18 Black and White Photos Brought to Life with a Touch of Color
Photos from the past can be a fascinating way to get a glimpse into the way people lived in times long gone. The only downside, however, is that these photos are often grainy, poor quality, and almost always in black and white, since the first color photo wasn’t invented until roughly 1890. Thanks to modern technology and photo editing techniques, it is possible to give these old-time photographs a breath of new life with a little bit of color.
So get ready to take a virtual tour of the past with this collection of fascinating historical photos that got the colorization treatment, transforming them into entirely new images that give us an intriguing look at the days of old.
Paulette Goddard and Charlie Chaplin (Dressed as his famous character the tramp) Photographed in 1936 resting on the set of the silent film modern times.Martin Luther King Jr. And Ralph Abernathy riding on the first desegregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama in December 1956.A portrait of two whistles (Ishichoshtupsh) Of the crow people (Apsáalooke) Photographed by Edward s. Curtis in 1908.Women delivering ice from a truck on an ice route on 16 September 1918. This job was previously only done by men but due to the war, women were recruited. Shortly after the end of the First World War, the natural ice trade began to be overtaken by the production of ice through refrigeration cooling systems, and plant ice.French painter Claude Monet photographed in his garden in Giverny, France in 1899.A Navajo Man Photographed In C. 1904 Dressed As Nayenezgáni, A Mythical Hero From Navajo Mythology Who, Along With His Brother Tobadzischini, Rid The World Of The Anaye (Monsters From Navajo Mythology)Royal Navy stoker with 21 years of service nicknamed “Popeye”, photographed on board the HMS Rodney in September 1940.The cast of Star Wars out of costume in c. 1977. From left to right: Harrison Ford (Han solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny baker (R2-D2), and mark hamill (Luke skywalker).Dutch resistance fighters were photographed celebrating the liberation of the city of breda, the Netherlands, by the Polish 1st armored division on the 29th october 1944.A Japanese couple taking a self-portrait together in c. 1920.Future Queen Elizabeth ii of the United Kingdom was photographed at the age of 19 in 1945 serving as an ambulance driver for the auxiliary territorial service during world war ii.Mercury Train Photographed In 1936.An iconic Spanish civil war photograph was taken by Juan Guzmán of 17-year-old Marina Ginestà with an M1916 Spanish Mauser rifle overlooking Barcelona on the 21 July 1936 during the 1936 military uprising in Barcelona.Photograph of the Hindenburg disaster on the 6th of May 1937. The interior of a commercial plane in 1936. The plane belonged to imperial airways, the first British commercial airline.Train wreck at Montparnasse station in Paris, France on the 22nd of October 1895.Photographer Michael Nash uses a backdrop to hide buildings damaged during world war ii while photographing a woman in warsaw, Poland in november 1946.People at Daytona beach in Florida, United States in 1904.
