15 beautifully colorized photos of the past that reveal what life was once like

12/3/2019

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Culture Story: 15 beautifully colorized photos of the past that reveal what life was once like

The invention of photography made it possible for people to capture their stories, and it was one of the greatest breakthroughs in our history. These colorized pictures, some of which are more than a century old, will take you to an amazing journey to the past.

#1 Chief White Eagle of the Ponca, November 1877

#2 Martin Luther King Jr. gives "I Have a Dream" speech, 1963

#3 American soldiers, 1945

#4 Charlie Chaplin, 1916

#5 An iconic image of the Great Depression, "Migrant Mother", captured by Dorothea Lange in 1936

#6 The Beatles, 1963

#7 Titanic's first class gymnasium, 1912

#8 A Venezuelan family, 1932

#9 Marilyn Monroe, 1951

#10 The Statue of Liberty is being built in France before transporting to New York City, 1886

#11 26-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, 1958

#12 WWII

#13 A Catholic school, circa 1900

#14 Walt Whitman, 1887

#15 A Russian family is getting electricity for the first time, circa 1920

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62 Comments

Anita Clark Morton

I loved the picture of the Native Chief. It was BEAUTIFUL!! But my favorite, colored or otherwise, was the "Easter Eggs for Hitler".

Virginia Abreu De Paula

I have a doubt. Why some of them have the name of a person above? Are they the owners of the pictures? It is curios because above The Beatles picture we see the name of Robert Downey Sr...It is Robert Downey Jr's father!

Diane Allain

#5:Even an award-winning actress couldn’t convey what can be read in this mother’s eyes. I wonder what happened to her.

Janice Chichura

Margaret Louise Gifford, The Four Winds is excellent!

Margaret Louise Gifford

The Migrant Mother, what a story of hardship & sadness her face tells. Just finished reading The Four Winds, as Baby Boomers we have no idea what people had to do to survive.

c r r b

I p refer the black and white ,,,, much more authentic, in my opinion ....

Satish Chandran

Russian family getting electricity in 1920.

Julie Domaille

Love the photo of the native American. Can't tell it was taken over 100yrs ago. So vivid. The photo of the Catholic school is scary. Nuns from my childhood still haunt me lol

Jean Kellum

I have NEVER commented on any of your stories before, but I must say these are some wonderful, emotionally stirring pictures and I enjoyed your works very much.