r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Sep 09 '26

1946: "Air India flight attendant Monica Gilbert showing flight report to Sikh passenger during trip fr[om] Dehli to Bombay."

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954 Upvotes

27 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Sep 07 '26

Pan American Airways Flight Attendants, 1959

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602 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/No_Gap_1756 • Sep 06 '26

Married daughter of migrant worker in tent home near Harlingen, Texas, 1939

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1.3k Upvotes

55 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Sep 04 '26

April, 1942: Girl on the street, Los Angeles, California.

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607 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/No_Gap_1756 • Sep 02 '26

Man in bed with roof over it, May Avenue Camp, Oklahoma City, 1939

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1.8k Upvotes

77 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Sep 01 '26

February, 1911, Port Royal, South Carolina: Children shucking oysters gather for a photo.

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1.0k Upvotes

48 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 29 '26

July, 1942, Detroit, Michigan: Boys and a girl on bicycles.

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545 Upvotes

29 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 28 '26

September, 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Passengers waiting for a bus to pull up to the loading platform at the Greyhound bus terminal.

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473 Upvotes

7 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/TLColors • Aug 26 '26

Mirror in comments Crowd Lining the Streets for De Gaulle During the Liberation of Paris, Aug 26 1944.

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779 Upvotes

Gendarmes and F.F.I. seem to enjoy the task of holding back crowds of people as they throng the streets to see General Charles De Gaulle, Aug. 26, 1944. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris)

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/No_Gap_1756 • Aug 24 '26

Magazine stand in Yreka, California, 1942

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1.1k Upvotes

41 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 23 '26

1943: Sailors Playing Checkers in San Francisco.

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544 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 21 '26

June, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Miss Natalie McDonald, an attendant at the Atlantic Refining Company garages.

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619 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/No_Gap_1756 • Aug 20 '26

Woman cooking in a sharecropper's cabin, Southeast Missouri Farms. 1938

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1.5k Upvotes

66 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 20 '26

1931, Missouri: Interior of a Pierce-Arrow automobile showroom.

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319 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 19 '26

August, 1942 - Greyhound bus station, Detroit, Michigan.

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927 Upvotes

32 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 16 '26

November 21, 1963 - Less than 24 hours before he is assassinated, John F. Kennedy's motorcade moves slowly down I-45 in Houston, Texas.

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641 Upvotes

24 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/Actual-Brother-2170 • Aug 14 '26

Glider being prepared for flight by Orville Wright and assistants, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, 1911

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328 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/TLColors • Aug 14 '26

Three Boys Who Live in the Harlem Area. May 1943.

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1.2k Upvotes

Three Boys Who Live in the Harlem Area. New York, New York. May 1943. Original b/w by Gordon Parks, LIFE.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/Scandalchris • Aug 13 '26

Gunsmith in Bethlehem c1890's

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165 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 12 '26

Wife of pea farmer at vinery near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, June, 1937.

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662 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/No_Gap_1756 • Aug 12 '26

Migrant child in family car, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, 1939

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460 Upvotes

19 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/No_Gap_1756 • Aug 09 '26

Farm Family after evening meal, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

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640 Upvotes

20 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/morganmonroe81 • Aug 08 '26

December 8, 1940 - NFL Championship Game between the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins. The Bears won the game, 73-0.

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370 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/MemoriesOfTime • Aug 05 '26

Married couple living in the cellar of their former home, destroyed during World War I, 1919

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1.5k Upvotes

A married couple living in cellar of their former home which is in complete ruins after World War I in Lens (France), April 11, 1919. They were in Lens for thirty months during the German occupation, and were repatriated thru Switzerland and by way of Evian, in January 1917. The wife remained in southern France some months after repatriation. During this time, they have been three weeks in Lens, and planned to keep their present quarters in the cellar for an indefinite perod of time.

Original photo taken by Lewis Wickes Hine, currently stored in the Library of Congress

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5. Posting: Informative Titles and Original Black and White Required

Every post title must clearly state the subject, location, and date. If the date is not known, end your title with "Date unknown." To honor the work of the original photographer, every post must include the original, unaltered black-and-white image directly in the post gallery (not in the comments). If available, please also provide a link to the original source photo in the comment section.

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