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    16 Edwardian Colour Photos That Will Make You Feel Like A Time Traveller

    It's hard to believe, but colour images of the early 1900s do exist...and it's spooky how modern looking and vivid they are. Many thanks to Musée Albert-Kahn and the National Media Museum for granting permission to use some of their images.

    1. Tiger, London Zoo, c. 1907

    2. Caroline Trevor, New York, 1919

    3. Cornish village, c. 1913

    4. Farmer, Cornwall. c. 1913

    5. Little girl with doll, France, 1914

    6. The Somme, 1916

    7. Soldiers, France, 1917

    8. Piccadilly Circus, London, 1919

    9. The Lumière family, La Ciotat, c. 1910

    10. Woman buying vegetables, France, c. 1908

    11. German prisoners of war, France, c. 1914

    12. Alfred Raymond Turner, Agnes May Turner and Wilfred Sidney Turner, 1902

    13. Woman in formal dress, Italy, c. 1910

    14. Boy on wall, Russia, c. 1913

    15. Two girls together in a garden, Oxford, 1908

    16. Christina wearing a red cloak, Dorset, c. 1913

    Please note, the term Edwardian era is sometimes extended beyond Edward VII's death in 1910 to include the First World War and the years leading up to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. We've used the extended definition in this case to allow us to showcase the best images from the period.