34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

Categories: History

From a rare photo of Mark Twain to an incredible bird's-eye view of the Normandy landings, we invite you to take a tour of photographs of important people and events in history, converted from black and white to color. Thanks to modern technology, you can now see what the world of the past was like in all its glory.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

1. The inventor of the bulletproof vest tests one of the first prototypes of his creation in 1923 in Washington, DC.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

2. Legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, the very day he ended his brilliant sports career due to a terminal illness. Gehrig was one of the best players in MLB and Yankee history and the best first baseman in the 20th century.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

3. Protesters in Little Rock, Arkansas, at a rally against school desegregation in 1959.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

4. American poet Walt Whitman in 1868.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

5. Girls unload ice in 1918.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

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

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

7. A pilot of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain at a barber's "reception" in between military operations during the Second World War.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

8. Nihang's bodyguard in the service of the Sikh army of the Nizam of Hyderabad. In his right hand he holds the khanda sword, and in his left - a ball and a chain whip. The steel dagger chillanum behind his belt is traditionally associated with South India. In addition, he has a shield, a second sword and a pistol, the back of which is visible from under his left hand. His combat turban is reinforced with razor-sharp throwing rings, miniature blades and steel chains.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

9. The Golden Gate Bridge under construction in the 1930s.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

10. Claude Monet with his paintings in 1923.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

11. In 1942, posters were painted in this room, which were used for propaganda in the United States during World War II.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

12. Civil War veterans exchange stories during the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1913.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

13. Marilyn Monroe.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

14. A cook flips burgers at a fair in 1938.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

15. Pablo Picasso.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

16. A shellfish merchant in Little Italy, New York, 1900.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

17. Mark Twain.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

18. Helen Keller and Charlie Chaplin in 1919.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

19. Elizabeth Taylor in 1956.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

20. Abraham Lincoln.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

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

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

22. A boy sells newspapers in London in 1912. The main news is the tragedy of the Titanic.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

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

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

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

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

25. Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee shortly after surrendering at Appomattox in 1865.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

26. Kerb Market in New York around 1900.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

27. Audrey Hepburn in the early 1950s.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

28. Clint Eastwood in 1962.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

29. Photo of the Normandy Landings in 1944. The famous "D-Day".

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

30. Charles Darwin.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

31. Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee University in 1905. This man is one of the most outstanding educators and fighters for the enlightenment of American Negroes, an orator, a politician, a writer.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

32. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, in 1951.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

33. Audrey Hepburn in 1953.

34 amazing examples of coloring old archival photos

34. Albert Einstein in 1921.

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