30 colorized historical photos that tell about the events of the past
Colorization is a unique method of "coloring" pictures, which gives historical photographs a second life, and sends us on a journey through time. The colorization process can be time-consuming, but the result is definitely worth it. Let's look at some historical photos painted by professionals and amateurs who publish works on the Reddit forum.
Japanese-American college students during the move to an internment camp. Sacramento, 1942
The photographer's picture in the mirror, taken 100 years ago, Japan, 1920
Spanish flu pandemic in California, 1918
A Sicilian farmer shows an American soldier where the Germans retreated, August 1943
American Civil War veterans throw flowers from the air on the Gettysburg battlefield in honor of fallen comrades, 1938
Family portrait after the First World War
Isaac Woodard, a decorated African-American veteran of World War II, was attacked by South Carolina police on February 12, 1946, a few hours after being discharged from the US Army. The man remained blind
The Sleeping Marine, Union Station, Washington, 1948
Portrait of a mother and child during the Great Depression, 1939, photographer Dorothea Lange
German prisoners of war in an American camp while watching a film about German concentration camps in 1945
The little Frenchwoman, 1959
An African American tavern in Chicago, Illinois, April 1941
Night fishing in Hawaii, 1948
Kitten on a lily pad in the Philippines, 1935
16-year-old German soldier cries after being captured by the Allies, 1945
A Salvation Army worker writes a letter dictated by a wounded soldier, 1918
One of the pictures of Nicholas II, date unknown
Cujo Lewis - the only surviving former slave brought to the United States from Africa, 1931
A girl who grew up in a concentration camp was asked to draw a "house", Warsaw, Poland, 1948
Lebanon before the Civil War, 1965
On the streets of New York, a picture of Stanley Kubrick
An American soldier with photos of his beloved, Chu Chi Base Camp, Vietnam, 1968
A "selfie" taken by Edvard Munk after he entered a psychiatric clinic in 1905
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) in College, late 80s
Newlyweds in Japan, 1955
John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States) — the first president in history to be photographed, 1843
Photo of Joseph Stalin, taken at 4:31 a.m. on June 22, 1941, when he announced the invasion of German troops. The photographer was asked to destroy the picture, but he kept it
A girl hugs a US Army soldier at a train station in New Hope, Connecticut, 1945
Alexey Kirillovich Kuznetsov, prisoner of the Nerchinsk penal servitude, Nerchinsk, Russia, 1891
October Revolution, 1917