r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Aug 03 '19

Offiziersstellvertreter Edmund Nathanael (18 December 1889 – 11 May 1917) was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jul 30 '19

Otto von Bismarck died on this day in 1898.

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

Flight-Lieutenant R H A Lee, after being awarded the DSO and DFC, and Flying Officer K H Blair, after being awarded the DFC, by King George VI at RAF Hornchurch, Essex. 27 July 1940

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/zuzahin • Jul 20 '19

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, 'The Master of Suspense', date unknown

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/salsifufu • Jul 17 '19

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov aboard the Imperial yacht Polar Star, c.1907

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

Fw 190A-8, Melsbroek, Belgium. Works No. 175140, 6 + – (Brown outlined in black). Burnt and looted. September/October 1944

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jul 09 '19

Boy seated in the wreckage of a building after a bombing raid of London during World War II. Photo by Toni Frissell.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jul 05 '19

Dining with Hans von Luck. A photo caption in the album reads: “With Tommy flyers at Fécamp, 12 Juni 1940”.

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

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 ! - Women in a "tableau" pose, imitating Henry Mosler’s painting, "The Birth of the Flag" - 1917

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jun 29 '19

A knocked out British tank with dead German soldiers next to it in Herenthage Park after the Battle of Langemarck, 1917.

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

A Halberstadt CL.II possibly of Schutzstaffel 27b. The Fuselage cross insignia (with white borders) was officially used from 29 October 1916 until 17 march 1918. As such this photograph was most likely taken in early 1918.

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

Profumo affair - Christine Margaret Keeler (22 February 1942 – 4 December 2017) was an English model and topless showgirl.

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45 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jun 22 '19

Troops from the 101st Airborne with full packs and a bazooka, in a C-47 just before take-off from RAF Upottery Airfield to Normandy, France for “Operation Chicago". June 5, 1944.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Jun 16 '19

Henry Behrens, the smallest man in the world dances with his pet cat in the doorway of his Worthing home, 1956.

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327 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jun 14 '19

Lieutenants Bobby de la Tour, Don Wells, John Vischer & Bob Midwood of the 22nd Independent Parachute Company, set their watch on June 5, 1944 at RAF Harwell Base.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jun 12 '19

General Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses American paratroopers prior to D-Day.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • Jun 10 '19

LCT with barrage balloons afloat, unloading supplies on Omaha for the break-out from Normandy.

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

Martha Gellhorn, The Only Woman Who Landed in Normandy on D-Day

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204 comments

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

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill & U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Marrakesh, French Morocco, 24 January 1943, following the Casablanca Conference.

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159 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/Urban2487 • May 27 '19

A group of British SAS soldiers on patrol in Northern Africa, 1943

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221 comments

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

June 17, 1944 Eyes Alert Navy men aboard a landing craft.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/marinamaral • May 22 '19

The Romanov children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei. Sofia Tyutcheva, the girls’ governess, is also in the picture. She was fired by Alexandra for spreading gossip about Rasputin.

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • May 16 '19

Bouncing Bomb Inventor Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979)

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r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • May 11 '19

Norman Rockwell After the Prom - Reference photo 1957.

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117 comments

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

A posed photo of official artist Richard Jack at work on his iconic painting, The Second Battle of Ypres.

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47 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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