Rare Historical Photos

[caption id="attachment_16088" align="aligncenter" width="800"]<img alt="BB King, Albert King and Bobby Bland" class="size-full wp-image-16088" height="535" src="https://oldpics.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/BB-King-Albert-King-and-Bobby-Bland.jpg" width="800"> BB King, Albert King and Bobby Bland[/caption]<br><br><br><br>[caption id="attachment_16089" align="aligncenter" width="488"]<img alt="Big Mama Thornton and The Muddy Waters Blues Band" class="size-full wp-image-16089" height="735" src=" https://oldpics.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Big-Mama-Thornton-and-The-Muddy-Waters-Blues-Band.jpg" width="488"> Big Mama Thornton and The Muddy Waters Blues Band[/caption]<br><br>

<h2> 22 best colorized history photos</h2> <br /> Up until the 1970's, color photography was extremely rare, and so when we think about history prior to that time, we often envision it in black and white. Today’s technology now enables us to “colorize” historical photos, giving us our only chance at seeing what the world really looked like back then.<br /> <br /> What's more, it was really breathtaking. Take an excursion back in time through these photographs underneath. It's very mind boggling to see Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein in living shading<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16391" height="516" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/A-car-crash-in-Washington-D.C.-around-1921-300x238.jpg" width="651" /> A car crash in Washington D.C. around 1921[/caption]<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16393" height="699" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Albert-Einstein-1921-229x300.jpg" width="533" /> Albert Einstein, 1921<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16392" height="601" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Albert-Einstein-on-a-Long-Island-beach-in-1939-300x277.jpg" width="651" /> Albert Einstein on a Long Island beach in 1939<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16394" height="581" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Audrey-Hepburn-227x300.jpg" width="440" /> Audrey Hepburn<div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16396" height="405" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/British-Soldiers-Returning-from-the-front-in-1939-300x201.jpg" width="604" /> British Soldiers Returning from the front in 1939<br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16397" height="486" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Brooklyn-Bridge-in-1904-by-Dana-Keller-300x234.jpg" width="623" /> Brooklyn Bridge in 1904 by Dana Keller<div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16398" height="495" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Burger-Flipper-1938-300x211.jpg" width="704" /> Burger Flipper 1938<div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16399 size-full" height="800" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Charlie-Chaplin-at-27-years-old-in-1916.jpg" width="615" /> Charlie Chaplin at 27 years old in 1916<br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16400" height="507" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Claude-Monet-in-1923-300x240.jpg" width="634" /> Claude Monet in 1923<div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16401" height="491" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Country-store-in-July-1939.-Gordonton-North-Carolina-300x211.jpg" width="698" /> Country store in July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina<br /> <div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16402 size-full" height="800" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Elizabeth-Taylor-in-1956.jpg" width="626" /> Elizabeth Taylor in 1956<br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16403" height="504" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Girls-delivering-ice-1918-300x222.jpg" width="680" /> Girls delivering ice, 1918 by dana keller<br /> <div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16404 " height="407" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Helen-Keller-meeting-comedian-Charlie-Chaplin-in-1918.jpg" width="814" /> Helen Keller meeting comedian Charlie Chaplin in 1918<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16405 size-full" height="944" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Joan-Crawford-on-the-set-of-Letty-Lynton-1932.jpg" width="736" /> Joan Crawford on the set of Letty Lynton, 1932<br /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-16406" height="501" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lee-Harvey-Oswald-1963-being-transported-to-questioning-before-his-murder-trial-for-the-assassination-of-President-John-F.-Kennedy-300x200.jpg" width="750" /> Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963, being transported to questioning before his murder trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy[/caption]<br /> <div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16407" align="aligncenter" width="680"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16407" height="548" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lou-Gehrig-July-4-1939-300x242.jpg" width="680" /> Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939[/caption]<br /> <div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16408" align="aligncenter" width="690"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16408" height="446" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Madison-Square-Park-New-York-City-around-1900-300x194.jpg" width="690" /> Madison Square Park New York City around 1900's[/caption]<br /> <div data-wp-editing="1"> <!--nextpage--></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16409" align="aligncenter" width="620"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16409 size-full" height="815" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pablo-Picasso.jpg" width="620" /> Pablo Picasso[/caption]<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16411" align="aligncenter" width="850"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16411" height="608" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Red-Hawk-of-the-Oglala-Sioux-Tribe-on-horseback-1905-by-Danna-Keller-300x215.jpg" width="850" /> Red Hawk of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on horseback, 1905 by Danna Keller[/caption]<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16412" align="aligncenter" width="763"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16412" height="763" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Times-Square-1947-300x300.jpg" width="763" /> Times Square 1947[/caption]<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16413" align="aligncenter" width="780"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16413" height="663" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Union-Soldiers-taking-a-break-1863-300x255.jpg" width="780" /> Union Soldiers taking a break 1863[/caption]<br /> <br /> <!--nextpage--><br /> <br /> [caption id="attachment_16414" align="aligncenter" width="702"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16414 size-full" height="900" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Winston-Churchill-1941.jpg" width="702" /> Winston Churchill, 1941[/caption]

<h2>The Most Iconic and Influential Photos of All Time Colorized</h2><br/>[caption id="attachment_16366" align="aligncenter" width="726"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16366" height="547" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/artwork_images_424175658_247496_irving-penn-fine-fettle-1-300x226.jpg" width="726" /> View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16367" align="aligncenter" width="658"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16367" height="854" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Betty-Grable-by-Frank-Powolny-1943-231x300.jpg" width="658" /> Betty Grable by Frank Powolny, 1943[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16368" align="aligncenter" width="750"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16368" height="1017" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Blind-by-Paul-Strand-1916-221x300.jpg" width="750" /> Blind by Paul Strand, 1916[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16369" align="aligncenter" width="747"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16369" height="600" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bloody-Saturday-by-H.S.-Wong-1937-300x241.jpg" width="747" /> Bloody Saturday by H.S. Wong, 1937[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16370" align="aligncenter" width="778"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16370 size-full" height="559" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Boulevard-du-Temple-by-Louis-Daguerre-1838.jpg" width="778" /> Boulevard du Temple by Louis Daguerre, 1838[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16371" align="aligncenter" width="781"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16371" height="632" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Cathedral-Rock-Yosemite-by-Carleton-Watkins-1861-300x243.jpg" width="781" /> Cathedral Rock, Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, 1861[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16372" align="aligncenter" width="789"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16372 size-full" height="559" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Girl-Worker-in-Carolina-Cotton-Mill-by-Lewis-Hine-1908.jpg" width="789" /> Girl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill by Lewis Hine, 1908[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16373" align="aligncenter" width="779"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16373 size-full" height="559" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Hitler-at-a-Nazi-Party-Rally-by-Heinrich-Hoffmann-1934.jpg" width="779" /> Hitler at a Nazi Party Rally by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1934[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16374" align="aligncenter" width="569"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16374" height="720" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Migrant-Mother-by-Dorothea-Lange-1936-237x300.jpg" width="569" /> Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange, 1936[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16376" align="aligncenter" width="729"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16375 size-full" height="559" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Romanov-Executionby-Uknown-Photographer-1919.jpg" width="729" /> Romanov Executionby Uknown Photographer, 1919[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16378" align="aligncenter" width="707"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16378 size-full" height="559" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/The-Valley-of-the-Shadow-of-Death-by-Roger-Fenton-1855.jpg" width="707" /> The Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton, 1855[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16379" align="aligncenter" width="435"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16379" height="650" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/V-J-Day-in-Times-Square-by-Alfred-Eisenstaedt-1945.-201x300.jpg" width="435" /> V-J Day in Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945.[/caption]

<h1><strong>50's Fashion Photographer</strong></h1><br/>Here is the work of another 50's fashion photographer, Irving Penn (1917-2009). This American born photographer began working at Vogue Magazine at age 26 and continued a relationship with them for 40 years. He most often used simple grey or white backdrops for his sophisticatd fashion images<br/><br/><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16354 aligncenter" height="543" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/artwork_images_424175658_247496_irving-penn-fine-fettle-287x300.jpg" width="519" /><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16355 aligncenter" height="554" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Irving-Penn-277x300.jpg" width="511" /><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16356 aligncenter" height="756" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/irving-penn04-206x300.jpg" width="519" /><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><img alt="" class="wp-image-16357 aligncenter" height="732" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lisafonssagrives-022-269x300.jpg" width="656" /><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16358 aligncenter" height="546" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Penn2.jpg" width="561" /><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16359 aligncenter" height="563" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Penn3-263x300.jpg" width="494" /><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><img alt="" class="wp-image-16360 aligncenter" height="789" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pennxx-296x300.jpg" width="778" />

[caption id="attachment_16329" align="aligncenter" width="653"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16329" height="455" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/makasar-police-office-300x209.jpg" width="653" /> Netherlands Indies Police Station in Makassar, 1897[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="622"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16331" height="384" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1936-indie-women-kongres-300x185.jpg" width="622" /> Indonesian women's congress, 1936[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16332" align="aligncenter" width="467"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16332" height="602" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/raden-saleh-233x300.jpg" width="467" /> Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1807 or 1811 - April 23, 1880) an Indonesian painter[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16334" align="aligncenter" width="665"]<img alt="" class="wp-image-16334" height="514" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dendles-300x232.jpg" width="665" /> a construction for a railway tunnel in the mountains, Java (c. 1910)[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16335" align="aligncenter" width="716"]<img alt="" class=" wp-image-16335" height="401" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/peserta-sumpah-pemuda_20171027_205614-300x168.jpg" width="716" /> youth of indonesian declaration (1928)[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16336" align="aligncenter" width="747"]<img alt="" class=" wp-image-16336" height="389" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hari-pahlawan_20171110_094428-700x364-300x156.jpg" width="747" /> 10 November 1945 once upon a time[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16338" align="aligncenter" width="770"]<img alt="" class=" wp-image-16338" height="578" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kali-bagor-300x225.jpg" width="770" /> Kalibagor, Banyumas Central Java 1905. The Family Administrator of the Kalibagor Sugar Factory[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_16339" align="aligncenter" width="759"]<img alt="" class=" wp-image-16339" height="510" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bung-karno.jpeg" width="759" /> Ir. Soekarno, 1st indonesian's president (1945)[/caption]