Colorized historical photos

Whenever I look at an old black and white photo, I can't help but wonder what it was like to live in that era. I would also try to imagine what the photo

The destruction caused by the Great San Francisco Earthquake that struck in 1906 has been laid bare in a series of stunning colorized images on its anniversary.

Colorized photos from British colorization expert Tom Marshall show how police chased down bootleggers and women hid liquor in their boots during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s.

The Old Slip piers along the East River, just below the end of Wall Street, used to be known as the Banana Docks for its frequent fruit shipments from around the world, including ships containing hundreds of bushels of bananas.

'The Paper Time Machine' takes historical images and imbues them with astonishing color.

The photograph precipitated a dramatic change in how we perceive history. Amazing old photos like these can make it seem like you were standing right there during that historical moment.

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Have you ever seen your grandparents’ wedding photos? How about your great-grandparents’ baby pictures? If you’ve got an album full of ancient, black and white family photos just collecting dust in your attic, wouldn’t you like to see those same images in vibrant colors?

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Have you ever seen your grandparents’ wedding photos? How about your great-grandparents’ baby pictures? If you’ve got an album full of ancient, black and white family photos just collecting dust in your attic, wouldn’t you like to see those same images in vibrant colors?