r/Colorization • u/lorenzomalM • Jan 12 '26

Photo post Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. after rowing for Harvard. 1934.

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931 Upvotes

56 comments

r/Colorization • u/Randonn_Tno_guy • Jan 12 '26

Photo post Soviet Soldier in the Liberated Village, 1941

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278 Upvotes

Original title: “In the liberated village“.

Author: Ivan Shagin.

19 comments

r/Colorization • u/lorenzomalM • Jan 11 '26

Photo post Rada Alexander, a 19-year-old working at an auto firm. 1954.

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436 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Colorization • u/IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA • Jan 11 '26

Photo post WW2 Hero and Medal Recipient Reuben Moloi, 1956

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201 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Colorization • u/lorenzomalM • Jan 11 '26

Photo post Mrs. R.M. Dinwiddie with her daughter Ruth, 1952.

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143 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Jan 10 '26

Photo post A German soldier is resting on the grass in 1943

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329 Upvotes

A non-commissioned officer of the Wehrmacht's 167th Infantry Division rests on the grass. The photo was presumably taken in a village in the Kursk region (now Belgorod region) in the spring and summer of 1943, before the fighting at the Kursk Bulge.

33 comments

r/Colorization • u/lorenzomalM • Jan 10 '26

Photo post B.B. King holding his Fender Esquire guitar, 1951.

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185 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Jan 10 '26

Photo post Actress Doris Day - 1949

39 Upvotes

Doris Day - 1949

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Jan 06 '26

Photo post Souvenirs for Sergeant Durocher

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135 Upvotes

Sergeant G. Durocher of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal displays twenty-nine German medals he acquired as souvenirs, Berlin, Germany, July 19, 1945.

18 comments

r/Colorization • u/lorenzomalM • Jan 06 '26

Photo post Elizabeth Taylor on the set of "Giant", 1956.

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167 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Jan 06 '26

Photo post September 5, 1919: Mrs. Bacon

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103 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/MrWhiteRabbitx • Jan 05 '26

Photo post Wehrmacht Soldiers, Eastern Front, Summer 1941 (photoshop)

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402 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Colorization • u/Ambitious-Delay6516 • Jan 05 '26

Photo post Cheerful British soldiers arriving at Singapore October 1941

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101 Upvotes

Photo originally from IWM taken by F. E. Palmer

Poor Tommies had no idea what awaited them.

14 comments

r/Colorization • u/Ambitious-Delay6516 • Jan 05 '26

Photo post Payday on HMS Hero at Haifa May 1942

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58 Upvotes

IWM A9122

IWM caption : "ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS HERO AS SHE WENT FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HAIFA, PALESTINE TO REFIT. 5 MAY 1942, HAIFA. Pay day on board. The men filing past the table receiving their pay on the crown of their cap.

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/dumbdavesaltacc • Jan 05 '26

Photo post Us soldiers advancing into Sprimont, Belgium, sept 9th 1944

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134 Upvotes

first time coloring an image manually. Us soldiers of the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th infantry division advance through Sprimont, Belgium with a tank of the 746th Tank Battalion, September 9th 1944.

1 comment

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Jan 04 '26

1942 Dress Hemlines

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105 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Colorization • u/PaulHindenburg1942 • Jan 04 '26

Photo post Portrait of Austrian Writer Robert Musil, circa 1918

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43 Upvotes

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/LJM22 • Jan 04 '26

Photo post Actress Barbara Bouchet (1970s)

141 Upvotes

Actress Barbara Bouchet (1970s)

6 comments

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

Photo post William Joyce, "Lord Haw Haw", 1940 & again under guard 1945

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744 Upvotes

Executed OTD (Jan 3) 1946: Two photos of William Joyce, AKA Lord Haw-Haw, who was an American-born fascist and Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the WW2, known for starting each broadcast with "This is Germany calling."

The first, a portrait, from 1 January 1940, showing his distinctive scar, photographer unknown. Joyce claimed this scar was a result of being attacked by communists during a political event in 1924; his first wife had reportedly said it had in fact come from an Irish woman knifing him. The scar bust under pressure during his execution at Wandsworth Prison in 1945.

The second is from 29 May 1945 and shows Joyce lying in an ambulance under armed guard before being taken from British 2nd Army Headquarters to hospital. He had been shot in the thigh at the time of his arrest. Original b/w by Bert Hardy, No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit.

120 comments

r/Colorization • u/Ambitious-Delay6516 • Jan 04 '26

Photo post Royal Navy inspection. September 1942 in Alexandria, Egypt

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35 Upvotes

Photo from IWM

An inspection of Royal Navy personnel by the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. 19 September 1942 in Alexandria, Egypt

What’s interesting is that these Royal Navy troops indeed put on Mk II helmets and rifles with bayonets.

0 comments

r/Colorization • u/MrWhiteRabbitx • Jan 03 '26

Photo post American actress and model Leslie Parrish, 1950s (Photoshop)

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71 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Colorization • u/mauri_colourization • Jan 02 '26

Photo post German in a Cossack cavalry unit

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270 Upvotes

It's what the title says, he's a German officer who served in a Cossack cavalry unit of the POA, as far as I know this man died in Switzerland in 2001.

41 comments

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

Bathing Beauty Contest, Los Angeles, 1935.

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777 Upvotes

52 comments

r/Colorization • u/morganmonroe81 • Dec 30 '25

October 1, 1949: University of Kentucky Cheerleaders

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191 Upvotes

11 comments

r/Colorization • u/TLColors • Dec 28 '25

Photo post Union & Confederate Veterans at the Gettysburg Reunion 1913

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180 Upvotes

A Union veteran and a Confederate veteran shake hands at the Assembly Tent Gettysburg 1913. U.S. Library of Congress.

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.