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Rob Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62635 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Colorized History Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:06 pm | |
| Reddit has a category where people colorize historic photos. Here are some of the interesting ones.... President Theodore Roosevelt in his office, 1901. Charlie Chaplin, 1916 View from the Nashville, Tennessee, capitol building, 1864. Hancock homestead, Sun River, Montana, July, 1910 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, 1910 Broadway, New York, 1915 Western Showman Buffalo Bill, 1889 Civil War soldiers, 1862 Abraham Lincoln, 1865 Lewis Powell, conspirator in the Lincoln assassination, 1865 Mark Twain, 1900 | |
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Krissy Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 45733 Location : Ontario, Canada Mood :
| Subject: Re: Colorized History Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:56 pm | |
| Oh wow! “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... Yet.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables | |
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
Number of posts : 7600 Location : In a book Mood :
| Subject: Re: Colorized History Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:24 pm | |
| This is neat, but it seems odd too. | |
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:33 pm | |
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Krissy Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 45733 Location : Ontario, Canada Mood :
| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:56 am | |
| it does seem werid looking at it in clour “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... Yet.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables | |
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Debbie Mom Of 2 Kitties
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:12 am | |
| I think it is very neat. It is SO different seeing them in color. | |
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:52 am | |
| Seeing these people in color makes them seem far less... distant. | |
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
Number of posts : 7600 Location : In a book Mood :
| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:53 am | |
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- How so, Cheryl?
It makes these historical photographs seem more like someone fictionalized the events instead of adding color to historical photos. I assume it would work the same way if you had actors dress up in period clothing and took a black and white photo. Of course, the quality of the photo would be much improved. I understand what you're saying about it makes them seem far less distant. For me, however, it's a shame to modernize them. You lose that authenticity. You know what I bought recently? A late 1930s, early 1940s manual typewriter. My daughter wanted one, so I bid on it at eBay. The thing smells like an old bookstore. I love it! You can't buy that smell. | |
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:46 pm | |
| Although the authenticity of the photos may be lost, I feel that the authenticity of the people is improved on. The colorized shots show them more as they really were than the B&W ones do.
Neat typewriter! | |
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:27 pm | |
| - Rob wrote:
- Although the authenticity of the photos may be lost, I feel that the authenticity of the people is improved on. The colorized shots show them more as they really were than the B&W ones do.
I see what you're saying. I can't argue with that. Well, I'm a woman, so I could probably argue anything--or so my hubby says. | |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:01 pm | |
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:27 pm | |
| - Lisa wrote:
- Lewis Powell looks like a contemporary maniac - like he could have traveled through time to go back and try to help assassinate Lincoln.
Now, that would make for an interesting story. | |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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alexczarn Ingalls Friend for Life
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:54 am | |
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Davetucson Ingalls Friend for Life
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Amy Somewhere in Time
Number of posts : 13417 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: Colorized History Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:06 am | |
| - Lisa wrote:
- I think it's VERY cool to see these in color...and also quite surreal. I'm so used to seeing them in rather one-dimensional settings...The color seems to make it so that suddenly they're living, breathing people who actually looked pretty much like we do.
Cheryl, I can understand what you're saying. When our currency changed, it looked like fake money to me. So I can understand why such a drastic change in the photos would make it seem . . . phony or fictionalized to you.
Ha! I can't get over Buffalo Bill's shirt! He SO would take a lot of ribbing about that "purty shirt" nowadays. And Charlie Chaplin?? I would NOT have recognized him. Lewis Powell looks like a contemporary maniac - like he could have traveled through time to go back and try to help assassinate Lincoln.
I love the shot of Broadway in the early 1900s. SO pretty.
The Broadway, New York is my favorite! I want to BE there! It's interesting, to hear Cheryl's take and Rob's take. As soon as I read Cheryl's comment that "This is neat, but odd too," I totally 'got it'. That is exactly how I felt---odd in some way. And like Alex said, 'fake'. And yet, people did not live in black and white---they DID live in color back then. So if anything, it's more realistic than 'fake'. And yet, if felt 'fake' to me too! By the same token, I felt more like I could reach out and touch these people; as Rob said, they feel less distant. So wow, talk about strange emotions these pictures stir up! Dave, I love this last one you posted! “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
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Davetucson Ingalls Friend for Life
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| Subject: Re: Colorized History Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:53 am | |
| The World War II color photos freak me out. As a kid in the late fifties and early sixties you would always see this stuff in black and white in documentaries. Erie seeing it in color, especially this evil bunch! "Albert, do you REALLY think you are old enough to know what love is?" "I must be Pa. I love you, I have for a long time." | |
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Amy Somewhere in Time
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