Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Brevet Major General during the American Civil War, and was a college professor both before, and after the war - received a Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, seen here ca. 18658yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A group of commissary clerks in Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia. February 1863.8yr ⋅ Urban2487 ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Dinner party outside tent at the Army of the Potomac headquarters - Brandy Station, VA, April 1865.8yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Brooklyn Dodgers spring training, 1946. Stan Rojek and Gene Hermanski.8yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mark Twain visits the Houses of Parliament in London. 2nd of July, 190710yr ⋅ BenAfleckIsAnOkActor ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
British tattoo artist George Burchett, the King of Tattooists, ca 1930.10yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Finnish aircraft lies covered on a cold winter morning, December 11, 1943, near the river Svir.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Dick Winters and his Easy Company (HBO's Band of Brothers) lounging at Eagle's Nest, Hitler's (former) residence.10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Finnish soldier prepares a meal, as Hupi who has faithfully followed him through all three wars (The Winter War, The Continuation War, and the Lapland War), sits patiently at his side. Leivejoki, October 16, 1944.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
US Army soldiers use a jeep to move a Very Low Altitude barrage balloon in southern England before D-Day, circa May 1944.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Morning after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Corner of Sutter and Kearny Street, San Francisco, December 8, 1941.10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Women in witch costumes, 1875. Restored and reconstructed, original in comments10yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
These are the saddest of possible words: Tinker to Evers to Chance., ca. 1911 [7196x1857]7yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Landing Craft unloads at low tide on Normandy Beach six days after D-Day. June 12, 1944.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903. Orville Wright pilots, as Wilbur runs at wingtip.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Sikh troops man a Bren gun in the line near Villa Grande, Italy, 15 January 194410yr ⋅ Edvos ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soldiers of the 1st US Inf. Div. patrolling the deserted road to Mortain. August 3, 1944.8yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
I AM A MAN Striking sanitation workers of Memphis Local 1733 during the march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 28, 1968.8yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
US Marines advance behind the fire support of a M4A2 tank of the Tank Company, 4th Marines, on Guam, July 19448yr ⋅ Ruzden ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr. – March 26, 1964 [2000x2271]9yr ⋅ DJhinVA ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Manhattan at sunset from the George Washington Bridge, December 1936.10yr ⋅ ExtraNoise ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Southern Swedish Sami in front of a turf hut, Ca. 1885-1892. Sweden.8yr ⋅ marinamaral ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Post officers model their new Autopeds scooters, Washington DC, 1917.10yr ⋅ ExtraNoise ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Killed in battle, an eightteen year old German soldier, described as a hero, is carried to his grave, Helsinki, 1941.9yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Charles I of Austria and the IV of Hungary, was the last ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the last King of Hungary, seen here in uniform8yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Back when there was no air-con... Licking blocks of ice during heat wave in 1912, NYC.10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A German soldier after he had been captured by American troops near Nicosia in July 194310yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Russian prisoner captured during The Winter War, circa 1940.9yr ⋅ BenAfleckIsAnOkActor ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
John L. Burns, the 'Old Hero of Gettysburg,' with gun and crutches, ca. July 18638yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, year 1907. Interactive panorama in comments :)10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Woman seated at a soda fountain table is pouring alcohol into a cup from a cane, during Prohibition; with a large Coca-Cola advertisement on the wall, 2/13/229yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Klamath Indian chief praying to the spirits at Crater Lake, Oregon, 192310yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
General John 'Black Jack' Pershing at Arlington National Cemetery - Standing watch. Masts in the background are for the Navy's wireless station, built in 1912 at Fort Myer. May 26, 19258yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Hooverville, Seattle 1937 - One of many shanty towns that sprang up across the USA during the Hoover years of the Great Depression10yr ⋅ Edvos ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Coca-Cola vending point at the Helsinki Summer Olympics. July 18, 195210yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Romanov sisters, Grand Duchesses Maria, Olga, Anastasia, and Tatiana, ca 1910.10yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Titanic sinks on April 15, 1912. Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of the disaster. (April 16, 1912)10yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Finnish ski troops crest a hazardous Nordic mountain during the Continuation War. January 30, 1942.9yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
US soldiers of the 41st Armoured Infantry Battalion, US 2nd Armoured Division, guard German POWs at the entrance to Rue des Fosses Plisson in Domfront. 19443yr ⋅ ColourbyRJM ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Air Vice Marshal William Forster Dickson, Air Officer Commanding the Desert Air Force, sitting in the cockpit of his personal Supermarine Spitfire LF Mark VIII, northern Italy, circa 19449yr ⋅ Ruzden ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Yank in Versailles Pvt. Gordon Conrey of Milford, N.H., one of the first Americans to visit Versailles (place of WW1 peace treaty) after its liberation from the Germans in 1944, standing in the hall of mirrors.10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Albert Donovan, a former prisoner of war, is welcomed home by his wife and family, 19448yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Here's another American Civil War one (sorry!) - Confederate soldier and family, c.1860s9yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A handful of Finnish soldiers hitch a ride on a Universal Carrier in Nuijamaa, Finland, August 7th, 1941.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Damian Parer, a photographer who would later be killed at the battle of peleliu, filming during the Siege of Tobruk, August 1941.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Filipino boy of a labor gang cutting cauliflower near Santa Maria, California - 19379yr ⋅ Edvos ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Stalin and Churchill in Livadia Palace during the Yalta Conference, February 19459yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
WWII First Lieutenant Boyle & flight crew with their B-24 Liberator Heavy, Fall, 19449yr ⋅ DJhinVA ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Approaching an enemy patrol on the beach, Teikansaari, September 28, 1941.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
May 27, 1944. Jewish women and children arriving at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland.10yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Alfred R. Waud, renowned sketch artist, known mostly for work as an artist correspondent during the American Civil War, seen here sketching at Gettysburg, July 18639yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
An American soldier gazes out in company with a dead German soldier and a Moaning Minnie10yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
His muscles are well developed and he hits with a stiff punch. 30 December 1929.9yr ⋅ Edvos ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
World War II propaganda posters in Port Washington, New York, on July 8, 1942.11yr ⋅ kibblenbits ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Two Finnish soldiers scan the skies over west Helsinki in anticipation of an air raid during the Winter War, 1940.9yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
No Finer Whiskey in all this world (yet moderately priced), c.1930s9yr ⋅ photojacker ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Slice of life! A mother helps her child off the trolley on a Broadway in New York City, July 1913.10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Harley Davidson motorbike dealership + gang in Washington D.C., ca 1925. Close-ups in comments!10yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Sharon Tate a few years before her 1969 murder by the Manson family11yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
American soldiers, having lost one soldier, trying to cross the street under cover of Sherman tanks. Sniper fire is from the upper floors of buildings, Western Germany, ca 1945 Comparision of what it looks like today in comments!! [1200 x 985]11yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, ca. 1935.11yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Pictured is Ukrainian who voluntarily crossed the USSR-Finnish border to become a war prisoner. Other prisoners and he were singing the Ukrainian anthem at the time of the photo. Lappeenranta, July 10, 1941.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
President Abraham Lincoln meeting with General George 'Little Mac' McClellan at Antietam, October 3rd, 18629yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Comedian and singer Ernie Hare, expressing his thoughts on Prohibition, ca. 192010yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Otto Frank in the attic of the Secret Annex on the morning of the official opening of the Anne Frank House, May 3, 196010yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Five soldiers, four unidentified, in Union uniforms of the 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia outfitted with Enfield muskets in front of encampment9yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Soldiers in ruins of Cassino Battlefront, Italy, 5 April 1944 by George Frederick Kaye8yr ⋅ ColinFiat ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Street musicians of Amsterdam, Kaatje and Christiaan Britting, ca. 1885.10yr ⋅ klassixx ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A small child with a puppy. May 1943 [4861 x 5048]10yr ⋅ Edvos ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Corporal Bernard Butnik, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Sergeant Richard Goodbar, of Russellville, Arkansas, offer 'Agnes' cigarettes and a coke. European Theater, January 14, 19458yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Uprooted and displaced by the internment policy of World War II, this Japanese-American had little option but to take up work as a field worker in Ontario, Oregon. May, 1942.9yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Farmer's son playing on one of the large soil drifts which threaten to cover up his home. Liberal, Kansas. March, 1936, during the Dust Bowl.9yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Guests of Sarasota trailer park picnicking at the beach. Sarasota, Florida. January 1941.10yr ⋅ ExtraNoise ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant in flight (may be landing or taking off), Germany, 1941. Photo taken by Menzendorf.9yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Wilbur Wright (of the Wright Brothers) clings to his damaged flying machine after an unsuccessful trial on December 14, 19039yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
The patrol has returned! A pilot hops out of his aircraft after returning from a patrol. Aanislinna, Viitana, Finland March 17, 19428yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Michael O'Laughlen, one of Booth's co-conspirators, photographed by Alexander Gardner aboard the U.S.S. Montauk or Saugus, April 27th 18658yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
General Robert E. Lee a week after surrendering to General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War - April 16, 1865 [960x619]10yr ⋅ ExtraNoise ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner towards the end of the war, taken in February of 18659yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Couple of Wranglers, Quarter Circle U Ranch, Montana, August 19419yr ⋅ DJhinVA ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
A Finnish soldier sits atop a StuG III assault gun the day after the Battle of Tienhaara, June 23, 1944.8yr ⋅ Captain-Cliche ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Official 1944 Campaign portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Leon Perskie9yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, soccer legend Pele. Sao Paulo, 195810yr ⋅ salsifufu ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Cab stand in Madison Square Park, New York, ca 1900. [1300x841]11yr ⋅ mygrapefruit ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco at the Meeting at Hendaye, October 23rd, 19409yr ⋅ zuzahin ⋅ r/ColorizedHistory
