30 Perfectly Colorized Photos From History

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A soldier of the 1st US Army, among debris inside the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig, Germany April 1945.

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This photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, considered "one of the most prolific figures in engineering history" was taken 160 years ago.

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Goalkeeper Sam Bartram, alone on the pitch, not realizing that the game had been abandoned 15 minutes earlier due to heavy fog. 25 December 1937.

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J.Edgar Hoover with a .45 Caliber Thompson Submachine Gun ,1936.

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Nikola Tesla in his office at 8 West 40th Street, New York City in 1916.

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Marlon Brando in 1950.

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View of The Manhattan Bridge Under Construction from Washington Street Brooklin/New York,February 21, 1908.

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Winston Churchill as a Cornet in the 4th Queen's Hussar's Cavalry, 1895. He was 21 at the time.

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Two Native Americans looking at photographic film, 1913.

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George Orwell. English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. 1941.

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Unpacking Mona Lisa at the end of World War II in 1945.

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On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the Red Army. Photo: The liberation of Bergen-Belsen, April 1945.

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American soldiers watch as the Tricolor flies from the Eiffel Tower again, c. 25 August 1944.

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Bodybuilder Gene Jantzen with wife Pat, and eleven-month-old son Kent, 1947.

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Carl Akeley posing with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896.

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A. A. Milne was born on this day in 1882. He was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Photo: A.A. Milne, his son Christopher Robin, and the real Winnie The Pooh, 1926.

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Claude Monet, French artist and a leading member of the Impressionist group of painters was born in Paris, 1840.

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"Adoration of a President-to-Be". Newly engaged John F. Kennedy & Jacqueline Bouvier. Cape Cod, July 4th 1953.

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Dick Winters and his Easy Company lounging at Eagle's Nest, Hitler's former residence in the Bavarian Alps, 1945.

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US Marine running through Japanese fire on Okinawa, Japan, 7 Jun 1945.

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"Giraffe women" looking at a guard, posted at St. James' Palace 16th century main gate, during their visit in London, 1935.

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Homecoming prisoner, Vienna, Austria ca 1946.

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MLB Opening game in Yankee Stadium I in Bronx NY, Wednesday, June 25, 1924.

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Charlie Chaplin attends the premiere of his newest film City Lights in Los Angeles, accompanied by Albert Einstein. February 2, 1931.

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Titanic Orphans, brothers Michel and Edmond Navratil, 1912. They were the only children to be rescued from the Titanic without a parent or guardian.

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A Prussian Landwehrmann tanning rat skins in a dugout, WWI.

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Condoms testing, 1935.

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U.S. Army military policemen toasting bread over molten lava from Vesuvius, March 18, 1944.

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Pablo Picasso wearing a hat and holding a revolver & holster given to him by Gary Cooper. Cannes, 1958.

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Fidel Castro at the Lincoln Memorial, 1959.