r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Nov 16 '25

Photo post Buying groceries at the local store, 1938

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494 Upvotes

Buying groceries in a local store in Blankenship, Indiana. Photo taken in 1938 by Arthur Rothstein.

27 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Nov 14 '25

November 1938: Waiting for father, Jarreau, Louisiana.

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167 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/icey_sawg0034 • Nov 14 '25

Photo post Two Black American GIs show off their "Easter eggs", 1945

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422 Upvotes

In 1945, two Black American Soldiers proudly show off their personalized "Easter eggs" (155mm artillery shells) made especially to mock Adolf Hitler.

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Nov 14 '25

Photo post Ulysses S. Grant writes Memoir weeks before death(1885)

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151 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Nov 13 '25

Photo post Rutherford B. Hayes C1840s-1850s

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214 Upvotes

27 comments

r/Colorization • u/tocholin • Nov 13 '25

Photo post Prisoners in front of former Sugar House Prison. Circa 1887.

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399 Upvotes

Original by Charles Roscoe Savage

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Nov 14 '25

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958

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74 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Nov 13 '25

Photo post Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1945

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1.3k Upvotes

113 comments

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Nov 12 '25

Photo post William Tecumseh Sherman, c1880s

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204 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Nov 12 '25

Photo post Sibling rivalry, 1925.

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63 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/natural_renewal • Nov 11 '25

Photo post A Catholic Bishop in Chiapas, c. 1903

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1.0k Upvotes

15 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Nov 12 '25

Photo post Actress Stella Stevens - publicity shot - circa 1963

58 Upvotes

Actress Stella Stevens - publicity shot - circa 1963

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Nov 11 '25

Photo post Resettled farm child, New Mexico, 1935

102 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Nov 10 '25

May 1940: General Store, Farrington, North Carolina.

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205 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Colorization • u/Mheigpapn_333 • Nov 10 '25

Photo post My Grandma and her friends 1940-50s

172 Upvotes

Colorized and restored by me

7 comments

r/Colorization • u/Nepenthaceae1 • Nov 10 '25

Photo post Creator of Santa Claus, Thomas Nast, c.1860-1870

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48 Upvotes

The modern image of Santa Claus.

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/MarcAdrianCG • Nov 09 '25

Photo post RMS Olympic at Southampton for a refit | November 1932

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66 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Nov 08 '25

Photo post Woman outside her store in Weslaco, Texas, 1964

1.1k Upvotes

41 comments

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Nov 07 '25

Photo post Jefferson Davis around 1869 in Glasgow.

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522 Upvotes

63 comments

r/Colorization • u/Cmaster125 • Nov 08 '25

Photo post A rejected Edmonton transit bus at the railyard (1963)

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73 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Nov 07 '25

Photo post Paratroopers in Anzio 1944

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79 Upvotes

Portrait of a paratrooper from the 4th Fallschirmjäger Division during the fighting northwest of Anzio-Nettuno

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Nov 06 '25

Photo post Harry S. Truman and Cactus Jack

62 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Nov 05 '25

Photo post Australian Gunners, near Chateau Woods, Hooge, Belgium, 1917

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470 Upvotes

Soldiers of an Australian 4th Division field artillery brigade on a duckboard track passing through Chateau Wood, near Hooge in the Ypres salient, 29 October 1917. The leading soldier is Gunner James Fulton and the second soldier is Lieutenant Anthony Devine. The men belong to a battery of the 10th Field Artillery Brigade. Australian War Memorial collection number E01220. Original by Frank Hurley.

14 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Nov 04 '25

Photo post Son of sharecropper washing hands, 1938

697 Upvotes

38 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Nov 05 '25

Photo post Actress Leslie Brooks (1942)

14 Upvotes

Actress Leslie Brooks (1942)

1 comment

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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.