As the maxim goes, a picture speaks a thousand words. But in color, they say even more. We give you these amazing photos of history in color.
Some of these Connecticut high school boys in 1909 have been newsboys for eight or nine years already. US National ArchivesSome of these Connecticut high school boys in 1909 have been newsboys for eight or nine years already. Colours of Yesterday/FacebookAt the 1942 fair in Klamath Falls, Oregon.Russell Lee/The Library of CongressAt the 1942 fair in Klamath Falls, Oregon.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookAn injured Japanese father and child in 1944 during the Battle of Saipan. W. Eugene Smith/Life Magazine/FlickriverAn injured Japanese father and child in 1944 during the Battle of Saipan. Colours of Yesterday/FacebookBuster Keaton making New Year’s resolutions in 1929.PinterestBuster Keaton making New Year’s resolutions in 1929.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookMetro Goldwyn Mayer star Dorothy Sebastian brushes up on her flying instructions, circa 1929.Flickr/A Diamond Fell From the SkyMetro Goldwyn Mayer star Dorothy Sebastian brushes up on her flying instructions, circa 1929.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookA 1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, awaiting the opening of orange picking season in Porterville, California.Library of CongressA 1936 drought refugee from Polk, Missouri, awaiting the opening of orange picking season in Porterville, California.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookJane Russell in a promotional shot for the 1943 film The Outlaw. Flickr/siddacoolJane Russell in a promotional shot for the 1943 film The Outlaw. Flickr/siddacoolFresh socks are given to evacuated troops from Dunkirk in 1940 at Paddock Wood station in Kent, England.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookFresh socks are given to evacuated troops from Dunkirk in 1940 at Paddock Wood station in Kent, England.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookSinger Sarah Vaughan, circa August of 1946.WikipediaSinger Sarah Vaughan, circa August of 1946.reddit/Captain-cliche1942 Sideshow barker at the Klamath Falls, Oregon circus.Russell Lee/The Library of Congress1942 Sideshow barker at the Klamath Falls, Oregon circus.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookRita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, was a 1940's screen idol and top WWII pin-up girl. Flickr/siddacoolRita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, was a 1940's screen idol and top WWII pin-up girl. Flickr/siddacoolWest Indian and Australian troops in 1917 during the Battle of Ypres, stacking 8-inch shells at a dump.Imperial War MuseumWest Indian and Australian troops in 1917 during the Battle of Ypres, stacking 8-inch shells at a dump.Colours of Yesterday/FacebookTwo women with a tuba, Washington, D.C., 1928. Harris & Ewing Collection/Shorpy Photo ArchiveTwo women with a tuba, Washington, D.C., 1928. Colours of Yesterday/FacebookFrench actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot.Flickr/siddacoolMark Twain in the garden, 1900. Reddit/ZuzahinElizabeth Taylor on the set of the film ‘Giant’, 1956. Photographer: Frank WorthReddit/MalakonV-J Day in Times Square, August 14th, 1945. Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt.Sanna Dullaway/Deviant ArtWalt Whitman portrait, 1887. Reddit/DanarKellerBritish Troops in England, September 20th, 1939. Reddit/BenAfleckIsAnOkActorH.W. Murphy, testing his bulletproof jacket, October 13th, 1923. United States Library of Congress.Reddit/BenAfleckIsAnOkActorCharles Darwin portrait, March 7th, 1874. Reddit/mygrapefruitBoy with Stuffed Toy in London during WWII, 1945. Photographer: Toni Frissel. Reddit/HansLuciferHindenburg Disaster, May 6th, 1937. Photographer: Murray Becker. Reddit/danarkellerNikola Tesla, 1893. Photographer: Napoleon Sarony. Reddit/danarkeller
Photo-editing software has never been more affordable or easier to use, and as a result various artists have used the technology to physically alter the way we view our past. Indeed, we can now see centuries-old events in color, which inevitably has the effect of making the events captured by camera seem more "real." Don't believe us? Check out these photos of history in color and see for yourself:
