30 colorized historical photos that tell about the events of the past

Colorization is a unique method of "coloring" pictures, which gives historical photographs a second life, and sends us on a journey through time. The colorization process can be time-consuming, but the result is definitely worth it. Let's look at some historical photos painted by professionals and amateurs who publish works on the Reddit forum.

Japanese-American college students during the move to an internment camp. Sacramento, 1942

The photographer's picture in the mirror, taken 100 years ago, Japan, 1920

Spanish flu pandemic in California, 1918

A Sicilian farmer shows an American soldier where the Germans retreated, August 1943

American Civil War veterans throw flowers from the air on the Gettysburg battlefield in honor of fallen comrades, 1938

Family portrait after the First World War

Isaac Woodard, a decorated African-American veteran of World War II, was attacked by South Carolina police on February 12, 1946, a few hours after being discharged from the US Army. The man remained blind

The Sleeping Marine, Union Station, Washington, 1948

Portrait of a mother and child during the Great Depression, 1939, photographer Dorothea Lange

German prisoners of war in an American camp while watching a film about German concentration camps in 1945

The little Frenchwoman, 1959

An African American tavern in Chicago, Illinois, April 1941

Night fishing in Hawaii, 1948

Kitten on a lily pad in the Philippines, 1935

16-year-old German soldier cries after being captured by the Allies, 1945

A Salvation Army worker writes a letter dictated by a wounded soldier, 1918

One of the pictures of Nicholas II, date unknown

Cujo Lewis - the only surviving former slave brought to the United States from Africa, 1931

A girl who grew up in a concentration camp was asked to draw a "house", Warsaw, Poland, 1948

Lebanon before the Civil War, 1965

On the streets of New York, a picture of Stanley Kubrick

An American soldier with photos of his beloved, Chu Chi Base Camp, Vietnam, 1968

A "selfie" taken by Edvard Munk after he entered a psychiatric clinic in 1905

Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) in College, late 80s

Newlyweds in Japan, 1955

John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States) — the first president in history to be photographed, 1843

Photo of Joseph Stalin, taken at 4:31 a.m. on June 22, 1941, when he announced the invasion of German troops. The photographer was asked to destroy the picture, but he kept it

A girl hugs a US Army soldier at a train station in New Hope, Connecticut, 1945

Alexey Kirillovich Kuznetsov, prisoner of the Nerchinsk penal servitude, Nerchinsk, Russia, 1891

October Revolution, 1917