A rural mother and three of her children living in a field near the Tennessee River during the Great Depression. March, 1936.3yr ⋅ Urban2487 ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The American Nazis - Nearly 1,000 uniformed men, wearing swastika arm bands and carrying Nazi banners ,parade past a reviewing stand in New Jersey on July 18, 19373yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Senegalese WW1 soldier who lost both his arms writes a letter with his new prosthetic limbs. At Vocational Rehabilitation School for Amputees, 28 Avenue de New-York, Paris - 19184yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
U.S. athlete Jesse Owens salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, after defeating Nazi Germany’s Lutz Long, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.4yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Goalkeeper Sam Bartram, alone on the pitch, not realizing that the game had been abandoned 15 minutes earlier due to heavy fog - 25 dec 19376yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Carl Akeley posing with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 18966yr ⋅ Urban2487 ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
3 surviving crew members of RMS Titanic, prepared to give witness statements to the US Senate inquiry in 19125yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Henry Behrens, the smallest man in the world dances with his pet cat in the doorway of his Worthing home, 1956.5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Salvador Dali standing on the deck of the S.S. Normandie as it docks in New York City - 19366yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Texas cowboys having a chuck wagon lunch during a cattle roundup in 19004yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Leading Stoker nicknamed Popeye, with 21 years of service, on board the battleship HMS Rodney, one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1920s. Photo taken in Sep. 19404yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Black Panther Party outside of the Capitol building in Olympia protesting a gun-control bill - February 28, 19694yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The O’Halloran sisters — armed with poles and boiling water, they fended off the officers evicting their family during the Irish Land War, in the year 18873yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
African American boys on Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois. April 1941.1yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Samson Beaver, his wife Leah, and their daughter Frances Louise, in Canada in the year 19072yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking from the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, from archives of LIFE Magazine1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The man who started WW1 - on 28 June 1914 - Gavrilo Princip, photographed in his prison cell at the Terezin fortress, 19144yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Do Your Bit! Skate To Work Women of the USO promoting gas rationing during WWII. New York City, 1940's1yr ⋅ Urban2487 ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mailman N. Sorenson poses with his heavy load of Christmas mail and parcels, Chicago, 19292yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The delegations signing the Treaty of Versailles in the Hall of Mirrors, 28 June 1919.4yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A century ago: Germany Surrendered - Celebrations on Wall Street, Nov 7th 19185yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A black Union soldier posted at a slave auction house - Whitehall Street, Atlanta, United States - 1864.1yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The King's Speech - A staged photograph of George VI, addressing the nation after Britain's Declaration of War against Germany on September, 19396yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Troop 446 Boy Scouts meeting in the community center of the Ida B. Wells Housing Project, Chicago, 19424yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mark Twain and his long-time friend John T. Lewis, the inspiration for the character Jim in Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1903.1yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Master & Apprentice - Ip Man and his most famous student, Bruce Lee ~ 19571yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Maud Wagner - the first known female tattoo artist in the United States. 1907.3yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The most intelligent picture ever taken: Participants of the 5th Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics, 1927. They are, among others: Albert Einstein, Marie S. Curie, and Niels Bohr. 17 of the 29 attendees were or became Nobel Prize winners.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Finnish soldiers in NBC (nuclear, biological & chemical) gear, during an exercise - 19611yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Rural mailman transfers letters and packages to another postman's saddlebags — he will ride further up the side road and creek beds where no wagon or car can go. In the mountain section near Morehead, Kentucky - 19404yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Sophie Scholl, founder of the White Rose student resistance group during the Nazi Regime, arrested for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets with her brother, executed by guillotine at age 22 for high treason. She would've been 100 this year.2yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Princess Elizabeth did her part for the war effort when she served as an ambulance driver for the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II. 19456yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The youngest American to be sentenced to death and executed - George Junius Stinney Jr. - 19445yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Scalping survivor Robert McGee - circa 1890 --- Scarred after being scalped (at the age of 13) by Sioux Chief Little Turtle in 18646yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Two American Soldiers proudly show off their personalized Easter eggs (155mm artillery shells) made especially for Adolf Hitler, 19452yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Adoration of a President-to-Be - Newly engaged John F. Kennedy & Jacqueline Bouvier - Cape Cod, July 4th 19536yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Laura Bridgman, the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. Boston, Massachusetts, c.1845.6yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
National Woman’s Party marching in Washington D.C. May 21, 1922.6yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Kiss of Life - A utility worker giving mouth-to-mouth to a co-worker after he contacted a low voltage wire - 19676yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
American troops on board a landing craft heading for the beaches at Oran in Algeria during Operation 'Torch', November 19421yr ⋅ buba7q ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Union Blue and Confederate Gray veterans reunite at Gettysburg in the year 1913 — Standing by “the Bloody Angle” where Pickett’s charge took place 50 years earlier and over 3,000 soldiers on both sides lost their lives — Now they clasp hands over the stone wall as brothers.3yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The King getting his Polio Vaccine - Backstage at CBS Studio 50, before an airing of The Ed Sullivan Show - New York City, US - 19563yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
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. 1865.4yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A soldier of the 1st US Army, among debris inside the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig, Germany April 1945.7yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Young Brigitte Bardot visits Pablo Picasso at his studio near Cannes, 19564yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Frederick Douglass, leader in the abolitionist movement and an early champion of women’s rights.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Yesterday marked the 75th anniversary of the death of Sophie Scholl. An anti-Nazi political activist, she was convicted of high treason after having been found distributing anti-war leaflets at the LMU with her brother, Hans. As a result, they were both executed by guillotine.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A group of British SAS soldiers on patrol in Northern Africa, 19435yr ⋅ Urban2487 ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Giant of Illinois - Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in recorded history, with his family - 19351yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
West meets East - Two german brothers , separated by The Berlin Wall, meet again during the “border pass agreement” of 19635yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Henry Brooks was born a slave in the mid 19th century. Taken 19414yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Major Charles Young in 1916 - 3rd African-American to graduate from West Point, 1st black U.S. National Park superintendent, 1st black man to become Colonel. After being denied promotion he rode on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to disprove rumors of his poor health.4yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Street car conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers aboard without a mask, during Spanish Flu Pandemic in 19184yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
British veteran of the Napoleonic wars, posing with his wife - 1860s3yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A group of bootblacks gathers around an old Civil War veteran in Pennsylvania, 1935.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) and his long-time friend John T. Lewis (probably Twain's inspiration for the character Jim in Huckleberry Finn), standing together at Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York - 19034yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Chaplain Kenny Lynch conducts services north of Hwacheon, Korea, for men of the 31st Regiment. 1951, Korean War.4yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Portrait of Three Horses, photographed by Edward S. Curtis in ca. 19052yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Albert Einstein sailing on the Saranac Lake, in the Adirondack Park, New York, 1936.1yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Willis Winn, an ex-slave, holding the horn 'with which slaves were called'. 1936.4yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Tolstoy - Russian writer, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. 19086yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Factory workers & their two cats at a manufacturing company that assembled Cadillac cars, in the year 19032yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Walking through a flower market in Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, Florence, Italy ca 19004yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The tallest (Cornelius Bruns), shortest and fattest (Cannon Colossus) man of Europe playing a game of cards, 19136yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mexican Revolutionary soldiers in 1914 — these men fought for Emiliano Zapata3yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Ruby Bridges escorted by U.S. Marshals to attend an all-white school, 1960. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A dog stealing a postman's glove, Minneapolis, ca. 1950, photograph courtesy of the Minneapolis Historical Society1yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
5-year old Harold Walker, picks 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Oklahoma, 1916.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Statue of Liberty - Paris, France - 1886 (before it was transported to America)4yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with civil rights leaders Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Whitney Young, and James Farmer in the Oval Office in 1964.4yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A German soldier with a saw tooth bayonet stands in a dugout wearing his brow plate slid down to his neck, World War I.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Rocky Marciano - The only heavyweight champion to have finished his career undefeated - 19531yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
This is the first photo I restored from a series taken by Alberto Henschel in Brazil before the slavery-abolition law in 1888.5yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Ian Turner, member of the I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World) at a rally in Union Square, New York City, 11 April 1914.1yr ⋅ AutisticKnight ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
US Veterans of four different wars, that lived in the same town of Geary, Oklahoma - 1940s3yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Star Wars cast out of costumes : Harrison Ford (Han Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2). cca 19777yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Woman in white bathing suit on beach wearing big straw hat. 03 August, 1938. Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts1yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Oregon, August 1939. Unemployed lumber worker goes with his wife to the bean harvest. Social Security number tattooed on his arm identifies him as Thomas Cave.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
On the set of the film “Alexander Nevsky” by Sergei Eisenstein, 19381yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Palestinian Woman Wedad Khuri in finely embroidered Ramallah costume, 19391yr ⋅ buba7q ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
100 years ago Mata Hari was shot after blowing a kiss at the French firing squad who executed her for accusations of being a spy.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Australian nurses ready to battle the influenza pandemic in Surrey Hills, Sydney in April 19194yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Titanic Orphans, brothers Michel and Edmond Navratil, 1912. They were the only children to be rescued from the Titanic without a parent or guardian.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Isaac & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans, ca 1863 / photographed by Kimball, 477 Broadway, N. Y.1yr ⋅ buba7q ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Times Square at night - in 1911 (at approximately 21:35) - New York City, NY, United States.1yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
American soldiers watch as the Tricolor flies from the Eiffel Tower again, c. 25 August 1944, Paris, France.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
#OnThisDay in 1895 In Paris, an express train overruns a buffer stop, crosses more than 30 meters of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Booker T. Washington - born into slavery, he put himself through school and became a teacher after the Civil War.4yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
African American flood victims lined up to get food and clothing at Red Cross relief station, 1937.4yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Winston Churchill as a Cornet in the 4th Queen's Hussar's Cavalry, 1895. He was 21 at the time.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Lee Miller, soaks in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub! the only female combat photographer in Europe during World War Two. She is pictured in Hitler’s Munich apartment on April 30, 19455yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soldier’s goodbye & Bobbie the cat in Sydney, Australia, 8 March 1941 during WW21yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Boston and Maine Railroad depot, Salem, Massachusetts ca 1910. Close-ups in comments5yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Princess Elizabeth reading a book at Windsor Castle. June, 1940.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov aboard the Imperial yacht Polar Star, c.19075yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Miss Julia Emory points to her “Jailed for Freedom” pin, given to Suffragettes who were arrested for protesting & endured horrible conditions in jail, 1917.4yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
University students at restaurant ‘Flustrets’, Uppsala, Sweden 1896.1yr ⋅ AutisticKnight ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Listen to what she has to say — British Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst addressing crowd on Wall Street, New York in 19114yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Baron Rothschild and his brother Leopold de Rothschild (in top hat), 19061yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Unknown Dutch soldier smiling with Indonesian guerilla he captured earlier during a routine patrol in East Java, Indonesia, July 1946. Indonesian War of Independence.1yr ⋅ WinterFritz ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
