34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

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From a rare photo of Mark TWAIN to the incredible photos of the Normandy landings from a height of bird flight — we invite you to enjoy the pictures of important people and events in history, converted from grayscale to color. Thanks to modern technology, you can now see what was the world of the past in all its glory.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

1. The inventor of the bulletproof vest testing is one of the first prototypes of its creation in 1923 in Washington, DC.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

2. The legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig at Yankee stadium July 4, 1939, the day when he completed his brilliant career because of the deadly disease. Gehrig was one of the best players in the history of MLB and the Yankees and the best player on first base in the 20th century.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

3. Protesters in little Rock, Arkansas, at a rally against the desegregation of schools in 1959.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

4. American poet Walt Whitman in 1868.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

5. Girls unload the ice in 1918.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

6. Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before he was killed by Jack ruby.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

7. The pilot with the RAF on the "welcome" at the hairdresser's in between military action during the Second world war.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

8. Nihang bodyguard serving in the Sikh army of the Nizam of Hyderabad. In his right hand he holds a sword khanda and the left — the ball and chain beach. Steel dagger chellanam for his belt is traditionally associated with South India. In addition, he has a shield, a second sword and pistol, recoil pad which is visible from under his left arm. His fighting turban fortified razor-sharp throwing rings, miniature swords and steel chains.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

9. The Golden Gate bridge in the process of construction in the 1930s.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

10. Claude Monet with his paintings in 1923.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

11. In 1942, this room painted posters that were used for propaganda in the United States during the Second world war.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

12. Civil war veterans share stories during the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg in 1913.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

13. Marilyn Monroe.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

14. Chef flips burgers at the fair in 1938.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

15. Pablo Picasso.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

16. Dealer clams in Little Italy, new York, 1900.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

17. Mark TWAIN.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

18. Helen Keller and Charlie Chaplin in 1919.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

19. Elizabeth Taylor in 1956.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

20. Abraham Lincoln.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

21. Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the movie "the Birds" in 1963.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

22. Boy selling Newspapers in London in 1912. Main news — the tragedy of the Titanic.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

23. Notorious actress Sharon Tate in the early 1960s.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

24. African-American soldiers with shells at Easter 1944. "Easter eggs for Hitler".

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

25. The Confederate General Robert E. Lee soon after completion in Appomattox in 1865.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

26. Curb Market in new York city around 1900.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

27. Audrey Hepburn in the early 1950s.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

28. Clint Eastwood in 1962.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

29. Photos of the Normandy Landings in 1944. The Famous "D-Day".

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

30. Charles Darwin.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

31. Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee University in 1905. This man is one of the most outstanding educators and advocates for the education of the American Negro, orator, politician and writer.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

32. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, in 1951.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

33. Audrey Hepburn in 1953.

34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

34. Albert Einstein in 1921.

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