The nature of black and white photos make historic events seem all the more distant. It’s really hard to relate to an old monochrome photo than one in color, so what happens if you take these old photos and fill them with color? Take a look yourself, and see if you feel a difference.
1. Abandoned Boy Holding a Stuffed Toy Animal. London 1945
Image credits: Toni Frissel
Colorozed by: HansLucifer
2. Albert Einstein, Summer 1939 Nassau Point, Long Island, NY
Image credits: canasanta.com
Colorozed by: Edvos
3. Young Boy in Baltimore Slum Area, July 1938
Image credits: John Vachon
Colorozed by: photojacker
4. Elizabeth Taylor – Giant (1956 film)
Image credits: Frank Worth
Colorozed by: malakon
5. Hindenburg Disaster – May 6, 1937
Image credits: Murray Becker
Colorozed by: Dana Keller
6. Japanese Archers, circa 1860
Image credits: badasshistoricalpictures.com
Colorozed by: photojacker
7. View from Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee During the Civil War, 1864
Image credits: nashville.about.com
Colorozed by: Sanna Dullaway
8. Unemployed Lumber Worker, circa 1939
Image credits: alafoto.com
Colorozed by: zuzahin
9. Auto Wreck in Washington D.C, 1921
Image credits: hqdesktop.net
Colorozed by: Sanna Dullaway
10. Big Jay McNeely Driving the Crowd at the Olympic Auditorium into a Frenzy, Los Angeles, 1953
Image credits: Bob Willoughby
Colorozed by: traquea
11. W.H. Murphy and his Associate Demonstrating their Bulletproof Vest on October 13, 1923
Image credits: National Photo Company
Colorozed by: zuzahin
12. Audrey Hepburn
Image credits: wallpaperswa.com
Colorozed by: Danna Keller
13. ‘Old Gold’, Country Store, 1939
Image credits: Dorothea Lange
Colorozed by: photojacker
14. Joseph Goebbels Scowling at Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt after Finding out he’s Jewish, 1933
Image credits: life.time.com
Colorozed by: photojacker
15. Nikola Tesla, 1893
Image credits: Napoleon Sarony
Colorozed by: Danna Keller
16. British Troops Cheerfully Board their Train for the First Stage of their Trip to the Western Front – England, September 20, 1939
Image credits: photosofwar.net
Colorozed by: BenAfleckIsAnOkActor
17. Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, 1880
Image credits: realeza.foros.ws
Colorozed by: Sanna Dullaway
18. Walt Whitman, 1887
Image credits: studiotv.com.au
Colorozed by: Danna Keller
19. Mark Twain in the Garden, circa 1900
Image credits: imgur.com
Colorozed by: zuzahin
20. Charlie Chaplin at the Age of 27, 1916
Image credits: wikipedia.org
Colorozed by: BenAfleckIsAnOkActor
21. Women Delivering Ice, 1918
Original photo by War Department/National Archives
Colourized by Dana Keller
22. Times Square, 1947
Original photo by William Gottlieb
Colourized by Jordan J. Lloyd
23. Portrait Used to Design the Penny. President Lincoln Meets General McClellan – Antietam, Maryland ca September 1862
Original photo Alexander Gardner
Colourized by Zuzzah
24. Marilyn Monroe, 1957
Original photo by Richard Avedon
Colourized by Zuzzah
25. Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking the night before. (April 16, 1912)
Original photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection
Colourized by Dana Keller
26. Easter Eggs for Hitler, c 1944-1945
Original photo by US Army/National Archives
Colourized by Zuzzah
27. Sergeant George Camblair practicing with a gas mask in a smokescreen – Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942
Original photo by Jack Delano
Colourized by Ryan Urban
28. Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919
Original photo by Roy Export Company / Cineteca di Bologna
Colourized photo by Zuzahin
29. Painting WWII Propaganda Posters, Port Washington, New York – 8 July 1942
Original photo by Marty Zimmerman
Colourized by Patty Allison
30. Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge ca 1935
Original photo source unknown
Colourized by Dana Keller
31. Louis Armstrong practicing in his dressing room, ca 1946
Original photo by William Gottlieb
Colourized by Dana Keller
32. Broadway at the United States Hotel Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ca 1900-1915
Original photo by Detroit Publishing Co.
Colourized photo by Sanna Dullaway
33. “The Tall Cowboy”, Ralph E. Madsen with Senator Morris Sheppard, 1919
Original photo Harris & Ewing
Colourized by Photo Retrofit
34. Dancers of the National American Ballet, 20 August 1924
Original photo by National American Ballet
Colourized by Photo Retrofit
35. Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, 1921
Original photo by Ferdinand Schmutzer
Colourized by Klassixx
36. Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father and the only surviving member of the Frank family revisiting the attic they spent the war in, 3 May 1960
Original photo by Arnold Newman
Colourized by Laiz Kuczynski
37. Young Woman with Umbrella – Louisiana, 1937
Original photo by Dorothea Lange
Colourized by Manuel De Leonardo
38. Crowded Bunks in the Prison Camp at Buchenwald, April 16, 1945
Original photo by Private H. Miller
Colourized by Manuel De Leonardo
39. Peatwy Tuck of the Meskwahki, 1898
Original photo by Frank A. Rheinhart
Colourized by Photocopshop
40. Boys after buying Easter flowers in Union Square, New York, April 1908
Original photo by Bain News Service.
Colourized by Dana Keller
It’s incredible how much more we can relate to photographs once they are presented in color. These moments in the past go from being a distant memory, to one that we can relate to on a much deeper and more personal level.
40 Historic Photos in Color, A Must See!! These Will Completely Change Your Perspective Of The Past
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