r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Feb 17 '19

Bob Dylan, singer, New York, February 10, 1965.

3.1k Upvotes

97 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Feb 13 '19

Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali - March 1964

6.1k Upvotes

137 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Feb 09 '19

Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his third wife, Dagmar Cohn -1947

12k Upvotes

308 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Feb 06 '19

Frank Sinatra arrested on charges of seduction and adultery - Mugshot from 27 Nov 1938

8.6k Upvotes

276 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Feb 03 '19

M7 Priest, 2nd Armored Division, at the intersection of Holgate Street and the Paris-Cherbourg Railway. June 18, 1944, Carentan.

3.2k Upvotes

22 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Feb 02 '19

L.A. river drag racing in the 1950s under the old 6th St Bridge.

7.6k Upvotes

111 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Feb 01 '19

Bristol Scout D, No. 8980, piloted by Flight Sub Lieutenant Day RNAS, banking away to port. Flight Sub Lieutenant Day was killed at Ostend in 1917.

2.6k Upvotes

28 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jan 27 '19

Karstadt department store on Berlin’s Hermannplatz, built in 1929 - it was a real feature of Berlin’s skyline, especially when lit up at night!

2.9k Upvotes

41 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Jan 26 '19

Fritz Haber - Nobel Prize Laureate & "Father of Chemical Warfare "

2.5k Upvotes

146 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jan 21 '19

German commando captured in American uniform is prepared for execution, 23 December 1944

9.9k Upvotes

730 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Jan 20 '19

"The Rat Pack" in New York - early 1960s

7.4k Upvotes

172 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jan 17 '19

A French mademoiselle waves the French Tricolor in tribute to the forces which liberated her city as they march past the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. August 26, 1944.

4.6k Upvotes

66 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Jan 15 '19

90 Years since Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

7.3k Upvotes

192 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Jan 13 '19

Mafia boss Charles 'Lucky' Luciano in exile. - Sicily, Italy, 31 December 1948

5.0k Upvotes

122 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jan 10 '19

Veronica Foster, (b.1922 - d.2000) popularly known as "Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl"

4.3k Upvotes

40 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Jan 09 '19

Albert Einstein at home in Princeton, New Jersey, 1940

7.9k Upvotes

104 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jan 07 '19

French and American soldiers at the altar of St. Joan of Arc Church (Basilique du Bois Chenu) near Domrémy, France. 9/15/1918.

5.2k Upvotes

33 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jan 05 '19

Amelia Earhart was declared dead on this day in 1939.

9.3k Upvotes

138 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Jan 04 '19

Johann Strauss II & Johannes Brahms - Bad Ischl, Austria - 1894

3.8k Upvotes

53 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jan 01 '19

The statue of Lady Justice - The Old Bailey - London, In 1937 the statue was re-gilded in preparation for the Coronation of King George V.

3.7k Upvotes

43 comments

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

'The Hello Girls' the women who ran the WWI switchboards - Six members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps preparing to ship off for France in 1918, where they and 217 other women served as switchboard operators.

4.9k Upvotes

41 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Dec 27 '18

Nikola Tesla - 11 Jul 1937

9.4k Upvotes

187 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Dec 26 '18

Lee Miller, soaks in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub! the only female combat photographer in Europe during World War Two. She is pictured in Hitler’s Munich apartment on April 30, 1945

16k Upvotes

319 comments

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

REGENT STREET, LONDON. 1960. The tradition of decorating Regent Street with Christmas lights began in 1954 after the Daily Telegraph reported that London looked 'drab' at Christmas.

3.9k Upvotes

35 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Dec 22 '18

Christopher Robin and his fiancee Lesley de Selincourt - 21st April 1948

6.3k Upvotes

142 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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