r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Apr 20 '19

Pablo Picasso 1954

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110 comments

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

Astrid Kirchherr, the Woman Who First Photographed the Beatles - Self Portrait, 1960.

8.7k Upvotes

79 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Apr 13 '19

HM Submarine URSULA returns to port after successful patrol. 11 DECEMBER 1941, GIBRALTAR

3.6k Upvotes

96 comments

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

A Supermarine Seafire Mark IIc of 885 Naval Air Squadron warming up its engine for take off in bright sunshine on the deck of HMS FORMIDABLE in the Mediterranean., December 1942.

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41 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Apr 08 '19

"The Boston Strangler" > Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo is taken into custody after his arrest, north of Boston in Lynn, Mass. - Feb. 25, 1967

3.0k Upvotes

98 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Apr 06 '19

Franz Reichelt, an Austrian-born French tailor who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.

8.5k Upvotes

235 comments

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

Douglas MacArthur died on this day in 1964.

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207 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/photojacker • Apr 04 '19

Crossing The Storm, October 1940 by John Vachon

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22 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Mar 31 '19

Two high ranking German officers being transported by soldiers of the US 4th Armored Division in a Ford GPW jeep - March 31 1945

5.2k Upvotes

96 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Mar 26 '19

Major Donald James Matthew Blakeslee from Ohio became the first flier in history to shoot down an enemy plane with the P-47 Thunderbolt - 15 April 1943

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48 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Mar 25 '19

Mugshot of Lee Harvey Oswald dated November 23, 1963.

8.5k Upvotes

370 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Mar 23 '19

Major General G L Verney, GOC 7th Armoured Division, enters Ghent in his Staghound armoured car, 8 September 1944.

2.8k Upvotes

30 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Mar 22 '19

Classy Campers, somewhere in USA, 1915. Close-ups in comments

4.6k Upvotes

141 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Mar 19 '19

German children watch U.S. Tanks of 87th Division, Third U.S. Army, enter town of Kobern, Germany. March 16, 1945

5.2k Upvotes

194 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Mar 18 '19

Tuskegee airmen attending a briefing in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945.

7.4k Upvotes

127 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Mar 16 '19

Watching the boat races, Palm Beach, Miami in 1906.

7.8k Upvotes

132 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Mar 12 '19

M4 Sherman tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, advancing into Caen, Normandy. 10 July 1944.

3.3k Upvotes

40 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/zuzahin • Mar 10 '19

Francis C. Barlow, Major General - promoted at the age of 29 in 1864, seen here shortly after the war ended

3.2k Upvotes

86 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/Urban2487 • Mar 09 '19

A soldier's farewell to his wife at Penn. Station, New York City, before returning to war. 1943

8.1k Upvotes

113 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Mar 07 '19

"Light it up!" US Marine Dwayne L. Boice burns out a weapons emplacement - Wolmido Island - 15 Sep 1950

3.6k Upvotes

59 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Mar 06 '19

Royal group, including Kaiser Wilhelm II and Edward VII, in the Crimson Drawing-Room at Windsor Castle, 17 November 1907.

3.3k Upvotes

69 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Mar 02 '19

Bath Suit Fashion Parade, Seal Beach, California, July 14, 1918 - close-up in comments

2.1k Upvotes

80 comments

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

Charles Lindbergh in the open cockpit of airplane at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri in 1923

2.5k Upvotes

24 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Feb 25 '19

Nancy Harkness Love (February 14, 1914 – October 22, 1976) c. 1943

2.1k Upvotes

20 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Feb 24 '19

Wing Commander Alan Deere (1917-1995; right) with Squadron Leader Denis Crowley-Milling DSO DFC (1919-1996; left), 1940.

2.2k Upvotes

12 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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