13 Historical Photographs Brought To Life With Color

figgyPudding Published 09/19/2024 in wow

What's cooler than seeing a bunch of unique historical photos? Seeing them in color!

While it's not possible to see every historical photograph in color, most were taken in black and white after all, plenty of flicks in this gallery have been given the color treatment to help you really imagine what life must have been like back then.

Here are 13 cool historical photos with some facts, some fun, and some color.

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Detroit, 1910.
2.
Young Fidel Castro, colorized, 1946.
3.
A Gloster Gladiator takes off over a Triumph Gloria, colorized, during the second world war.
4.
Exchange of fire after the crossing of the kali. A Dutch marine charges forward with a Browning M1918 automatic rifle, Indonesia, 1946.
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6.
A marine recruit from the Woman Recruit Training Command during basic training at the USMC Recruit Depot in Parris Island, 27 July 1985.
7.
Bellevue Hospital in New York, around 1896.
8.
Flight Sergeant Georges Nadon of No. 122 Squadron, in his Spitfire at Hornchurch, colorized, May 1942.
9.
Flight Lieutenant HR Wigley, with a bunch of bananas. Norfolk Island, September 1943.
10.
Saladin Citadel, Cairo 1870.
11.
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, 1953.
12.
Kaiser Wilhelm II, colorized, 1910.
13.
Lance Corporal R. Hearn from 1 Royal Norfolk, 1945.

1.
Detroit, 1910.
2.
Young Fidel Castro, colorized, 1946.
3.
A Gloster Gladiator takes off over a Triumph Gloria, colorized, during the second world war.
4.
Exchange of fire after the crossing of the kali. A Dutch marine charges forward with a Browning M1918 automatic rifle, Indonesia, 1946.
5.
6.
A marine recruit from the Woman Recruit Training Command during basic training at the USMC Recruit Depot in Parris Island, 27 July 1985.
7.
Bellevue Hospital in New York, around 1896.
8.
Flight Sergeant Georges Nadon of No. 122 Squadron, in his Spitfire at Hornchurch, colorized, May 1942.
9.
Flight Lieutenant HR Wigley, with a bunch of bananas. Norfolk Island, September 1943.
10.
Saladin Citadel, Cairo 1870.
11.
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, 1953.
12.
Kaiser Wilhelm II, colorized, 1910.
13.
Lance Corporal R. Hearn from 1 Royal Norfolk, 1945.