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Adding Color to History

If you love history then you'd better hold onto your hat, since what you're about to see is really going to blow you away! Marina Amaral is a professional colorist from Brazil who specializes in adding color to really important historical photos, some of which date as far back as the 19th century! We've gathered a collection of 20 of her most interesting works alongside the original monochrome photos for reference. Take a look:
 
1. A photographer using a backdrop to hide the ruins of Warsaw, 1946
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2. A portrait of Maple Creek's Cree Man, Canada, 1903
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3. A picture of Queen Elizabeth II in her younger days
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4. A rare photo of Marie Curie in her lab
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5. JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on their wedding day, September 12th, 1953
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6. The 19-year-old Russian WWII sniper, Roza Shanina, who racked up 59 confirmed kills over the course of the war
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7. Four women pilots leaving their plane, Pistol-Packin' Mama, 1944
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8. The British WWI soccer team in France, 1916
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9. Bodybuilder Gene Jantzen with his wife and son, 1947
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10. When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin
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11. Italian Immigrants arriving on Ellis Island, 1905
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12. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1860
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13. Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination triggered WWI
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14. Thomas Edison on one of his camping trips, 1921
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15. The legendary James Dean, c.1954
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16. RMS Mauretania, 1909
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17. Winston Churchill with his son and grandson on Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Day, 1953
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18. A group photo from the 5th Solvay Conference on quantum mechanics, 1927
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19. A young Winston Churchill when he was in the 4th Queen's Hussar's Cavalry, 1895
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20. The Titanic shortly before it left port, 1912
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Source: Marina Amaral
H/T: boredpanda

 

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