15 Amazing Colorized Images of Historical Photos

1

Two Survivors of the Battle of Gettysburg at the 50th Anniversary Reunion

The 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg took place in July 1913.

Attended by over 44,700 Union and 8600 Confederate veterans, the event brought together former enemies as united Americans.

Photograph: Harris Ewing Collection/US Library of Congress.

Colorized by Paul Edwards. (Source | Photo)

2

Elvis Presley meets President Nixon

Elvis Presley and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the Oval Office on December 21, 1970.

Elvis requested, and got, a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge.     (Source | Via | Photo)

3

Albert Einstein with Dave Rothman in Long Island

Albert Einstein and David Rothman, a small business owner and an amateur musician.

 Nassau Point, Long Island, 1939.                Colorized by Paul Edwards. (Source | Photo)

4

Washington Policeman Measuring the Distance Between Knee and Suit

June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit

at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds,

issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.

Original black and white photo colorized by Patty Allison. (Source | Photo)

5

Testing Bulletproof Vest

W.H. Murphy demonstrated his bulletproof vest by being shot in the chest

by an unnamed associate, October 1923.  Colorized by Zuzah Gaming(Photo)

6

Crossroads Atomic Detonation

Operation Crossroads was a series of two nuclear weapon test conducted by the

United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946. The original black and white photo was taken

from a tower on Bikini Island, 3.5 miles away, and colorized by Sanna Dullaway. 

(Source | Photo)

7

18 Years Old Jewish-Russian Girl Being Liberated from Dachau

An emaciated 18-year-old Russian girl looks into the camera during the

liberation of Dachau concentration camp in 1945.  Colorized by Zuzah Gaming. (Photo)

8

British Troops Aboard Their Train for the Front

The British Expeditionary Force on their way to the front, September 20, 1939. 

Colorized by reddit user BenAfleckIsAnOkActor. (Photo)

9

The Great Depression: Old Gold Country Store

Men chatting at a country store, Gordonton, North Carolina, 1939. 

Original black and white photo by Dorothea Lange colorized by reddit user photojacker.(Photo)

10

Girls Deliver Ice

"Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is being done by girls. The girls are

delivering ice on a route and their work requires brawn as well as the patriotic ambition to help." September 16, 1918.

Original black and white photo by American Unofficial Collection of World War IPhotographs, 1917 - 1918, colorized by Dana Keller. (Source | Photo)

11

English Abandoned Boy in London

Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing ofLondon, England in 1945. 

Original photograph by Toni Frissell, colorized by Andreas Larsson (Source | Photo)

12

Missouri Children Smoke a Pipe and Cigarettes

Colorized by Paul Edwards. (Photo)

13

Harry Houdini's Escape

Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist, 1912.

Colorized by Dana Keller. (Photo)

14

Group Picture of the World's Greatest Minds

Even the leaves in the gutter have been colored in this group picture of some of the

world's greatest minds, from Marie Curie to Einstein, at the 1927 Solvay Conference.

Colorized by Sanna Dullaway. (Photo)

15

Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg

caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

There were 36 fatalities.      Colorized by Dana Keller. (Photo)