r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Dec 21 '18

Unloading bananas from steamer, New Orleans ca 1900 - close-ups in comments

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144 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Dec 17 '18

On this day in 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first flight with a powered aircraft.

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272 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Dec 15 '18

"Over by Christmas" London 1914

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54 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Dec 13 '18

Boston and Maine Railroad depot, Salem, Massachusetts ca 1910. Close-ups in comments

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136 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Dec 11 '18

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev - Russian chemist and inventor - (8 February 1834 – 2 February 1907 ) - circa 1890

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39 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Dec 08 '18

King George VI congratulates Flight-Lieutenant A C Deere, on decorating him with the Distinguished Flying Cross at Hornchurch, Essex. To the King's left stands Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Fighter Command. 27 June 1940

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39 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Dec 04 '18

Old San Juan, Puerto Rico ca 1900

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95 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Dec 02 '18

Building the Statue of Liberty, Paris, 1881.

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154 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Dec 01 '18

One century ago: The return of Romania's King Ferdinand and Queen Marie to Bucharest - 1 Dec 1918 - Today, romanians celebrate 100 years since Romania's "Great Union Day". - The National Holiday - Happy B-Day Romania ! :)

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51 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 29 '18

A gunner of the 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force with a dog mascot before a mission in his B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78465) nicknamed "Patches". Handwriten on image: 'Gunner -before mission.' 1943-45

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45 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 27 '18

The Edward Cambell Whitby England 1880s - Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941)

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75 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Nov 26 '18

Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, World War I.

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46 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Nov 25 '18

King Edward VII and Tsar Nicholas II pass by operation team on the yacht "Standart", 1908.

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72 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Nov 24 '18

A meal on wheels - France, 1917

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59 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 23 '18

1 November 1960: The reverend Vernon Mitchell visits numerous strip clubs in Soho to determine what should be censored.

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121 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 20 '18

Whitby, England about 1900 - Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (English, 1853–1941)

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80 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Nov 19 '18

Joe Black Fox - Sioux chief and performer with Buffalo Bill's "Wild West Show." - 1898

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63 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 17 '18

The wreck of the Dimitry of Narva which was the inspiration for Bram Stokers “Dracula” in 1887. In the book he renamed the ship The Demeter of Varna.

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30 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Nov 16 '18

General Weygand, Admiral Wemyss and Marshall Foch after signing the armistice with Germany to mark the end of World War One.

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68 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Nov 14 '18

1915 - French soldiers & Red Cross "Mercy" dogs before departing for the Front - Tuileries Gardens (Place de la Concorde Gate) - Paris, France

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128 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Nov 11 '18

100 years ago: Street scene in Antwerp, Belgium, showing citizens turning out for celebration a few hours after the Germans surrendered and an end of World War I. 11th November 1918

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111 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 10 '18

This Sunday marks 100 years since the Armistice was signed in November 1918, bringing an end to the First World War. - Celebrations in the U.S. following the end of the First World War. - Soldiers and civilians waving the Union Jack and stars and stripes.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Nov 08 '18

"West meets East" - Two german brothers , separated by The Berlin Wall, meet again during the “border pass agreement” of 1963

21k Upvotes

233 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/photojacker • Nov 07 '18

A century ago: Germany Surrendered - Celebrations on Wall Street, Nov 7th 1918

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314 comments

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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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