21 Historic Black-and-White Photos Brought to Life With Color

figgyPudding Published 08/22/2023 in wow

As much as we like to imagine what it must have been like to live in the times of old, all photographic evidence prior to the introduction of color to film comes in black and white. Thankfully, thanks to AI and talented artists, now we can colorize those black-and-white snapshots of history!

The past wasn't in black and white, so why should you see it in black and white? Thanks to the colorized history subreddit, here are 21 historic black-and-white photos brought to life with color.

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American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1958. Photo by Philippe Halsman.
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Woman in white bathing suit on beach wearing big straw hat. August, 1938. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts.
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Antietam, Maryland. Lt. Col. Charles B. Norton at headquarters of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. Sept. 1862. Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1870, photographer.
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The Bedouin Mother. Photo by Ilo Battigeli, 1948.
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Karl Marx in 1867. Photographed by Friedrich Karl Wunder.
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Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth with Japanese-American Baseball Players, Fresno, CA 1927
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Private Ramond L. Roth, from Mogadore, Ohio. - “ I was scared to death,” near Ramscheid, Germany. March 4th, 1945.
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Redding, California. Gasoline filling station, June 1942.
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Titanic survivors Charlotte and Marjorie Collyer, 1912.
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Amelia Earhart photographed by her plane in 1932.
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955), at home in Princeton, N.J., 1944.
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Norwich, Connecticut. 1938 -1945.
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A Japanese man rides his bike carrying soba noodles on his shoulder in Tokyo, 1935.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov among relatives and friends in the courtyard of his house on Sadovo-Kudrinskaya street. Spring 1890.
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Fridtjof Nansen, 1886.
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Maria Callas photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1957.
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George Armstrong Custer, in West Point Cadet Uniform, 1859.
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A very dapper secretary of the Embassy of Japan. Taketomi Toshihiko, seated with his wife. Washington D.C. October 24, 1922.
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Imperial Russia. Smolny Institute for Education of Noble Maidens, ca. 1913. Photo by Karl Bulla.
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Major General William T. Sherman. 1865.

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American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1958. Photo by Philippe Halsman.
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Woman in white bathing suit on beach wearing big straw hat. August, 1938. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts.
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Antietam, Maryland. Lt. Col. Charles B. Norton at headquarters of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. Sept. 1862. Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1870, photographer.
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The Bedouin Mother. Photo by Ilo Battigeli, 1948.
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Karl Marx in 1867. Photographed by Friedrich Karl Wunder.
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Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth with Japanese-American Baseball Players, Fresno, CA 1927
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Private Ramond L. Roth, from Mogadore, Ohio. - “ I was scared to death,” near Ramscheid, Germany. March 4th, 1945.
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Redding, California. Gasoline filling station, June 1942.
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Titanic survivors Charlotte and Marjorie Collyer, 1912.
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Amelia Earhart photographed by her plane in 1932.
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955), at home in Princeton, N.J., 1944.
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Norwich, Connecticut. 1938 -1945.
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A Japanese man rides his bike carrying soba noodles on his shoulder in Tokyo, 1935.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov among relatives and friends in the courtyard of his house on Sadovo-Kudrinskaya street. Spring 1890.
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Fridtjof Nansen, 1886.
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Maria Callas photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1957.
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George Armstrong Custer, in West Point Cadet Uniform, 1859.
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A very dapper secretary of the Embassy of Japan. Taketomi Toshihiko, seated with his wife. Washington D.C. October 24, 1922.
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Imperial Russia. Smolny Institute for Education of Noble Maidens, ca. 1913. Photo by Karl Bulla.
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Major General William T. Sherman. 1865.