#1 Marilyn Monroe Reading, Beverly Carlton Hotel Los Angeles, 1952
More info: Instagram Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by André De Dienes Amy Pontious : “Love her ❤️ love this picture!”
#2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Jackie Kennedy In 1953
Image source: sebcolorisation Harlan Sarvis : “I love this one so much.”
#3 Street View, July 1958
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Robert F. Kniesche Sleestak : “Looks like a Hopper painting.”
#4 Waiting Room At Greyhound Bus Depot, Detroit, Michigan, Photographed By John Vachon In August 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation StPaul9 : “I can smell the sweat, maybe cigarettes.”
#5 Marcello Mastroianni, Milan, 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 : “Looks like he is watching his phone”
#6 Having A Drink In A Bar In Front Of The Moulin Rouge, Paris, Photographed In 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “How fun it would have been to go to Moulin Rouge! Definitely looks like a ad!” D Wall : “Is she a messy eater? Or is her nose running? Or is she drooling over her cute date?”
#7 Actress Monica Vitti Reading Magazines At The Airport In Rome, July 1961
Image source: sebcolorisation John Truglio : “Is the paper so weak it’ll fold over if she doesn’t grip it so carefully with that right hand?”
#8 Street Scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Summer 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Edwin Rosskam SleepSycho : “Lady on bike looks ahead of her time, by about 40 years” Amy Pontious : “I love what she’s wearing on the Bike! ❤️❤️”
#9 Chauffeurs And Limousines For The Garden Party At The New Zealand Legation, Washington, D.C., May 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Amy Pontious : “Nice rides!”
#10 “Virginia Lively Used To Be A Beauty Operator. Today She Works At A Filling Station.” Louisville, Kentucky, June 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Howard Hollem Mark Karol-Chik : “1942 Ford DeLuxe rag top!”
#11 Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Multa Nocte : “So sweet! ❤️” Firefly : “To me, the colorized version looks more like a painting. Especially his hands. I like the original more.”
#12 Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By TVA At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Amy Pontious : “I wonder how old she is!”
#13 James Dean And Elizabeth Taylor Taking A Break From Filming “Giant” In June 1955
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Richard Crump Miller Amy Pontious : “Love this picture two great actors! ❤️❤️”
#14 Teenagers Walking In The Fallen Leaves, 1940s
Image source: sebcolorisation Daniela Lavanza : “Is it me or those teenagers looks definitely like people in their 30s? It’s not the first time i have this feeling watching old pics where people looked older that today’s people.”
#15 Italian Americans On The Lower Side Of Manhattan. Ice Vendor On Mulberry Street, January 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Shaunn Munn : “The brick building on the right is the Knights of Columbus. Beside it is a church yard. Amazing how little has changed!”
#16 Actress Doris Houck, Photographed In Los Angeles In 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation Zaphod : “Is that an iPad on her head?” CaityDunks : “Her legs are on the gravel and her feet are in the brush. None of this looks comfy!”
#17 Betty Grable Photographed In 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Love this such a Beautiful woman! 😍”
#18 Mary Cumming, 21, Secretary In The Office Of Designer Raymond Loewy, New York, 1956
Image source: sebcolorisation Mimi La Souris : “my gosh, I hope she didn’t have to copy the whole book in this position and with a magnifying glass !?! patience and fortitude, I bet you did !” VonBlade : “Even back then we needed “Do it for her” motivators to keep us going through the grind.”
#19 Young Pin Up Marilyn Monroe Posing For Earl Moran, 1947
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Beautiful!”
#20 Center Market Place, New York, 1940
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Andreas Feininger Multa Nocte : “Lots of guns, there . . . . . . .”
#21 Actress Sophia Loren, Rome, 1963
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Peter Basch Multa Nocte : “Always such a stunning woman!”
#22 Activities At Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, August 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Gordon Parks Multa Nocte : “Segregation in the US used to be so bad that this would have been considered pretty advanced for its day!”
#23 Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation Fullo Shit : “So people we’re doing that even before all the Shows in TV aired”
#24 People In Vale, Oregon, For The Fourth Of July Celebration
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Russell Lee, in 1941 Oskar vanZandt : “Have wondered how they know which colours/shades to use?”
#25 Iconic Carhop Girl, Circa 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation LauraDragonWench : “My brain just will not accept that such colors are entirely possible, that the past caught in these b&w photos was just as vibrant as today. Stupid brain.” Vivian McBride : “I’m sure that the convertible wasn’t pink in that era, unless it was a custom color.”
title: “25 Times This Photo Restorer Colorized Old Historical Portraits 30 Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-27” author: “Rachel Young”
#1 Marilyn Monroe Reading, Beverly Carlton Hotel Los Angeles, 1952
More info: Instagram Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by André De Dienes Amy Pontious : “Love her ❤️ love this picture!”
#2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Jackie Kennedy In 1953
Image source: sebcolorisation Harlan Sarvis : “I love this one so much.”
#3 Street View, July 1958
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Robert F. Kniesche Sleestak : “Looks like a Hopper painting.”
#4 Waiting Room At Greyhound Bus Depot, Detroit, Michigan, Photographed By John Vachon In August 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation StPaul9 : “I can smell the sweat, maybe cigarettes.”
#5 Marcello Mastroianni, Milan, 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 : “Looks like he is watching his phone”
#6 Having A Drink In A Bar In Front Of The Moulin Rouge, Paris, Photographed In 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “How fun it would have been to go to Moulin Rouge! Definitely looks like a ad!” D Wall : “Is she a messy eater? Or is her nose running? Or is she drooling over her cute date?”
#7 Actress Monica Vitti Reading Magazines At The Airport In Rome, July 1961
Image source: sebcolorisation John Truglio : “Is the paper so weak it’ll fold over if she doesn’t grip it so carefully with that right hand?”
#8 Street Scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Summer 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Edwin Rosskam SleepSycho : “Lady on bike looks ahead of her time, by about 40 years” Amy Pontious : “I love what she’s wearing on the Bike! ❤️❤️”
#9 Chauffeurs And Limousines For The Garden Party At The New Zealand Legation, Washington, D.C., May 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Amy Pontious : “Nice rides!”
#10 “Virginia Lively Used To Be A Beauty Operator. Today She Works At A Filling Station.” Louisville, Kentucky, June 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Howard Hollem Mark Karol-Chik : “1942 Ford DeLuxe rag top!”
#11 Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Multa Nocte : “So sweet! ❤️” Firefly : “To me, the colorized version looks more like a painting. Especially his hands. I like the original more.”
#12 Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By TVA At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Amy Pontious : “I wonder how old she is!”
#13 James Dean And Elizabeth Taylor Taking A Break From Filming “Giant” In June 1955
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Richard Crump Miller Amy Pontious : “Love this picture two great actors! ❤️❤️”
#14 Teenagers Walking In The Fallen Leaves, 1940s
Image source: sebcolorisation Daniela Lavanza : “Is it me or those teenagers looks definitely like people in their 30s? It’s not the first time i have this feeling watching old pics where people looked older that today’s people.”
#15 Italian Americans On The Lower Side Of Manhattan. Ice Vendor On Mulberry Street, January 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Shaunn Munn : “The brick building on the right is the Knights of Columbus. Beside it is a church yard. Amazing how little has changed!”
#16 Actress Doris Houck, Photographed In Los Angeles In 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation Zaphod : “Is that an iPad on her head?” CaityDunks : “Her legs are on the gravel and her feet are in the brush. None of this looks comfy!”
#17 Betty Grable Photographed In 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Love this such a Beautiful woman! 😍”
#18 Mary Cumming, 21, Secretary In The Office Of Designer Raymond Loewy, New York, 1956
Image source: sebcolorisation Mimi La Souris : “my gosh, I hope she didn’t have to copy the whole book in this position and with a magnifying glass !?! patience and fortitude, I bet you did !” VonBlade : “Even back then we needed “Do it for her” motivators to keep us going through the grind.”
#19 Young Pin Up Marilyn Monroe Posing For Earl Moran, 1947
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Beautiful!”
#20 Center Market Place, New York, 1940
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Andreas Feininger Multa Nocte : “Lots of guns, there . . . . . . .”
#21 Actress Sophia Loren, Rome, 1963
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Peter Basch Multa Nocte : “Always such a stunning woman!”
#22 Activities At Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, August 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Gordon Parks Multa Nocte : “Segregation in the US used to be so bad that this would have been considered pretty advanced for its day!”
#23 Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation Fullo Shit : “So people we’re doing that even before all the Shows in TV aired”
#24 People In Vale, Oregon, For The Fourth Of July Celebration
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Russell Lee, in 1941 Oskar vanZandt : “Have wondered how they know which colours/shades to use?”
#25 Iconic Carhop Girl, Circa 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation LauraDragonWench : “My brain just will not accept that such colors are entirely possible, that the past caught in these b&w photos was just as vibrant as today. Stupid brain.” Vivian McBride : “I’m sure that the convertible wasn’t pink in that era, unless it was a custom color.”
title: “25 Times This Photo Restorer Colorized Old Historical Portraits 30 Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-03” author: “Susan Soto”
#1 Marilyn Monroe Reading, Beverly Carlton Hotel Los Angeles, 1952
More info: Instagram Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by André De Dienes Amy Pontious : “Love her ❤️ love this picture!”
#2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Jackie Kennedy In 1953
Image source: sebcolorisation Harlan Sarvis : “I love this one so much.”
#3 Street View, July 1958
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Robert F. Kniesche Sleestak : “Looks like a Hopper painting.”
#4 Waiting Room At Greyhound Bus Depot, Detroit, Michigan, Photographed By John Vachon In August 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation StPaul9 : “I can smell the sweat, maybe cigarettes.”
#5 Marcello Mastroianni, Milan, 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 : “Looks like he is watching his phone”
#6 Having A Drink In A Bar In Front Of The Moulin Rouge, Paris, Photographed In 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “How fun it would have been to go to Moulin Rouge! Definitely looks like a ad!” D Wall : “Is she a messy eater? Or is her nose running? Or is she drooling over her cute date?”
#7 Actress Monica Vitti Reading Magazines At The Airport In Rome, July 1961
Image source: sebcolorisation John Truglio : “Is the paper so weak it’ll fold over if she doesn’t grip it so carefully with that right hand?”
#8 Street Scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Summer 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Edwin Rosskam SleepSycho : “Lady on bike looks ahead of her time, by about 40 years” Amy Pontious : “I love what she’s wearing on the Bike! ❤️❤️”
#9 Chauffeurs And Limousines For The Garden Party At The New Zealand Legation, Washington, D.C., May 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Amy Pontious : “Nice rides!”
#10 “Virginia Lively Used To Be A Beauty Operator. Today She Works At A Filling Station.” Louisville, Kentucky, June 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Howard Hollem Mark Karol-Chik : “1942 Ford DeLuxe rag top!”
#11 Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Multa Nocte : “So sweet! ❤️” Firefly : “To me, the colorized version looks more like a painting. Especially his hands. I like the original more.”
#12 Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By TVA At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Amy Pontious : “I wonder how old she is!”
#13 James Dean And Elizabeth Taylor Taking A Break From Filming “Giant” In June 1955
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Richard Crump Miller Amy Pontious : “Love this picture two great actors! ❤️❤️”
#14 Teenagers Walking In The Fallen Leaves, 1940s
Image source: sebcolorisation Daniela Lavanza : “Is it me or those teenagers looks definitely like people in their 30s? It’s not the first time i have this feeling watching old pics where people looked older that today’s people.”
#15 Italian Americans On The Lower Side Of Manhattan. Ice Vendor On Mulberry Street, January 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Shaunn Munn : “The brick building on the right is the Knights of Columbus. Beside it is a church yard. Amazing how little has changed!”
#16 Actress Doris Houck, Photographed In Los Angeles In 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation Zaphod : “Is that an iPad on her head?” CaityDunks : “Her legs are on the gravel and her feet are in the brush. None of this looks comfy!”
#17 Betty Grable Photographed In 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Love this such a Beautiful woman! 😍”
#18 Mary Cumming, 21, Secretary In The Office Of Designer Raymond Loewy, New York, 1956
Image source: sebcolorisation Mimi La Souris : “my gosh, I hope she didn’t have to copy the whole book in this position and with a magnifying glass !?! patience and fortitude, I bet you did !” VonBlade : “Even back then we needed “Do it for her” motivators to keep us going through the grind.”
#19 Young Pin Up Marilyn Monroe Posing For Earl Moran, 1947
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Beautiful!”
#20 Center Market Place, New York, 1940
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Andreas Feininger Multa Nocte : “Lots of guns, there . . . . . . .”
#21 Actress Sophia Loren, Rome, 1963
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Peter Basch Multa Nocte : “Always such a stunning woman!”
#22 Activities At Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, August 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Gordon Parks Multa Nocte : “Segregation in the US used to be so bad that this would have been considered pretty advanced for its day!”
#23 Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation Fullo Shit : “So people we’re doing that even before all the Shows in TV aired”
#24 People In Vale, Oregon, For The Fourth Of July Celebration
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Russell Lee, in 1941 Oskar vanZandt : “Have wondered how they know which colours/shades to use?”
#25 Iconic Carhop Girl, Circa 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation LauraDragonWench : “My brain just will not accept that such colors are entirely possible, that the past caught in these b&w photos was just as vibrant as today. Stupid brain.” Vivian McBride : “I’m sure that the convertible wasn’t pink in that era, unless it was a custom color.”
title: “25 Times This Photo Restorer Colorized Old Historical Portraits 30 Pics " ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-24” author: “Matthew Enstad”
#1 Marilyn Monroe Reading, Beverly Carlton Hotel Los Angeles, 1952
More info: Instagram Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by André De Dienes Amy Pontious : “Love her ❤️ love this picture!”
#2 John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Jackie Kennedy In 1953
Image source: sebcolorisation Harlan Sarvis : “I love this one so much.”
#3 Street View, July 1958
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Robert F. Kniesche Sleestak : “Looks like a Hopper painting.”
#4 Waiting Room At Greyhound Bus Depot, Detroit, Michigan, Photographed By John Vachon In August 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation StPaul9 : “I can smell the sweat, maybe cigarettes.”
#5 Marcello Mastroianni, Milan, 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 : “Looks like he is watching his phone”
#6 Having A Drink In A Bar In Front Of The Moulin Rouge, Paris, Photographed In 1960
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “How fun it would have been to go to Moulin Rouge! Definitely looks like a ad!” D Wall : “Is she a messy eater? Or is her nose running? Or is she drooling over her cute date?”
#7 Actress Monica Vitti Reading Magazines At The Airport In Rome, July 1961
Image source: sebcolorisation John Truglio : “Is the paper so weak it’ll fold over if she doesn’t grip it so carefully with that right hand?”
#8 Street Scene, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Summer 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Edwin Rosskam SleepSycho : “Lady on bike looks ahead of her time, by about 40 years” Amy Pontious : “I love what she’s wearing on the Bike! ❤️❤️”
#9 Chauffeurs And Limousines For The Garden Party At The New Zealand Legation, Washington, D.C., May 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Amy Pontious : “Nice rides!”
#10 “Virginia Lively Used To Be A Beauty Operator. Today She Works At A Filling Station.” Louisville, Kentucky, June 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Howard Hollem Mark Karol-Chik : “1942 Ford DeLuxe rag top!”
#11 Sergeant Franklin Williams, Home On Leave From Army Duty, With His Girlfriend Ellen Hardin, Splitting An Ice Cream, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Multa Nocte : “So sweet! ❤️” Firefly : “To me, the colorized version looks more like a painting. Especially his hands. I like the original more.”
#12 Teenage Girls And Boys Train For Defense Work Made Possible By TVA At A National Administration School. Knoxville, Tennessee, June 1942
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Arthur Rothstein Amy Pontious : “I wonder how old she is!”
#13 James Dean And Elizabeth Taylor Taking A Break From Filming “Giant” In June 1955
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Richard Crump Miller Amy Pontious : “Love this picture two great actors! ❤️❤️”
#14 Teenagers Walking In The Fallen Leaves, 1940s
Image source: sebcolorisation Daniela Lavanza : “Is it me or those teenagers looks definitely like people in their 30s? It’s not the first time i have this feeling watching old pics where people looked older that today’s people.”
#15 Italian Americans On The Lower Side Of Manhattan. Ice Vendor On Mulberry Street, January 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Marjory Collins Shaunn Munn : “The brick building on the right is the Knights of Columbus. Beside it is a church yard. Amazing how little has changed!”
#16 Actress Doris Houck, Photographed In Los Angeles In 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation Zaphod : “Is that an iPad on her head?” CaityDunks : “Her legs are on the gravel and her feet are in the brush. None of this looks comfy!”
#17 Betty Grable Photographed In 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Love this such a Beautiful woman! 😍”
#18 Mary Cumming, 21, Secretary In The Office Of Designer Raymond Loewy, New York, 1956
Image source: sebcolorisation Mimi La Souris : “my gosh, I hope she didn’t have to copy the whole book in this position and with a magnifying glass !?! patience and fortitude, I bet you did !” VonBlade : “Even back then we needed “Do it for her” motivators to keep us going through the grind.”
#19 Young Pin Up Marilyn Monroe Posing For Earl Moran, 1947
Image source: sebcolorisation Amy Pontious : “Beautiful!”
#20 Center Market Place, New York, 1940
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Andreas Feininger Multa Nocte : “Lots of guns, there . . . . . . .”
#21 Actress Sophia Loren, Rome, 1963
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Peter Basch Multa Nocte : “Always such a stunning woman!”
#22 Activities At Camp Nathan Hale, Southfields, New York, August 1943
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Gordon Parks Multa Nocte : “Segregation in the US used to be so bad that this would have been considered pretty advanced for its day!”
#23 Pedestrians On Broadway Look Through A Restaurant Window To Watch A Cook Prepare A Pot Of Spaghetti. New York, 1937
Image source: sebcolorisation Fullo Shit : “So people we’re doing that even before all the Shows in TV aired”
#24 People In Vale, Oregon, For The Fourth Of July Celebration
Image source: sebcolorisation, Photo by Russell Lee, in 1941 Oskar vanZandt : “Have wondered how they know which colours/shades to use?”
#25 Iconic Carhop Girl, Circa 1945
Image source: sebcolorisation LauraDragonWench : “My brain just will not accept that such colors are entirely possible, that the past caught in these b&w photos was just as vibrant as today. Stupid brain.” Vivian McBride : “I’m sure that the convertible wasn’t pink in that era, unless it was a custom color.”