Blue flowers (blå blomster) in Målselv, Troms, Norway,1912, an autochrome by Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, via Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway) Commons on flickr (all photos here).
Resvoll-Holmsem was a Norwegian botanist, natural history educator, and conservationist. She took these rather moody early color pictures for her research.
Ferns (bregner), 1912, in Målselv, a municipality in the county of Troms in northern Norway.
Wild berries, in Målselv, 1912.
Wild berries, in Målselv, 1912.
Antennaria alpina (alpine catsfoot) and Phyllodoce caerulean (mountain heath), July 27, 1911, in Lom, Oppland, in southern Norway.
Gentianella tenella (Lapland gentian) and Sagina nodosa (knotted pearlwort) in Lom, July 6, 1911.
Sedum villosum (hairy stonecrop), Lom, July 16, 1911.
Aconitum lycoctonum (northern wolfsbane) and yarrow (tyrihjelm og ryllik i naturlige omgivelser), in Lom, August 7, 1911.
Pedicularis lapponica (Lapland lousewort), in Lom, July 5, 1911.
Scrub vegetation, at Lom, July 25, 1911.
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Oh I think of Alice gone down, down
under groundcover dreams. . .— John Unterecker, from “…Within, Into, Inside, Under, Within…“
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These are so beautiful! It’s sobering to think how long ago – and what cumbersome processes — were used to make something for research purposes that is still all these years later so gorgeous.
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