatives

I decided to develop them using one of the oldest photographic printing methods—the Cyanotype

Here’s the result

I documented the detailed process of developing the photos I found

I colorized one of the 120-year-old cat photos to bring it back to life

Here’s a step-by-step colorization process

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