
Audrey Hepburn
Source: Dana Keller
Charles Darwin


Charlie Chaplin at 27 years old in 1916


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Elizabeth Taylor in 1956
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Babe Ruth’s 1920 MLB debut

A Washington, D.C. filling station in 1924

Louis Armstrong plays to his wife, Lucille, in Cairo, Egypt 1961

Up until the 1970s, color photography was rare. Thus, our vision of history is so often in black and white only. Rare colorized historical photos are our only chance at seeing what the world really looked like…and, boy, was it spectacular.







Caroline Joan Peixoto, City Arts, photographed classical ballet students at rehearsal in ballet school. This school has given the Kigali community incredible hope as the first post-genocide ballet school.



Source: Caroline Joan Peixoto, City Arts
The 60 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken That Perfectly Capture The Human Experience
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This incredible collection of moments represents the joy, innocence, despair, curiosity, and undying perseverance within all of us.
No matter where we’re from, these are the emotions that unite us – it’s what makes us human.
We set out to capture this spirit in 60 incredible photographs, and I truly hope you enjoy.
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17 year old Jan Rose Kasmir offers a flower to soldiers during the Pentagon anti-war protest in 1967.

Source: Marc Riboud
A Brazilian protester stands before gunfire during protests against corruption and police brutality.
Source: Huffington Post
Sergeant Frank Praytor looks after a two-week old kitten during the height of the Korean War.
A curious Afghan girl holds the hand of an American soldier.
Source: Soldier_Scott68 on Reddit
Source: Sally Mann
Source: theatlantic.com
Thania Sayne leans on the headstone of her husband the day before their wedding anniversary on 16 October 2013.
Source: Wojtek Kalka
A journalist dashes across a bridge between to rescue a baby during Civil War. [1936]
Source: Horace Abrahams
Source: Carlo Meoni
A Rwandan boy left scarred after being liberated from a death camp.
Source: James Nachtwey
Source: Alex Elle
Bruno Morandi captures a tribal Chhetri woman in Nepal. [2009]
Source: Vladimir Zotov
Source: BBC
Captain Donald Spindler pulls 6 year-old Aaliyah Frazier from a fire in Indiana
Source: Evansville Courier & Press
Source: Daniel Becerril
A man protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing [1989]
Source: Stuart Franklin
Source: Itsuo Inouye
A child of the Erbore tribe, Ethiopia
The child of a KKK member touches his reflection in an African American police officer’s riot shield during a demonstration. [1992]
Source: Todd Robertson
Source: Willy Ronis
Caroline Joan Peixoto, City Arts, photographed classical ballet students at rehearsal in Rwanda’s only classical ballet school. This school has given the Kigali community incredible hope as the first post-genocide ballet school.
Source: Caroline Joan Peixoto, City Arts
Source: Sam Grandgeorge
“100,000 monks in prayer for a better world”
Source: Luke Duggleby
Skater girls in Tehran.
Source: Humans Of Tehran
Source: Julia Noni
3 weeks old infant with albinism snuggles up to his cousin for a snooze.
Source: Patricia Willocq
Source: National Geographic
An Irish teenager yells at British soldiers during unrest in Northern Ireland
A Mursi tribe woman discovers Vogue magazine, Ethiopia
Source: Steve McCurry

52 Colorized Historical Photos That Give Us A New Look At the Past
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Up until the 1970s, color photography was rare. Thus, our vision of history is so often in black and white only. Rare colorized historical photos are our only chance at seeing what the world really looked like…and, boy, was it spectacular.
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Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939
Source: reddit.com
Photo taken right after his famous retirement speech. He would pass away just two years later from ALS.
Times Square 1947
Source: Jordan J. Lloyd
Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963
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Oswald being transported to questioning before his murder trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Girls delivering ice 1918

Burger Flipper 1938
Source: Jordan J. Lloyd
Albert Einstein in 1921
Source: Dana Keller
Madison Square Park New York City around 1900
Source: reddit.com
Samurai Training 1860
Source: Jordan J. Lloyd
Hindenburg Blimp crash
Source: Dana Keller
British Soldiers Returning from the front in 1939
Joan Crawford on the set of Letty Lynton, 1932
Source: pinterest.com
Country store in July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina
Union Soldiers taking a break 1863
World War 2 soldiers on Easter
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Clint Eastwood, 1962
Source: Paul Edwards
W.H. Murphy testing the bulletproof vest in 1923
Source: reddit.com
Elizabeth Taylor in 1956

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Big Jay McNeely, Olympic Auditorium, 1953

Louis Armstrong practicing backstage in 1946
Source: redddit.com
Red Hawk of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on horseback, 1905

Source: reddit.com
Boys buying flowers in 1908

Source: Dana Keller
An Oklahoman farmer during the great dust bowl in 1939

Source: reddit.com
Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield

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



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Henry Ford, 1919

Source: Dana Keller
People standing in line Louisville, Kentucky 1939



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President Lincoln with Major General McClernand and Allan Pinkerton at Antietam in 1862

Source: ladyanthesweatshop.com
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