Photocroms were the functional equivalent of Instagram in 1888 . Photochroms combined emerging photographic technology and the painterly techniques of the old masters to provide technicolor glimpses of the Great Lakes , Old South , Wild West , and Pacific coast . They were produced using emerging photographic techniques and technologies . Some of the images feature the Great Plains , Old South , Old West , and Pacific coast . A number of images have been published for the first time in a new volume .
Photocroms were the functional equivalent of Instagram in 1888 . They were produced using emerging photographic techniques and technologies . Some of the images feature the Great Plains , Old South , Old West , and Pacific coast . A number of images have been published for the first time in a new volume .