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These stunning photographs were taken by National Geographic Society photographers using Autochrome process.

The society eventually moved on to other more advanced processes and finally to Kodachrome by 1938.

Atlantic City, New Jersey - 1904

Young boys with a dog - 1905

Fifth Avenue-New York City 1905

Horseless Carriage, 1906

New Jersey Governor George McClellan exiting from auto at Union Square in Manhattan. 1908

New Jersey beach - 1911

World War I flyboy - 1917

A beach policeman measuring the distance between knee and suit - 1922

Virginia - A woman and child do laundry outside in Sperryville, 1926.

Montana - Three men stand in front of a plane on the Crow Reservation, 1927.

Montana - A chief on the Crow Indian Reservation, 1927.

Crow Indian Reservation, Montana - Men stand at the site of the monument to the Seventh Cavalry, 1927.

San Antonio, Texas - Cowboys and riders sit along a fence at the Rodeo, 1928.

Fort Worth, Texas - Three young women attend a rodeo, 1928.

New Orleans, Louisiana - A boy sits on a barrel outside a brewery in the French Quarter, 1929.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Four tour guides of the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield wait for tourists, 1929.

Ohio - Four women stand beside an apple stand at a fair, 1929.

New Orleans, Louisiana - Children gather by a vendor selling "snowball" treats, 1929.

New Orleans, Louisiana - A vendor sells pralines in the French Quarter, 1929.

St. Petersburg, Florida - Six women sit on the beach - 1930.

Five boys sit together, eating large watermelon slices, 1930.

Manhattan, New York City - Commuters stop to look at hardware for sale along downtown streets, 1930.

An informal portrait of a young New Orleans boy eating watermelon, 1930.

Washington, D.C. - A woman looks at fruit from a vendor in front of the U.S. Capital, 1930.