The Rolling Stones - on the day of their first TV appearance - 7th July 19631yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A U.S. Marine reaches through the barbed wire of a civilian containment area to give a young Japanese boy candy during the Battle of Tinian.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Queen Victoria and her family, including King Edward VII, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Empress Frederick at a wedding in Coburg, Germany, 1894.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Orville Wright flying a glider over the dunes of North Carolina, 1902.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Eunice Hancock, a 21-year-old woman, operates a compressed-air grinder in a Midwest aircraft plant during World War II. August 1942.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A proud Fijian man (Republic of the Fiji Islands). An unusual portrait, showing the ‘wasekaseka’ split sperm whale’s tooth necklace from Fiji which was typical neck-dress of a high ranking tribesman, ca. 1880.2yr ⋅ ColorizedPieceofJake ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Pablo Picasso wearing a hat and holding a revolver & holster given to him by Gary Cooper - Cannes, 19586yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Flu ward at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 19184yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Union General George A. Custer (right) sits alongside his friend, Confederate prisoner Lieutenant James B. Washington (left). They were classmates at West Point before the Civil War broke out — 18624yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Henry Fournier, has been sweeper and cleaner for two months, 1911.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mugshot of Jack Leon Ruby - Dallas nightclub owner who fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald (the man charged with assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy) - November 24, 19636yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Comedian and entertainer Lucille Ball applies makeup for a performance in her dressing room. 19341yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The painter Xavier Martinez works on a portrait of his friend Jack London, 1905. This painting disappeared in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
German child soldiers captured by the 6th U.S. Armored Division in Giessen, Germany. March 19, 1945.3yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Martin Luther King Jr. and Sammy Davis Jr. share a laugh in Davis' dressing room at New York's Majestic Theater in 19657yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the Red Army. Photo: The liberation of Bergen-Belsen, April 1945.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Tallest (8 ft 11.1 in / 2.72 m) & The Smallest person (2 ft 4 in / 0.71 m) - 19373yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Australian soldier, Private George Dick Whittington, being aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari near Buna on 25 December 1942.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office aboard Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas following the assassination of JFK7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Queen Victoria sitting in a carriage with Turi, her Pomeranian, circa 1895.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Queen Victoria seated with her two Indian servants Mustafa and Chidda standing behind her in full uniform with medals.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Before Tiger King there was “King of Reptiles — Rattlesnake Joe” at Westchester County Fair, New York, ca 19104yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Private First Class Margerum, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, walks the road through a forest in the Bastogne area, returning from the front lines, December 27th(?) 19441yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Dick Winters and his Easy Company (HBO's Band of Brothers) lounging at Eagle's Nest, Hitler's former residence in the Bavarian Alps, 1945.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
First U.S. Army infantrymen start through heavy woods on way to attack German-held barracks near Siegen, Germany. 6 April, 1945.1yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
This photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, considered one of the most prolific figures in engineering history was taken 160 years ago.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A soldier's farewell to his wife at Penn. Station, New York City, before returning to war. 19435yr ⋅ Urban2487 ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
New Hope - A young woman embracing and kissing a uniformed US serviceman (USAAF) at New Hope train station, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. - 19454yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
State cop's motorcycle admired by the local boys at the annual County Fair in Albany, Vermont, 1936.1yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Unknown woman loading cabbage into her 1941 Pontiac Torpedo. 1941-19451yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Hans Scholl, brother of Sophie Scholl, founder of the White Rose anti-Nazi student movement in Germany2yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A. A. Milne was born on this day in 1882. He was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. Photo: A.A. Milne, his son Christopher Robin, and the real Winnie The Pooh, 1926.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A photographer uses his own backdrop to mask Poland's World War II ruins while shooting a portrait in Warsaw, November 1946.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Polish woman, holding her small child, stands on a Warsaw street that has been destroyed by Luftwaffe bomber raids at the start of World War II in Europe - September, 19391yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soccer team of British WWI soldiers wearing gas masks, France, 1916.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A crowd gathered outside Tutankhamun's Tomb in the Valley Of The Kings, Egypt, 19221yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Hakone, Japan, a tree-lined avenue ending in a flight of stairs to a temple, photographed by Felice Beato in ca. 18683yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
As the First Marine Division advances in Korea, the flamethrower is used to deny communist infiltrators a hiding place. 5 May 19511yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The eyes of the world are upon you. June 5th, 1944. One day before D-Day.4yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
“Titanic Orphans” Michel & Edmond Navratil, named so when they turned out to be the only children who remained unclaimed by an adult after being rescued from the Titanic, in 19122yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Japanese prisoner captured near Nauro on the Kokoda Track being cared for by Australian stretcher bearers, New Guinea, October 19426yr ⋅ Ruzden ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols and Louise Thaden at the National Air Races, Los-Angeles, 19332yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mexico in the year 1891: Early morning at a fruit & vegetable market in Guadalajara3yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
“The Blanket Weaver” - A Navajo woman weaving under a cottonwood tree in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Photographed by Edward S. Curtis in ca. 19052yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A sniper from C Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position in a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Rollerskating in the Savoy Ballroom, South Side, Chicago, in 19412yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Winston Churchill & Charlie Chaplin, on the set of “City Lights” - 24 Sep. 19296yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Children in front of moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois. 1941.4yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A busy market day at Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal, Canada in 19004yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Albert Einstein receiving his U.S. citizenship certificate after his naturalization ceremony - Oct. 1, 19401yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Group of women with their automobile outside the White House, in the year 19222yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Ovitz family - a family of Jewish actors/traveling musicians who survived imprisonment at Auschwitz during World War II. Seven of them were dwarfs.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Nikola Tesla in his office at 8 West 40th Street, New York City in 19166yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
U.S Marines crawling under enemy fire on a beach in Saipan. June, 1944.1yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Teacher appreciation week: Schoolteacher Elizabeth Ramey in the year 19243yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Giraffe women looking at a guard, posted at St. James' Palace 16th century main gate, during their visit in London, 19356yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Marcel Pliat, 1916, the only black man to serve in the Russian Imperial Air Force during World War I2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's address on the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. October 28, 19367yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, leave Sarajevo City Hall on June 28, 1914, shortly before they were killed. Within 30 days, WWI would begin.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Martin Luther King, Jr. with: Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Sammy Davis Jr , Polly Bergen, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Ralph Abernathy - during his 1963 visit to LA, for a civil rights rally.4yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Finnish Soldier on defense in a trench, Munakukkula Lempaala, Finland. November 11th, 19411yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Phone in the trench, 1915, WW1, 4th battery of the 10th Artillery Brigade of the Western Front, Imperial Russian Army2yr ⋅ Klimbim ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
New York City views - Plaza buildings from Central Park - February 12, 19336yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Charlie Chaplin attends the premiere of his newest film City Lights in Los Angeles, accompanied by Albert Einstein. February 2, 1931.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
“The Red Man” taken by Gertrude Kasebier, ca 1895. The man in the photo is Takes Enemy of the Sioux tribe4yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Harry Hudec, a 508th HQ Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper who was a Regimental Boxing Champion during WW2. This photo was most likely taken in April 19451yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Paratroopers of Easy Company (Band of Brothers), at Berghof (Adolf Hitler's home in the Bavarian Alps), 1945.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
W. E. B. Du Bois – American civil rights activist and leader, sociologist, writer, educator, poet, and co-founder of the NAACP. In the year 19071yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The 'Mississippi Burning' Murders - Martin Luther King holds up photos of the three young civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi the previous summer. - Dec. 4, 1964 in New York City.6yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Chuck Yeager, the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Captured prisoners of the First World War from eight different nations at an unknown German prisoner of war camp.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his third wife, Dagmar Cohn -19475yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Couple at rollerskating rink in Southside, Chicago, Illinois - April 19414yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
An Orchestra jamming away on the ocean liner 'SS Leviathan', somewhere over the Atlantic in the year 19262yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Boy seated in the wreckage of a building after a bombing raid of London during World War II. Photo by Toni Frissell.5yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Private Harold Edward Newman, TX1192, of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion stops for a drink during a patrol between Nauro and Menari, Papua, New Guinea, November 1942.1yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Martha Gellhorn, The Only Woman Who Landed in Normandy on D-Day5yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Bodybuilder Gene Jantzen with wife Pat, and eleven-month-old son Kent, 1947.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Tsawataineuk First Nations girl, of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people, Northwest Coast, ca. 19142yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Claude Monet, French artist and a leading member of the Impressionist group of painters was born in Paris #OnThisDay 1840.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
2nd Battalion, 27th Marines landing on Iwo Jima, February 19th, 19451yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Pele, one of the greatest players ever to grace the sport of football, and labeled the greatest by FIFA, unknown date but likely in the late 50's/early 60's1yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The Schienenzeppelin in Berlin - June 1931 - A train on the way to Hamburg passes the newly arrived rail zeppelin at Spandau main station.4yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A US soldier stands amid crates and stacks of loot stored by Nazi Germany in Schlosskirche (Castle Church), Bavaria, 1945.7yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Man Lighting His Pipe In Thick Fog Under The Arches At The Temple, London , 23 December 19356yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Rheims, France, after 4 years of shell fire by the Germans during World War I. Locals are picking up the pieces to rebuild their home — 20 May 19193yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Four female pilots leaving their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, at the four engine school at Lockbourne AAF. They are members of a group of Women Airforce Service Pilots who have been trained to ferry the B-17 Flying Fortresses. World War II, 1944.6yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
‘Snipers in the furthermost line’ - Photograph taken in early 19174yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Actor Ronald Reagan (40th POTUS) poses for a sculpture class at the University of Southern California in 1940.2yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Winston Churchill handling a 'tommy gun' during an inspection of invasion coastal defences near Hartlepool, County Durham, England. 31 July 1940.6yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Children looking at Xmas toys in a shop window. New York, circa 1910.2yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
In front of the movie theater on Easter morning. Chicago, Illinois. April 19411yr ⋅ formerherosander ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
'Watering cattle at Mount Kosciuszko', probably at Blue Lake, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1900.4yr ⋅ Ruzden ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Annie, My first success, 1864, a photographic portrait of Annie Wilhelmina Philpot, taken by Julia Margaret Cameron1yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), seated and holding his spectacles and a pencil, ca 18651yr ⋅ buba7q ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Royal Air Force men examine a Messerschmitt 109 which crash-landed in Windsor Great Park, October 1940 piloted by Oberleutnant Karl Fischer of 7/JG27. Fischer survived and was captured. He made the forced landing after being attacked by Hurricanes whilst defending his bombers attacking London.3yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Charlie Chaplin & Walt Disney at the Santa Anita Race Track - Arcadia, California, U.S. - 19394yr ⋅ jecinci ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Company. Waco, Texas, 1913.3yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
