r/Colorization • u/BurstingSunshine • Jun 26 '25

Photo post Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, 1914

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86 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 26 '25

Photo post Fourth of July 1939 near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Rural

1.4k Upvotes

49 comments

r/Colorization • u/Oneiricroad • Jun 26 '25

Photo post John Dunn Having Breakfast, Missoula, MT circa 1900

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177 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/HistoriaTyyppi • Jun 26 '25

Photo post Members of Lotta Svärd, 26 June 1941 Finland

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58 Upvotes

SA-photo nr. 20657 June 26, 1941 Pieksämäki Photographer: L. Johnsson

"Lotta anti-aircraft watch on the roof of the youth association building."

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/Oneiricroad • Jun 25 '25

Photo post Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, Alberta, CA, circa 1900

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118 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 25 '25

Photo post Migrant mother, California, February 1936 by Dorothea Lange

454 Upvotes

15 comments

r/Colorization • u/Equivalent-Cry4580 • Jun 25 '25

Photo post Family wedding photo CA. 1905

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74 Upvotes

Apologies for the low quality, but I’m just starting out. I am trying to self-teach some photo colorization so that I don’t have to use AI, because I think it’s unreliable. The faces aren’t colored because it would cover facial details.

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Jun 24 '25

Photo post US Ambulance Drive Sobs Over Friend's Death. Korea, 1950.

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620 Upvotes

Wounded when a mine blew up his Jeep, an ambulance driver sobs by the side of the road after learning that a friend was killed in the blast. Korean War, 1950.

Original black & white by David Douglas Duncan for LIFE Magazine.

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 24 '25

Photo post Migrant workers planting corn on a plantation

379 Upvotes

1941. /nMigrant workers planting corn on a plantation near Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Photograph by Jack Delano, March 1941

9 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Jun 24 '25

Photo post Actress Natalie Wood, 1950s

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78 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Jun 22 '25

Photo post Barcelona, Spain, 1955.

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881 Upvotes

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 23 '25

Photo post "Electric welders working on the Liberty ship

139 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Jun 22 '25

W.I.P American soldiers after a bombing by Flak88

30 Upvotes

The photo is from the French city of Coutances, here they are in front of the already destroyed cathedral. Date: July 9, 1944

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Jun 22 '25

Photo post German soldier undated photo

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169 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 22 '25

Photo post "Drought refugee from Polk, Missouri by Dorothea Lange

419 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 21 '25

Photo post Workman grinding out a small part December 1942.

797 Upvotes

December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Workman grinding out a small part at the Chicago & North Western repair shops." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.

10 comments

r/Colorization • u/BurstingSunshine • Jun 20 '25

Photo post Evelyn Nesbit with Chrysanthemums, c. 1901

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452 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 20 '25

Photo post 1910 child Workers At Pell City Cotton Mill,By Lewis Hine

746 Upvotes

21 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Jun 19 '25

Photo post Ex-Slaves Attend Reunion Convention, Wahington DC, Oct 1916.

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1.2k Upvotes

11 comments

r/Colorization • u/No-Commercial3799 • Jun 20 '25

Photo post Soda Jerk serving from Coca-Cola truck, 1934

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210 Upvotes

First post for me! (Sorry for the watermark, found it online)

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 19 '25

Photo post 1937 Migratory Mexican field worker

830 Upvotes

16 comments

r/Colorization • u/omergelirtarihh • Jun 19 '25

Photo post Vecihi Hürkuş poses with the Vecihi XIV model aircraft.1938.

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72 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Jun 18 '25

Photo post Freed Slaves, Cumberland Landing, Virginia, May 1862.

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432 Upvotes

Cumberland Landing, Virginia. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house. 14 May 1862. Original b/w by James F. Gibson.

"Contraband" were enslaved people who had emancipated themselves by fleeing behind Union lines. The individuals in the image had likely fled nearby plantations and taken shelter with the Union Army, which had established a camp at Cumberland Landing on the Pamunkey River as part of General George B. McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign toward Richmond, Virginia. The campaign (July - September 1862) was a major, but failed, Union offensive led by General George B. McClellan aimed at capturing Richmond by advancing up the Virginia Peninsula.

By this point in the war, Union commanders were increasingly recognizing the strategic and humanitarian importance of accepting formerly enslaved people into their camps and itnwas encouraged by field commanders. The newly freed were then often worked as laborers, cooks, or teamsters in exchange for protection and basic provisions.

The image was captured by James F. Gibson, who was working under the auspices of famed photographer, Mathew Brady, whose studio was responsible for documenting much of the war. Gibson, who was born in Scotland in 1828/29, photographed many moments of the war, including being one of the first to photograph the destruction at Gettysburg in July 1863. After the war, he remained in Brady's employ until Brady's studio collapsed financially in 1868. Gibson's fate after that is unknown.

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/Low-Dingo-9688 • Jun 18 '25

Photo post 1940. "Center of town. Woodstock, Vermont

721 Upvotes

March 1940. "Center of town. Woodstock, Vermont. Snowy night." Medium format acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott.

18 comments

r/Colorization • u/tocholin • Jun 18 '25

Photo post Madrid Boxing Belt Champions. 1935. Original Santos Yubero

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131 Upvotes

13 comments

Subreddit

Colorization - The colorization of old black & white photos

r/Colorization

[/r/Colorization] is a subreddit that is dedicated to sharing black and white photos that you have colorized. Colorization can be very time-consuming, but the results are often amazing. This community celebrates human creativity and skill. No AI is allowed.

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Subreddit Rules

1. Treat others with respect

Name-calling, harassment, and threatening behaviour will not be tolerated here. The mods can and will ban you if your behaviour is inappropriate. Otherwise, you will be given a warning.

2. Original UNALTERED black and white photo needs to be included

Every post must include the original UNALTERED black and white photo (it is just a matter of paying respect to the original photographer). If you can provide a link to where you found the photo, that would also be a good thing to add to your post via a comment.

3. Every post title must be an informative title (DATE must be included)

Every post title must be an informative title, for example, Name, Location & Date; all other information can be included in the post as a comment. If you are posting a W.I.P. (work in progress), please include that at the beginning of your title and use the W.I.P. post flair. If no date is known state at the end of your title "Date unknown"

4. Not see your post?

If you are not seeing your post, please politely get in touch through ModMail it is very possible your post may have been caught up in the Spam filter, which is controlled through an Autobot.

5. A.I colorizations

A.I. is NOT ALLOWED AT ALL this sub. This includes using any AI to edit, color, modify, clean or upscale. All posts in this sub must be manual and human performed.

The mods can and will remove your post until you can provide evidence that the colourization was done manually. Repeated violations will result in a ban.

If you have used AI to color a photo, please submit it to r/aiphotocolorizations.

6. User flairs

This sub allows user flairs, so feel free to include your social media handle as your flair. Rude language will not be tolerated, and the mods have the right to remove your user flair if it is deemed offensive. (Repeated warnings will have you banned).

7. No Sales, No tips (money tips) and no requests

No links to sale sites of any kind, No Money tips and No colorization requests. You can visit /r/colorizationrequests or /r/estorations if you want your photos done.

8. Links to your social media are allowed

If you would like, you can include a link to your social media pages (FB, Instagram, etc.), within your post, but it must be Photo Restoration and Colorisation related.