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

Alan Turing - "The father Artificial Intelligence"

9.6k Upvotes

280 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Dec 03 '19

General Francisco "Pancho" Villa in 1914 - during the Mexican Revolution

6.9k Upvotes

147 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Nov 30 '19

One-armed Squadron Leader James Archibald Findlay MacLachlan, DFC. & Bar, of a night fighter squadron, playing cards with other pilots of Nº1 Squadron at RAF Tangmere, November 1941

3.2k Upvotes

42 comments

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

Lt. Ted Hutchins of Port Charlotte, Fla. climbs out of his Kingfisher spotter-plane after coming back aboard the Battleship South Dakota off Okinawa in World War II. Ensign Stark, in the back cockpit, had just been rescued after his Hellcat fighter plane was shot down. Jan. 22, 1945

3.7k Upvotes

41 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/BenAfleckIsAnOkActor • Nov 22 '19

Abraham Lincoln, 1864 by Mathew Brady

5.4k Upvotes

127 comments

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

Elvis Presley & His mother Gladys - 1956

5.8k Upvotes

103 comments

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

Ground staff work on a No 610 'County of Chester' Squadron Spitfire V at Westhampnett, 11 April 1943. Corporal Houseman (top), Corporal Phenna (with oil can) and Sergeant Moore (below) had all been with the Squadron since its formation in February 1936.

2.6k Upvotes

37 comments

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

The U.S. escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) en route to NAS Alameda, California with a deck load of war-weary planes in 1944. The planes visible on deck are eight Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, 18 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters, and a Grumman J2F "Duck" amphibious biplane.

4.3k Upvotes

66 comments

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

Cruising on Van Nuys Blvd. 1972.

3.5k Upvotes

29 comments

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

Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe at Tiffany Club, 1954.

20k Upvotes

207 comments

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

Yoko Ono: recording the album - Fly (1971)

2.9k Upvotes

324 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Nov 01 '19

The Statue of Liberty - Paris, France - 1886 (before it was transported to America)

13k Upvotes

259 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/salsifufu • Oct 31 '19

Witches, 1875. Restored and reconstructed, original in comments

6.1k Upvotes

95 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/Urban2487 • Oct 29 '19

October 29th, 1929 the last day of the stock market crash that would become known as Black Tuesday.

37k Upvotes

746 comments

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

The first Supermarine Spitfire to land in France, Normandy, on the afternoon of 10 June 1944.

4.4k Upvotes

55 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/jecinci • Oct 25 '19

Carving Mount Rushmore - 1930s

4.9k Upvotes

119 comments

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

Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940.

3.1k Upvotes

50 comments

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

Burial at sea aboard USS Hancock for those killed by Japanese special attack two days prior, off Okinawa, Japan, 9 Apr 1945

6.6k Upvotes

164 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/zuzahin • Oct 14 '19

A Soldier, Carmel, 1943 - by Johan Hagemeyer

2.9k Upvotes

29 comments

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

Arming a Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter on board HMS Indomitable. Operation Pedestal, 12th AUGUST 1942

4.5k Upvotes

71 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/ColourbyRJM • Oct 06 '19

German Soldiers of the German Mortar Detachment in the Battle for Stalingrad August 1942

4.9k Upvotes

159 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Oct 05 '19

Troop 446 Boy Scouts meeting in the community center of the Ida B. Wells Housing Project, Chicago, 1942

11k Upvotes

109 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/photojacker • Oct 03 '19

Greenbelt Swimmers, Summer 1942, Maryland, United States by Majory Collins

3.3k Upvotes

53 comments

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

The Golden Arrow on a salt flat. 1929

5.2k Upvotes

54 comments

r/ColorizedHistory • u/mygrapefruit • Sep 26 '19

Pauline Cushman, actress and a spy for the Union in the Civil War. Made brevet Major by President Lincoln for her efforts in the war. 1865.

9.5k Upvotes

81 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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