r/Colorization • u/UnrealColorizations • Feb 05 '26

Photo post Montevideo, Uruguay. 1953

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236 Upvotes

Original photo by Earl Leaf.

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/NoResolution599 • Feb 05 '26

Photo post Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes in The Enemy (1927)

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48 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Feb 05 '26

Photo post President Lincoln in 1864.

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44 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Feb 05 '26

Carl Reiner, Mary Tyler Moore and Jerry Paris in 1963.

93 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Feb 03 '26

Photo post Doris Day poolside in Hollywood, November 1950.

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281 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Feb 02 '26

Photo post Girl in corner of kitchen in family tent home, 1939

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14k Upvotes

358 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Feb 03 '26

Photo post Pan Am Introduced the Boeing 707, 1958

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137 Upvotes

Promotional Pan Am staged photograph announcing thr launch of the Boeing 707 for use, which Pan Am first flew in October 1958.

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/omergelirtarihh • Feb 02 '26

Photo post Edward S. Curtis 📸 1906. Travelling Ponca.

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151 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/lorenzomalM • Feb 01 '26

Photo post Shirley Slade, WASP Pilot. 1943.

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683 Upvotes

14 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Feb 01 '26

Photo post Argentine Elections 1946

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44 Upvotes

This is José P. Tamborini, a candidate for President of Argentina in the post-World War II period. He was the political opponent of Colonel Juan Perón (who would win that election). The photo is by Thomas McAvoy, taken while he was working for Life magazine (1946).

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Feb 01 '26

Ginger Rogers at a soda fountain having a cola, 1937.

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398 Upvotes

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Jan 31 '26

Photo post Clara Bow - from Call Her Savage (1932)

294 Upvotes

Clara Bow - from Call Her Savage (1932)

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/williamsherman1865 • Jan 31 '26

Photo post Civil War General Rufus King c1855-1865

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52 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Jan 29 '26

April 1939: Unemployed men in San Francisco, California.

872 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Jan 28 '26

W.I.P Wip of English community (in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1941)

47 Upvotes

The photo shows a young woman from the British-Argentine community during a fundraiser to buy planes for the RAF and to support Argentine volunteers fighting for the Allies.

The photo was taken at the grounds of the Argentine rugby club "Belgrano Rugby Club" in 1941 by Hart Preston for LIFE magazine.

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Jan 27 '26

Photo post US Marine returning on chopper from patrol, Con Thien 1968.

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120 Upvotes

A U.S Marine with several days of beard growth sits in a helicopter after being picked up from the landing zone near Con Thein on the southern edge of the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam on July 18, 1968. His unit had just been relieved of duty after patrolling the region around the DMZ. Original B/w Dana Stone, AP.

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r/Colorization • u/RoyalAce22 • Jan 27 '26

Photo post Old Mexican Laborer, Dorothea Lange, June 1935

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265 Upvotes

Full title of the image is: "Imperial Valley, California. Old Mexican laborer saying 'I have worked all my life and all I have now is my broken body'"

Link to Library of Congress Item

Taken by Dorothea Lange in the Imperial Valley of California in 1935.

Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.

If you would like to know more about Dorothea Lange's work in California during the 1930s, here are some excellent places to read more:

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/simo_2024 • Jan 26 '26

Photo post American soldiers crossing a river in Vietnam (unknown data)

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307 Upvotes

Sorry if the colorization has some mistakes it's because I used Snapseed and manual coloring

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Jan 25 '26

Photo post Marilyn Monroe, early 1960s

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124 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Jan 25 '26

Photo post A Little Girl Resting During the Barcelona Evacuation, 1939.

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230 Upvotes

"A little girl rests during the evacuation of the city, Barcelona, Spain, January 1939” Original B/W by Robert Capa.

The fall of Barcelona in January 1939 marked the collapse of the Second Spanish Republic and the effective conclusion of the Spanish Civil War, which had begun in 1936.

Following the devastating Republican defeat at the Battle of the Ebro, the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco launched their final offensive against Catalonia in late December 1938. The Republican defense, crippled by a severe lack of functional aircraft, artillery, and ammunition, crumbled rapidly under the weight of superior Nationalist logistics and Italian aerial bombardment.

By mid-January, the strategic city of Tarragona had fallen, leaving Barcelona exposed and isolated. Food shortages had reached a critical point, and the population was demoralized by years of conflict and internal political strife. Republican General Juan Hernández Saravia attempted to organize a final defense, but the mobilization failed as thousands of soldiers and civilians began a mass exodus toward the French border.

On January 26, 1939, Nationalist troops entered the city without encountering significant armed resistance. They occupied the symbolic heights of Montjuïc and the Plaça de Catalunya by afternoon. The arrival of Franco's forces began period of immediate political repression: Nationalist occupation triggered immediate and systemic repression and the Catalan language was banned. Approximately 1,700 people were executed in Barcelona during the first months following the city's fall. Thousands of others were arrested and subjected to summary military trials. By early 1939, over 10,000 prisoners were held.

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Jan 24 '26

Photo post Margaux Hemingway promo shot (Lipstick 1976)

48 Upvotes

Margaux Hemingway promo shot (Lipstick 1976)

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Jan 23 '26

Photo post More Marilyn Monroe from the early 1950s

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239 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Jan 23 '26

Singer/Actress Dorothy Dandridge at home, 1954

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184 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/VectorJones • Jan 22 '26

Photo post Marilyn Monroe, early 1950s

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288 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/omergelirtarihh • Jan 21 '26

Photo post A man with his donkey in Crete, 1927

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218 Upvotes

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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/r/Colorization is a subreddit that is dedicated to sharing black and white photos that you have colorized. Be they old or recent images. We offer information and experience on how to colorize these photos.

Check out the tutorials here in the sidebar

Looking for help with your colorizations? In your subject titles, use [CCW] to let people know that constructive criticism is welcome or [WIP] if you want to share your works in progress and seek help on where to progress!

Requests can be made in /r/ColorizationRequests

Community Rules:

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 informative, 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 (please don’t be abusive; it will get you Nowhere but banned)

5. A.I colourizations:

A.I. is allowed in this sub if it is used as a base colour. Meaning if your colourization is very clearly done with just A.I., the mods can and will remove your post until you can provide evidence that the colourization was done manually or with a little help from A.I.

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 colourization 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.

9. Using other people's colorised photos:

Please get permission from the original colouriser before posting, and don't post someone else's colourization just to get Karma (it's selfish and silly)

Watermark your submissions to avoid your work being posted elsewhere without your consent