These Old Photographs Are Now Available in Color!

The world has been seen through the lens of a camera for many years. Until recently, however, it was largely seen in black and white but recent technology has allowed those old black and white photos to be seen in living color.

You will likely be familiar with many of the photographs that are shown on this page. Take a close look at them and the detail that is shown. It allows you to see things in a different light and to recognize these pieces of history as being more than just a simple photograph located in an obscure archive.

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On V-J Day, this sailor kissed a nurse in Times Square. 1945

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Practicing using a gas mask at Fort Belvoir, VA. 1942

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A turbine from the Hoover dam, built in the 1930s

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Testing a bulletproof vest in Washington, DC. 1932

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The raising of the American flag, battle of Iwo Jima. 1945

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After the Great Ohio River Flood, people were lining up to receive food and clothing. 1937

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Abraham Lincoln. 1865

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The bean harvest attracted this unemployed lumber worker and his wife. 1939

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George Orwell

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Weeki Wachee Spring, FL. 1947

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Men gather outside of a store in Gordonton, NC. 1939

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Albert Einstein. 1953

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Dorothy Lange (photographer). 1936

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Mark Twain

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A woman and her children during the depression. 1936

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Canada Dock, Liverpool 1909

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Seth Kinman, a trapper and hunter from California. This chair was later presented to Pres. Johnson. 1865

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Salvador Dali. 1965

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Charlie Chaplin

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Testing a nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll. 1946

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Physicists meet to discuss the quantum theory in 1927

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Charles Darwin