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25 Rare Colorized Historic Photos
Modern technologies and passionate artists are colorizing pictures from the previous century, allowing us to visualize moments that were once captured in black and white pictures.
This is not a new technology or service, but the photo restoration segment has been increasing in demand over the last few years, as people seek services to preserve and enhance cherished memories.
Heartwarming memories aren't the only things being restored in these 1900s photographs, as thousands of historical moments captured in black and white are now given full color, offering a new perspective and understanding of the human experiences that shaped history.
These 25 rare colorized photos are the perfect escape for a quick read if you are interested in history.
King George V's uniformed portrait, which he included in the Christmas letter sent to the British Armed Forces during the First World War in Christmas 1914.
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A Full-length portrait of a young lady, well dressed in 19th-century clothing, wearing a hat and a shawl
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A British soldier receiving a painful injection from a nurse along the Russian front
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Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, ca 1900 – to this day, the mansion is the largest private residence ever built in Manhattan. Demolished 1926.
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A lone Russian soldier stands by a mass grave in Galicia where the bodies of fifty Austrians and eleven Russians are buried. September 1914
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Casablanca Conference, January 14-24, 1943. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill.
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August 3, 1909, children stand mesmerized as Louis Blériot's plane soars above the sands of Calais.
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A Japanese mother and child, dressed in traditional clothing, sit amid rubble and burnt trees in Hiroshima, 4 months after the Atomic Bomb was dropped. December 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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