# Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931

> Branson DeCou's hand-tinted lantern slide, the best colour record of the original, used for the 1979 to 2003 reconstruction. The earlier copy pointed to…

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**ART** 0D4N32K47C6R·Artifact · recording

# Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931

PhotographPublic domain1931

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Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931: photograph

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Branson DeCou's hand-tinted lantern slide, the best colour record of the original, used for the 1979 to 2003 reconstruction. The earlier copy pointed to the Wikipedia article; it now points to the Commons file.

Branson DeCou, 1931. Public domain

## Copies 4

**Photo** Branson DeCou · commons.wikimedia.org · 1931 · Public domainPrimary source: [Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo). Catherine Palace: interior, Amber Room (hand-coloured lantern slide)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4N2M666R6F/pushkin-tsarskoe-selo-catherine-palace-interior-amber-room)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine_Palace_interior_-_Amber_Room_(1).jpg)

**Photograph** Branson DeCou · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine_Palace_interior_-_Amber_Room_(1).jpg)

**Photograph** Андрей Андреевич Зеест · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrey_Zeest_-_Amber_Room_2_(autochrome).jpg)

**Photograph** Shakko · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Original_Amber_Room%27s_remains_-_mirror_(1700-5.,_Hermitage)_01_by_shakko.JPG)

## Where it was made

[Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4N2ME07F2R/catherine-palace-tsarskoye-selo-pushkin) · Palace

## Sources 1

- [Amber Room](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4N2KER6EXB/amber-room)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Hand-coloured photograph of the original Amber Room, 1931 [Artifact ART0D4N32K47C6R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4N32K47C6R
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Key

**ART** 0D4N32K47C6R

Kind

Recording

Held by

University of California, Santa Cruz, Special Collections (Branson DeCou lantern slides)

Dated

1931

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4N2ME07F2R/catherine-palace-tsarskoye-selo-pushkin)

Part of

[Amber Room](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room)

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