Just because there weren't color cameras until the mid 20th century doesn't mean that historical events weren't as vivid as modern day. Contrary to their often stoic, colorless depictions, Albert Einstein, World War I solders and heck, even Nikola Tesla all lived on a full spectrum of Roy G. Biv.
From Los Angeles drive-ins to behind-the-scenes snaps of iconic old-school films, here are 21 colorized photos of history.
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"c. 1896 Woman in a dark dress."
2
“USMC 4FU Corsairs, Tarawa, Kiribati, 1944.”
3
“1949: The first U.S.-bound Beetle being loaded onto a New York-bound ship in Rotterdam by Ben Pon, Sr., left, a Dutch businessman.”
4
“Passengers boarding British airship R101, 1929”
5
“Shell gas station in Denmark, 1960s”
6
“Nikola Tesla looking out his Colorado Springs lab in 1899. The sign reads, ‘Great danger, keep out’”
8
“Katherine Hepburn and John Barrymore pose on the set of ‘A Bill of Divorcement’ in 1932.”
9
“John F. Kennedy & Jackie Kennedy at their Palm Beach home, 1961”
10
“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.”
11
“1848: Very early photo of old London Town: the High Street, Lambeth”
12
“Middelburg (Netherlands), 1960s”
13
“Franz Ferdinand. His assassination on 28 June 1914 sparked the World War I.”
14
“Vincent van Gogh at the age of 19 - January 1873”
15
“Public Enemies : Bonnie & Clyde - 1933”
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“Last known photo of Nikola Tesla - 1943”
17
“Gavrilo Princip in his prison cell at the Terezín fortress, 1914”
18
“Albert Einstein at his home in Princeton, NJ, in 1944”
19
“Robert De Niro is from the 1976 film Taxi Driver.”
21
“Private Collins plays with the local village cat, Snowball, in Normandy, 1944.”
