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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:26 PM Nov 2013

Incredible colourised historical photos.

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29 images. They cannot be copied or at least I don't know how to do so.

http://imgur.com/a/YiOLx

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Incredible colourised historical photos. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Nov 2013 OP

Boy Chaplin! Cooley Hurd Nov 2013 #1

The General Store was my own favorite. dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #5

wonderful images of the way things were. madrchsod Nov 2013 #2

those have been nicely done.... They appear very real in the colorization. Fascinating. hlthe2b Nov 2013 #3

Oh Einstein, nice legs! Thanks for sharing, dd. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2013 #4

Recommend KoKo Nov 2013 #6

These are great! Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #7

Excellent find, thank you! TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #8

I was prepared to dislike the altered photos etherealtruth Nov 2013 #9

Lovely malaise Nov 2013 #10

wow, just wow FirstLight Nov 2013 #11

That picture of Audrey Hepburn is stunningly beautiful rudolph the red Nov 2013 #12

Thanks for sharing this link. beveeheart Nov 2013 #13

Fantastic. Thanks for posting. The past doesn't seem so far snagglepuss Nov 2013 #14

Great stuff!!!...... don't miss this thread! meti57b Nov 2013 #15

Amazing, especially the eyes. n/t MicaelS Nov 2013 #16

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

1. Boy Chaplin!

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:32 PM

Nov 2013

...another favorite:

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

5. The General Store was my own favorite.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:48 PM

Nov 2013

Thanks for posting it.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)

2. wonderful images of the way things were.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:38 PM

Nov 2013

today the preservationists are finding out that quality glass plates are the perfect media for digital copying and colorizing..

now if someone can cheaply restore the tintypes i have...

hlthe2b

(102,413 posts)

3. those have been nicely done.... They appear very real in the colorization. Fascinating.

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:42 PM

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Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

4. Oh Einstein, nice legs! Thanks for sharing, dd. nt

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:42 PM

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KoKo

(84,711 posts)

6. Recommend

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:53 PM

Nov 2013

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

7. These are great!

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:55 PM

Nov 2013

The colorization is phenomenal.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

8. Excellent find, thank you!

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 02:59 PM

Nov 2013

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

9. I was prepared to dislike the altered photos

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 03:32 PM

Nov 2013

I was quite wrong ... they are incredible!

malaise

(269,212 posts)

10. Lovely

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 03:32 PM

Nov 2013

Thanks

FirstLight

(13,366 posts)

11. wow, just wow

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 03:49 PM

Nov 2013

it's amazing how the detail all of a sudden becomes visible because the gray somehow dulled the picture...Walt Whitman's eyes are so beautiful...
the hindenburg and the man self emmolating are breathtaking - fire doesn't show up so well in B/W, and I never realized the monks robes would have been saffron, wow..

I even showed this to my kids, they know of Anne Frank and my son just did a big report on Abe Lincoln...they were wowed too

thanks so much for sharing,
Is there any more info on how and why they did the restorations?