30 Realistic Colorised Historic Photographs That Will Rock Your Day

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A new artistic trend has broken out around the world which changes our perception of history dramatically.

In today’s post, we will present a series of colorised historic photographs from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. All of the photographs are excellent, changing their actual appearance from something historic and different, into a scene from today.

The colorful image of Albert Einstein sitting beside the water gave me an entire new perspective on the genius. He goes from a brilliant historic relic, into a living brilliance of our era. The colorized photograph of Audrey Hepburn transforms our thoughts of beauty. Her photo goes from an intriguing historic photo to one of a sexy starlet of today.

It’s incredible how historic events move forward decades, or even a full century, by the addition of color. See for yourself!

1. Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels scowls at a Jewish photographer, 1933

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2. Nikola Tesla

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3. Operation: Crossroads Atomic Detonation

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4. Audrey Hepburn

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5. Mark Twain, circa 1900

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6. Charlie Chaplin, 1916

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7. Elizabeth Taylor, 1956

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8. Big Jay McNeely, Olympic Auditorium, 1953

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9. Walt Whitman, 1887

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10. Anne Frank, 1942

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11. Abraham Lincoln, 1865

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12. Kissing the War Goodbye, 1945

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13. Theodore Roosevelt

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14. British Troops Board Their Train for the Front, 1939

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15. Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway, 1880

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16. Old Gold Country store, 1939

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17. Hindenburg Disaster, 1937

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18. Unemployed Lumber Worker and His Wife, circa 1939

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19. Washington D. C., 1921

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20. Japanese Archers, circa 1860.

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21. Charles Darwin, 1874

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22. View from the Capitol in Nashville, 1864 (Photo credit: Sanna Dullaway)

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23. Albert Einstein in Long Island, 1939

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24. London, 1945

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25. Baltimore Slums, 1938

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26. Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation, 1963

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27. Louisville, Kentucky, 1937

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28. Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist, 1912. 

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29. Women boxing, circa 1930’s

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30. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1915. Source

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