34 amazing example coloring old archival photos

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.

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

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.

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

4. American poet Walt Whitman in 1868.

5. Girls unload the ice in 1918.

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

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

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.

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

10. Claude Monet with his paintings in 1923.

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

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

13. Marilyn Monroe.

14. Chef flips burgers at the fair in 1938.

15. Pablo Picasso.

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

17. Mark TWAIN.

18. Helen Keller and Charlie Chaplin in 1919.

19. Elizabeth Taylor in 1956.

20. Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

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

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

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

26. Curb Market in new York city around 1900.

27. Audrey Hepburn in the early 1950s.

28. Clint Eastwood in 1962.

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

30. Charles Darwin.

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.

32. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, in 1951.

33. Audrey Hepburn in 1953.

34. Albert Einstein in 1921.