50 Colorized Photos That Bring History to Life

History might be in black and white, but these 50 colorized photos bring the past into vivid, modern-day life.

“Crowds Of French Patriots Line The Champs Elysees To View Allied Tanks And Half Tracks Pass Through The Arc Du Triomphe, After Paris Was Liberated On August 25, 1944, 1944 Aug. 26”

“My Grandparents’ Honeymoon In Switzerland, 1946”

“My Mexican Grandma Looking Classy In A Typical Spanish Mantilla. Circa 1940”

“Shepherd With His Horse And Dog On Gravelly Range, Madison County, Montana, 1942 Aug”

“Rural School Children, San Augustine County, Texas, 1943 April”

“At The Vermont State Fair, Rutland, 1941 Sept”

“Painting The American Insignia On Airplane Wings Is A Job That Mrs. Irma Lee Mcelroy, A Former Office Worker, Does With Precision And Patriotic Zeal”

“Mrs. Mcelroy Is A Civil Service Employee At The Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her Husband Is A Flight Instructor, 1942 August.”

“Camouflage Class In New York University, Where Men And Women Are Preparing For Jobs In The Army Or In Industry, New York.”

“They Make Models From Aerial Photographs, Re-Photograph Them, Then Work Out A Camouflage Scheme And Make A Final Photograph, 1943 March.”

“Bayou Bourbeau Plantation, A Farm Security Administration Cooperative, Vicinity Of Natchitoches, La. Three Children Sitting On The Porch Of A House, 1940 August”

“Street Scene, Christiansted, St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, 1941 Dec”

“Japanese-American Camp, War Emergency Evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif] 1942 Or 1943”

“Woman Aircraft Worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown Checking Electrical Assemblies, 1942 June”

“The Virgin Islands, General View Of The Sea Coast In The Vicinity Of Christiansted, Saint Croix, 1941 Dec”

“Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942”

“Packing Oranges At A Co-Op Orange Packing Plant, Redlands, Calif. Santa Fe R. R. Trip, 1943 March”

“Geologist Examining Cuttings From Wildcat Well, Amarillo, Texas, 1943”

“”Backstage” At The “Girlie” Show At The Vermont State Fair, Rutland, 1941 Sept”

“At The Vermont State Fair, Rutland, 1941 Sept”

“Children In Street, Washington, D. C, Between 1941 And 1942”

“United Nations Fight For Freedom: Boy Scout In Front Of Capitol. They Help Out By Delivering Posters To Help The War Effort, 1943”

“Mrs. Virginia Davis, A Riveter In The Assembly And Repair Department Of The Naval Air Base, Supervises Chas. Potter, A Nya Trainee From Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas”

“After Eight Weeks Of Training He Will Go Into Civil Service. Should He Be Inducted Or Enlist In The Armed Service, He Will Be Valuable To Mechanized Units Of The Army Or Navy, 1942 August.”

“St. Paul’s School Rowing”

“Southern U.S., Mississippi, Ca. 1940”

“Instructor Explaining The Operation Of A Parachute To Student Pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex., 1942 Jan”

“Jim Norris, Homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 Oct”

“St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1941 Dec”

“M-4 Tank Crews Of The United States, Ft. Knox, Ky., 1942 June”

“Vjesse Rhodes Waller, A.o.m., Third Class, Tries Out A 30-Calibre Machine Gun He Has Just Installed On A Navy Plane, Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942 August”

“Sailor And Girl At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, Washington, D.c., 1943 May”

“Girl Inspectors At The Long Beach, Calif., Plant Of Douglas Aircraft Company Make A Careful Check Of Center Wings For C-47 Transport Planes, 1942 Oct”

“House, Houston, Texas, 1943 May”

“Commuters, Who Have Just Come Off The Train, Waiting For The Bus To Go Home, Lowell, Mass., 1941 Jan”

“Servicing One Of The Floodlights That Turn Night Into Day At The Big Construction Operations For A New Steel Plant”

“Atchison, Topeka, And Santa Fe Railroad Conductor George E. Burton And Engineer J.w. Edwards Comparing Time Before Pulling Out Of Corwith Railroad Yard For Chillicothe, Illinois; Chicago, Ill. 1943 March”

“Woman Operating A Hand Drill At Vultee-Nashville, 1943 Feb”

“Street In A Town In The Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, 1941 Dec”

“Shulman’s Market, On N At Union Street S.w., Washington, D. C., Between 1941 And 1942”

“With A Woman’s Determination, Lorena Craig Takes Over A Man-Size Job, Corpus Christi, Texas”

“Little Girl In A Park Near Union Station, Washington, D.c., Ca. 1943”

“Workers Leaving Pennsylvania Shipyards, Beaumont, Texas,1943 June”

“Instructor And Students Studying A Map, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex., 1942 Jan”

“Brockton, Mass., Dec. 1940, Second-Hand Plumbing Store, 1940 Dec”

“Headlines Posted In Street-Corner Window Of Newspaper Office, Brockton Enterprise, Brockton, Mass., 1940 Dec”

“Children In The Tenement District, Brockton, Mass., 1940 Dec”

“Skating, Vicinity Of Brockton, Mass., 1940 Dec”

“A Starch Factory Along The Aroostook River, Caribou, Aroostook County, Me., 1940 Oct”

“Group Of Men Examining A Map. Transfer From U.S. Office Of War Information, 1944”

“Mountaineers And Farmers Trading Mules And Horses On “Jockey St.,” Near The Court House, Campton, Wolfe County, Ky., 940 Sept”

“Boy Looking At Store Window Display Of Toys, Between 1941 And 1942”

“Freight Depot Of The U.S. Army Consolidating Station, Chicago, Ill., 1943 April”

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