19 Historical Photos Given New Life With a Splash of Color

figgyPudding Published 09/28/2024 in wow

Everything is better in color! There's a reason the transition in "The Wizard of Oz" is powerful. You just see more in color.

Therefore, it makes sense that you'd want to see historical photos in color. Fortunately, despite many coming in black and white, modern tech allows us to give them color. Here are 20 colorized historical photos for pigmented perspective.

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On the egg hill, the enemy's actions are carefully monitored. November 10, 1941. Lempäälä, Finland.
2.
A crowd gathered outside Tutankhamun's Tomb in the Valley Of The Kings, Egypt, 1922.
3.
Cotton Carnival, Memphis, 1940.
4.
The Rolling Stones on the day of their first TV appearance, 7th of July, 1963.
5.
Harry Hudec, a 508th HQ Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper, who was a regimental boxing champion during WW2. This photo was most likely taken in April of 1945.
6.
As the First Marine Division advances in Korea, the flamethrower is used to deny communist infiltrators a hiding place. May 5th, 1951.
7.
Joe Dimaggio and Mickey Mantle in 1951.
8.
Pvt. William B. Todd, 1863-65.
9.
Portrait of Tsar Alexander III of Russia,1893.
10.
Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking from the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
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12.
Unknown Dutch soldier smiling with Indonesian guerilla he captured earlier during a routine patrol in East Java, Indonesia, July 1946. Indonesian War of Independence.
13.
German First World War veteran Hans Lange with a portrait of himself as a 19-year-old in 1918. Photograph taken in 1998.
14.
July 1942, Hayti, Missouri. Cotton Carnival picnic.
15.
The Titanic leaving Belfast for her sea trials, April 2nd, 1912.
16.
King George V, 1915.
17.
Wall Street, New York, between 1901 and 1906.
18.
Norwich, Connecticut. 1938 - 1945
19.
Rosie Dorothy Berdych, 7-year-old oyster shucker, Bluffton, SC.

1.
On the egg hill, the enemy's actions are carefully monitored. November 10, 1941. Lempäälä, Finland.
2.
A crowd gathered outside Tutankhamun's Tomb in the Valley Of The Kings, Egypt, 1922.
3.
Cotton Carnival, Memphis, 1940.
4.
The Rolling Stones on the day of their first TV appearance, 7th of July, 1963.
5.
Harry Hudec, a 508th HQ Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper, who was a regimental boxing champion during WW2. This photo was most likely taken in April of 1945.
6.
As the First Marine Division advances in Korea, the flamethrower is used to deny communist infiltrators a hiding place. May 5th, 1951.
7.
Joe Dimaggio and Mickey Mantle in 1951.
8.
Pvt. William B. Todd, 1863-65.
9.
Portrait of Tsar Alexander III of Russia,1893.
10.
Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking from the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
11.
12.
Unknown Dutch soldier smiling with Indonesian guerilla he captured earlier during a routine patrol in East Java, Indonesia, July 1946. Indonesian War of Independence.
13.
German First World War veteran Hans Lange with a portrait of himself as a 19-year-old in 1918. Photograph taken in 1998.
14.
July 1942, Hayti, Missouri. Cotton Carnival picnic.
15.
The Titanic leaving Belfast for her sea trials, April 2nd, 1912.
16.
King George V, 1915.
17.
Wall Street, New York, between 1901 and 1906.
18.
Norwich, Connecticut. 1938 - 1945
19.
Rosie Dorothy Berdych, 7-year-old oyster shucker, Bluffton, SC.