Colorized old time photos

[jimmy olsen]

They got some incredible ones here

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/06/realistically-colorized-historical-photos-make-the-past-seem-incredibly-real-36-pictures/

[Darth Wagtaros]

Whitman looks like Gandalf the Grey.

[Malthus]

Whitman looks like Gandalf the Grey.

Or, possibly, a bum. 

[Grey Fox]

It does give them a lot more humanity. Especially that picture of Lincoln with the smirk.

[mongers]

Not sure it adds more to the photos than it detracts.

[garbon]

Not sure it adds more to the photos than it detracts.

I like it for that first one.

[Valmy]

Not sure it adds more to the photos than it detracts.

Generally I disagree I think it makes the past more accessible to modern people so I like it as a history teaching exercise.  But that is not to say it works for every coloration.  I have my doubts Abe's clothes were really that bright.

[Valmy]

It does give them a lot more humanity. Especially that picture of Lincoln with the smirk.

Yeah I think this is a really good thing for bringing the past to life.

[Admiral Yi]

Audrey Hepburn is so naughty.

[mongers]

Here's the original of the Elizabeth Taylor:

[Ed Anger]

Audrey Hepburn is so naughty.

The way she should be. Barefoot and in the kitchen.

[Caliga]

Here's the original of the Elizabeth Taylor:

Not the same exact photo, though both are obviously from the same series of photographs.

[Eddie Teach]

Cal's right, she's smiling more in Mongers pic. Exact same pose though.

[Admiral Yi]

Fun little factoid: those little folds in bras and such where the nipple goes are called "darts."

[Caliga]

Also, I thought Liz had bigger tits than that.