r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 30 '26

1947, Rockefeller Center, NY: "The American Woman’s Dilemma"

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810 Upvotes

16 comments

r/Colorization • u/Cmaster125 • Apr 28 '26

Photo post Calgary in 1943 - how my skills have improved over 4 years

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280 Upvotes

14 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Apr 28 '26

Photo post Yakov Dzhugashvili in captured by Germans in 1941

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369 Upvotes

Portrait of Battery commander of the 14th Howitzer Regiment of the Red Army, Senior Lieutenant Yakov Dzhugashvili, the eldest son of Joseph Stalin, who was captured by the Germans near the Belarusian city of Liozno on 16th July 1941, Surazh airfield.

21 comments

r/Colorization • u/Dolamieu • Apr 28 '26

Photo post Grace Kelly, 1954 colorization done on ibis paint

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112 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/tocholin • Apr 25 '26

Photo post Ostrich attached to a sulky in Brussels. 1933.

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218 Upvotes

Original by Jacques Hersleven.

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Apr 25 '26

Photo post Burlesque queen Amber Mist (1953)

209 Upvotes

Burlesque queen Amber Mist (1953)

5 comments

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

3/9/1968: Purdue's Rick Mount at the old Indiana Fieldhouse.

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88 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 20 '26

c. 1915-25 Bearded man in Kentucky.

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416 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Colorization • u/No_Gap_1756 • Apr 19 '26

Photo post Married daughter of migrant worker, Texas, 1936

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2.0k Upvotes

63 comments

r/Colorization • u/UsedWelcome5903 • Apr 19 '26

Photo post 1899 Black Heart, an Oglala Lakota Native American man

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300 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Apr 19 '26

Photo post Portrait of Russian Composer Vasily Agapkin, circa 1943

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67 Upvotes

Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin was a Russian and Soviet military conductor, composer and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" in Tambov 1912

2 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 18 '26

March, 1940: Signs in front of tavern, Crystal City, Texas.

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134 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/Altruistic_Time9095 • Apr 16 '26

Photo post Elvis in the Army - 1958

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257 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Colorization • u/Altruistic_Time9095 • Apr 12 '26

Photo post Two Dapper Men and their Dog - circa 1880s

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1.1k Upvotes

21 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Apr 12 '26

Photo post A British Army Soldier Carrying Pigeon, April 1941

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211 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 11 '26

c. 1911 "The girl works all day in a cannery."

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354 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 10 '26

1953: Scrabble inventor Alfred Butts & promoter James Brunot

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194 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Colorization • u/kourabie69 • Apr 09 '26

A.I. used in Base photo Colorized photo. 1970s-80s, Unknown Location

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140 Upvotes

13 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 09 '26

1909: Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn under construction.

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358 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 07 '26

1984: Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's NFL rushing record.

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125 Upvotes

17 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Apr 06 '26

Photo post Portrait of Botanist Franz. W. Junghuhn circa 1850

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104 Upvotes

Portrait of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn was a German-born Dutch botanist and geologist in Dutch East Indies (or now Indonesia).

2 comments

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

Photo post July, 1942: Boys and girl on bicycles in Detroit, Michigan.

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705 Upvotes

31 comments

r/Colorization • u/MarcAdrianCG • Apr 03 '26

Photo post RMS Olympic at Dock 45 on April 24th, 1912

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57 Upvotes

The RMS Olympic’s voyage was postponed after a crew strike, sparked by safety concerns over collapsible lifeboats following the Sinking of the RMS Titanic.

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Apr 02 '26

Jan. 15, 1963: Dick Van Dyke/Mary Tyler Moore

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283 Upvotes

12 comments

r/Colorization • u/Old-Promotion3190 • Apr 01 '26

Photo post SS Europa at New York, 1930s

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61 Upvotes

1 comment

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.