Colorized Historical Photos Bringing the Past Vibrance
Thanks to artists and modern technology, we can see what vintage black and white photos look like in vibrant color.
Published 8 months ago in Wow
Although we know the past wasn't lived in black and white, it's hard to visualize it any other way. But thanks to artists and modern technology, we can see what vintage black and white photos look like in vibrant color.
Here are 20 historical photos shining with the color they rightfully deserve.
1
Benito Mussolini Mugshot
He was expelled from Swiss territory on June 30, 1903.
2
Original
3
Italian National Police
In full dress on duty in Sicily, 1943.
4
Original
5
An American Couple
Riding around on an Autoped scooter, circa 1918.
6
Original
7
Lone Russian Soldier
Standing by a mass grave in Galicia where the bodies of fifty Austrians and eleven Russians are buried. September, 1914.
8
Ginger Rogers
In Gold Diggers of 1933.
9
Baby Cage
Fresh air in the 1930s.
10
Original
11
Knife Grinders
In Thiers, France, 1902.
12
Original
13
FDR
Pointing out locations on the map in 1942.
14
Original
15
Children See Flight, 1909.
Louis Blériot's plane soars above the sands of Calais.
16
Original
17
Captain Leo Schweiter
Normandy, June, 1944.
18
Original
19
Porsche 911 R
With Gerard Larousse, Tour de France Auto, 1969.
20
Original
21
Debbie Harry
London in 1978.
22
Original
23
John F. Hartranft
And staff, July, 1865.
24
Original
25
Prince Oskar
Son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1913.
26
Original
27
John Wayne and Marlene Dietrich
In Seven Sinners, 1940.
28
London in 1935
A gas-powered flare aides a police officer directing traffic in the London fog.
29
Original
30
A Coal Miner
At home in Sessa Hill, Scott's Run, WV, 1937.
31
Original
32
Sgt. Edwin C. Jones, 1860s.
Wounded in fighting at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864.
33
Original
34
French Actor Alain Delon
Cooking in 1959.
35
Original
36
Graf Zeppelin
Behind the Giralda, Spain, 1933.
