23 Fascinating Historical Photos That Look Even Better in Color
Nathan Johnson
Published
08/16/2018
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Vintage black and white photos brought to life with a splash of color.
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American troops prepare nazi Major General Anton Dostler for execution for killing 15 OSS men, Italy, 1945. -
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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. -
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Young Princess Diana with her guinea pig Peanuts, 1972. -
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Children waiting in line in front of a moving picture theater, Easter Sunday matinee, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, April 1941. -
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Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in Rosedale, Mississippi. This “photo-booth self-portrait” of Johnson, believed to have been taken in the early 1930s, is one of only two known photos of Johnson that have been made public. -
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Orville Wright flying a glider over the dunes of North Carolina, 1902. -
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"All Help for Russia Now". Factory workers ride on Valentine Mk2 tanks as they leave a factory in Smethwick, September 22, 1941. -
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Sugar Ray Robinson, ca. 1942 -
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Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (better known by the stage name Mata Hari), was an exotic dancer who was later convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and eventually executed by firing squad in France. -
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Ice-skaters on ice in Tuxedo Park, New York, circa 1904. -
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Two riflemen from the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, take a moment to roll their own cigarettes in Goesdorf after 27 days of fighting. January 10, 1945. -
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Richard Pierce .14 years of age, works as a Western Union Telegraph Messenger. with nine months of service. He works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Smokes. Visits houses of prostitution. Wilmington, Delaware, ca. May 1910. -
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Alphonse Bertillon, in 1913, demonstrating the two-part 'mug shot' method of photographing suspects that he pioneered. -
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Charlie Chaplin in "Shoulder Arms", 1918. -
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Winston Churchill handling a 'tommy gun' during an inspection of invasion coastal defences near Hartlepool, County Durham, England. 31 July 1940. -
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The Lumière brothers (Louis on the left & Auguste on the right) in their laboratory. Lyon, ca. 1925. -
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The Capture of William Joyce, aka "Lord Haw Haw".Anglo-Irish Fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster in Germany, May 1945. -
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's address on the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. October 28, 1936. -
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ATS spotters, wearing sunglasses, watch for any sign of hostile aircraft at a London anti-aircraft battery. In front of them is a range-finder. September 1940. -
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Theodore Roosevelt holding his Grandson, Kermit Roosevelt Jr., 1916. -
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Charlie Chaplin holding a puppet version of his character "The Tramp", ca. 1914. -
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Santa Claus with Christmas toys on a sled drawn by white turkeys, 1909. -
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Recruiting sergeants at Westminster, London, Mitre and Dove pub, 1877.
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