15 Historical Photos That Were Transformed With a Touch of Color

gable1939 Published 08/19/2023 in Pop Culture

Ever since the invention of the camera we humans have been taking photographs of just about any and everything. Our friends, families, pets, wild animals, landscapes, cityscapes, ourselves, and of course celebrities and famous people.

It wasn't until 1861 that James Clerk Maxwell and Thomas Sutton demonstrated Maxwell's invention, color photography as we know it today. It required taking a photograph 3 times, once with a red, green, and blue filter, then combining the images to produce the colored effect. Since then, the rest is history.

So take a walk down memory lane with a virtual tour of the past and enjoy these photographs were originally taken in black and white, but come to life when they get a touch of color.

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Claude Monet and his waterlilies
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Picnickers at a Sarasota trailer park
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Marilyn Monroe
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Coney Island, New York, 1905
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Johnny Cash
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Manhattan at sunset from the George Washington Bridge, December 1936
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Young kid on the Streets of New York,1954
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A handsome hansom cab, NYC, 1900
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Paulette Goddard-actress wife of Charlie Chaplin
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Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth
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Armed troops block off a road near an explosion at an oil factory, Texas. April 17, 1947
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Sharon Tate, a few years before her tragic death
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WWI Red Cross driver -1917 Harris and Ewing Collection
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Audrey Hepburn
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Young Robin Williams as a mime in Central Park, 1974

1.
Claude Monet and his waterlilies
2.
3.
Picnickers at a Sarasota trailer park
4.
5.
Marilyn Monroe
6.
7.
Coney Island, New York, 1905
8.
9.
Johnny Cash
10.
11.
Manhattan at sunset from the George Washington Bridge, December 1936
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13.
Young kid on the Streets of New York,1954
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15.
A handsome hansom cab, NYC, 1900
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17.
Paulette Goddard-actress wife of Charlie Chaplin
18.
19.
Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth
20.
Armed troops block off a road near an explosion at an oil factory, Texas. April 17, 1947
21.
22.
Sharon Tate, a few years before her tragic death
23.
24.
WWI Red Cross driver -1917 Harris and Ewing Collection
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26.
Audrey Hepburn
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Young Robin Williams as a mime in Central Park, 1974