A Touch of Color: 27 Black and White Historical Photos Brought To Life

See history live you've never seen it before, in high definition and colorized.

Published 3 months ago in Ftw

See history live you've never seen it before, in high definition and colorized. Black and white photos don't always convey the real essence of history. They leave out the colors and dyes of people's clothing. They wash together the wrinkles on people's faces. And they just don't quite 'pop' like colorized photos do. So see history in the way it was, with this fascinating collection of pictures from way back when.

1
New York, Dock Stevedore At The Fulton Fish Market Holding Giant Lobster Claws,1943 May-June.

2
Portrait Of John Smith, Also Known As The White Wolf, Elderly Native American Chippewa Of Cass Lake, Minnesota, In Traditional Dress, 1914. (Probably Born Between 1822 And 1826, Although Presumably As Early As 1784; Died In February 6, 1922)

3
A Funny Photograph Of The First World War, German Soldier In The Snow With Only A Helmet, Boots And A Tank Top With A Cat On His Head. 1916.
4
Mailman N. Sorenson Poses With His Heavy Load Of Christmas Mail And Parcels, Chicago, 1929

5
The O’halloran Sisters — Armed With Poles And Boiling Water, They Fended Off The Officers Evicting Their Family During The Irish Land War, In The Year 1887
6
Two American Soldiers Proudly Show Off Their Personalized "Easter Eggs" (155mm Artillery Shells) Made Especially For Adolf Hitler, 1945
7
The Cutter Sisters | Alfred Cheney Johnson

8
Ukrainian Bride In Traditional Folk Costume, In The Year 1875
9
Photo Of Charlie Chaplin As A Young Man Without Makeup On In Circa, 1916.
10
The Monumental Love Story Of Richard And Mildred Loving LED To The Historic Supreme Court Case Sweeping Away The Latest Segregation Laws In America.

11
Samson Beaver, His Wife Leah, And Their Daughter Frances Louise, In Canada In The Year 1907
12
Elvis Presley And His Parents, 1937
13
Vincent Van Gogh At The Age Of 19, 1872.

14
“The Blanket Weaver” - A Navajo Woman Weaving Under A Cottonwood Tree In Canyon De Chelly, Arizona. Photographed By Edward S. Curtis In Ca. 1905
15
Boxing Aboard The U.s.s. New York In The Year 1899
16
Amelia Earhart

17
Benito Mussolini Is Arrested, 1915
18
Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt And Winston Churchill, During The First 'Big Three' Conference, November 1943
19
Sophie Scholl, Founder Of The White Rose Student Resistance Group During The Nazi Regime, Arrested For Distributing Anti-Nazi Leaflets With Her Brother, Executed By Guillotine At Age 22 For High Treason. She Would've Been 100 This Year

20
Hakone, Japan, A Tree-Lined Avenue Ending In A Flight Of Stairs To A Temple, Photographed By Felice Beato In Ca. 1868
21
The Peaky Blinders Were A Criminal Gang Active In Birmingham In The 19th Century
22
Phone In The Trench, 1915, Ww1, 4th Battery Of The 10th Artillery Brigade Of The Western Front, Imperial Russian Army

23
Frida Kahlo Keeps A Sugar Skull, 1951.
24
Serbian-American Inventor Nikola Tesla, Probably In His New York Laboratory In The 1890s.
25
Halloween In The Early 1900s

26
Sorrento, On The Amalfian Coast, Italy In The Year 1888
27
Stan Lee, Head Of Marvel Comics, Shown In His Offices At 575 Madison Ave., NYC. 1/3/1980.
28
Group Of Women With Their Automobile Outside The White House, In The Year 1922

29
During The First World War, Ernest Hemingway Volunteered To Serve In Italy As An Ambulance Driver With The American Red Cross.
30
The Bin Ladens In Sweden, 1971