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20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

Photographs are a powerful historical tool that gives you a window into the past.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Published 6 months ago in Ftw

Photographs are a powerful historical tool that gives you a window into the past. Unfortunately, color photography didn't become widespread until the '60s and '70s, leaving a crucial element missing from any old photo of our colorful world. But modern techniques allow us to give color back to those black and white photos, and share them on the internet. Here are 20 colorized historical photos you probably haven't seen before. 


One photo shows Margaret Hamilton in 1969, "standing next to listings of the software she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project." Hamilton was a pioneer software engineer and computer programmer, with a background in abstract mathematics. She wrote software that helped meteorologists predict the weather, and the U.S. Air Force detect unfriendly aircraft. This colorized photo shows the pride in her eyes for her completed work. She is still alive at the age of 87. 


Maryse Hilsz is another pioneering woman on this list. A French pilot, she specialized in high-altitude and endurance flights and flew for the French resistance during World War II. Unfortunately, she was killed in a crash in 1946. Check out those photos, and 18 more in this gallery of colorized history.

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    Margaret Hamilton in 1969, standing next to listings of the software she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    New Years Eve in Times Square, 1959.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    A driver in the Ladies' Reliability Trials, Australia. June 1st, 1936.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    American actress Anne Francis, 1950.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    The Columbus, Georgia, Holiday Inn circa 1961.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    VW - Grand Motor Show 1962, Uruguay.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Maryse Hilsz, French pilot, 1938.st

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    U.S. Marines watching an F4U Corsair napalming a Chinese position during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, December 6 1950.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    A woman in St. Petersburg. Photo by Carl Bergamasco, 1870s.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    WAAC's in France find German helmets useful substitutes for market bags. Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, France, during World War I.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Anna Swan, “The Nova Scotia Giantess,” shown here with the Lilliputian King. She was billed as the tallest woman in the world. Photo taken around 1870.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    World Cup England, 1966. West Germany's Lothar Emmerich (L) leaves the pitch with USSR goalkeeper Lev Yashin (R) after the match.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    1848: Very early photo of old London Town, High Street, Lambeth.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    1958 Volga GAZ-21.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    1923-1924: New Year's Eve film still with Marion Davies as Columbine in the movie Beauty's Worth.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Vladimir Arsenyev, Dersu Uzala, soldier Fokin and Zhang Bao, (from left to right), on a hike along the Takema River basin. Photo from the 1907 expedition.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Yalova, 1932.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Christmas shopping crowds on main street of Gadsden, Alabama. December 21st, 1940.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Lightning and Ford, 1947.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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    Empress Maria Feodorovna and Alexandra of Wales. Photo by Bergamasco. Early 1880s.

    20 Colorized Historical Photos that Bring The Past to Life

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