The first person to widely demonstrate good results by this method was Frederic E. Ives , whose " Kromskop " system of viewers , projectors and camera equipment was commercially available from 1897 until about 1907 . Only the viewers and ready-made triple photographs for use in them sold in any significant quantity . Still life arrangements , unpopulated landscapes and oil paintings were the typical subject matter , but a few examples of color portraiture from life were also offered . Several Kromskop color views of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire , apparently never issued commercially , have recently come to light
1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky