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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:06 PM Mar 2015

15 Remarkable Colorized Photos From History. #7 Is Just Horrifying Beyond Words.

http://www.lifebuzz.com/colorized-photos/

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eta: Site does not allow hotlinking, so I'm going to be respectful and take the links down.

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15 Remarkable Colorized Photos From History. #7 Is Just Horrifying Beyond Words. (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2015 OP

Wtf is Einstein wearing on his feet? zappaman Mar 2015 #1

Surely you've worn sandals before. Rex Mar 2015 #2

Not bread bags... Blue Owl Mar 2015 #5

Here's some (apparent) background on that one - it's a cute story: petronius Mar 2015 #6

Thank you for that!!! n/t zappaman Mar 2015 #10

Amazing! Blue Owl Mar 2015 #3

This one Rex Mar 2015 #4

my pleasure! nt steve2470 Mar 2015 #8

Whitman and Einstein hifiguy Mar 2015 #7

I'm probably wrong, but #8 looks more like WWI than WWII to me. WillowTree Mar 2015 #9

It's the trench helmet. The British still used it in WWII ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #11

Yep. That was mostly it. Thanks for the info. WillowTree Mar 2015 #14

It does to me too... which made it all the more poignant, given the particular carnage in trenches hlthe2b Mar 2015 #13

No thanks. I prefer them in B&W. progressoid Mar 2015 #12

I'm with you. pangaia Mar 2015 #15

Yep, the originals are better Major Nikon Mar 2015 #16

Pic 1 could be any Beatle or Stone, or Who... Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #17

zappaman

(20,606 posts)

1. Wtf is Einstein wearing on his feet?

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:08 PM

Mar 2015

Never seen that one before....

Rex

(65,616 posts)

2. Surely you've worn sandals before.

Reply to zappaman (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:10 PM

Mar 2015

No those aren't pumps, get your mind out of the gutter.

Blue Owl

(50,500 posts)

5. Not bread bags...

Reply to zappaman (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:17 PM

Mar 2015

n/t

petronius

(26,603 posts)

6. Here's some (apparent) background on that one - it's a cute story:

Reply to zappaman (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:17 PM

Mar 2015

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-561729

zappaman

(20,606 posts)

10. Thank you for that!!! n/t

Reply to petronius (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:28 PM

Mar 2015

Blue Owl

(50,500 posts)

3. Amazing!

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:15 PM

Mar 2015

Rex

(65,616 posts)

4. This one

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:15 PM

Mar 2015

Is my new desktop background! Thanks for the link those pictures are amazing!

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

8. my pleasure! nt

Reply to Rex (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:20 PM

Mar 2015

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

7. Whitman and Einstein

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:20 PM

Mar 2015

just radiate deep but gentle wisdom and the best of humanity.

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)

9. I'm probably wrong, but #8 looks more like WWI than WWII to me.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:22 PM

Mar 2015

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

11. It's the trench helmet. The British still used it in WWII

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 03:31 PM

Mar 2015

American soldiers did not. That's probably what's throwing you.

http://www.epicmilitaria.com/section.php/177/1/wwii-british-uniforms
http://www.history-of-american-wars.com/world-war-1-uniforms.html

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)

14. Yep. That was mostly it. Thanks for the info.

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 05:08 PM

Mar 2015

hlthe2b

(102,361 posts)

13. It does to me too... which made it all the more poignant, given the particular carnage in trenches

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 04:39 PM

Mar 2015

during that war "to end all wars"... (not that I'm discounting the horror of WWII, by any means)

progressoid

(49,999 posts)

12. No thanks. I prefer them in B&W.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 04:28 PM

Mar 2015

Similarly, Ted Turner should have kept his colorizing paws off black and white films.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

15. I'm with you.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #12)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 05:26 PM

Mar 2015

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

16. Yep, the originals are better

Reply to progressoid (Reply #12)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 05:53 PM

Mar 2015

B&W has its own character that is destroyed by colorization.

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

17. Pic 1 could be any Beatle or Stone, or Who...

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 06:14 PM

Mar 2015

They were that age then...

Pic 2? "Who wears short shorts? HE wears short shorts..."

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