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Message:: [QUOTE="Gus Tuason, post: 514141, member: 10012"]To begin my story I purchased 2 antique photos in nice antique frames at an estate sale. They portrayed a dour looking man and a woman, husband and wife I assume. One was dated on the back as taken Nov. 1861 while the other was dated Dec. 1861. Both from St. Paul, Minn. I opened the back of one and found that the photo was made up of 2 thin paper sheets. Separating them, one sheet had some colors and the other sheet had other colors. Super-imposing one on the other created an amazingly clear, colored image. What was this photographic process called? Now to enliven this tale. The cardboard backing, which had been fastened by tape to hold the two images neatly in sych. was loose due to the age of the tape. Turning this backing over revealed another photograph. One of an Indian woman. Now to really enliven this tale.......Several days ago, in trying to find out about this photo process, I googled unto an internet site " The Oldest Photos Taken in each State". On page 20 was the photograph of an Indian squaw: "Azayamankawin", known as: "Old Betsey" or "Old Bets". This photo of Old Bets was attributed to photographer: "Whitney" and was the or one of the first photographic pictures taken in Minn. and dated to 1862. I have not checked the backing of the other picture since the tape holding the 2 sheets and backing together is still intact........[/QUOTE]