21 New Colorized Historic Photos
Old black and white photographs, with their mysterious historical contexts, engage our fascination and curiosity far more than a black and white photo without history ever could. And thanks to modern technologies and passionate people, we can travel back in time and see how these historical photos might have actually looked in color.
Once again, we couldn’t resist visiting reddit’s community of colorization enthusiasts at r/Colorization to see what kind of new colors they have brought back to classic historical photos. See our previous post here.
via: r/Colorization, huffpost
Claude Monet and his waterlilies, ca. 1923
Colorized by: Dana Keller
Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield, 1960
Colorized by: malakon
Picnickers at a Sarasota trailer park, 1941
Colorized by: Extra Noise
African Americans collect the remains of soldiers killed in battle near Cold Harbor, Virginia, in April of 1865
Colorized by: Captain-Cliche
Marilyn Monroe’s USO performance, February 1954
Colorized by: Dana Keller
Marilyn Monroe
Colorized by: oneredsf1
Coney Island, New York, 1905
Colorized by: Dana Keller
Johnny Cash
Colorized by: Legate_Danius
Manhattan at sunset from the George Washington Bridge, December 1936
Colorized by: ExtraNoise
Young kid on the Streets of New York,1954
Image credits: Vivian Maier
Colorized by: Wayne Degan
A handsome hansom cab, NYC, 1900
Colorized by: Kibblenbits
Paulette Goddard – actress wife of Charlie Chaplin
Colorized by: onerdsf
Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth
Colorized by: Legate_Danius
Pablo Picasso with Gary Cooper’s handgun
Colorizing by: Wayne Degan
Armed troops block off a road near an explosion at an oil factory, Texas. April 17, 1947
Colorized by: Ryan Urban
Sharon Tate, a few years before her tragic death
Colorized by: Salsifufu
WWI Red Cross driver – 1917 Harris & Ewing Collection
Colorized by: oneredsf1
Samurai, 1881
Colorized by: Dynamic Chrome
Audrey Hepburn, 1953
Colorized by: Toasterkin
Colorized by: oneredsf
Young Robin Williams as a mime in Central Park, 1974
Colorized by: DizzyMissy
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