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Colorized version of Kafeneion, 1938.
Colorized with Gimp software. This is about 7 hours of work. I Couldn't find any historic pictures of the same coffee shop in color to verify color of the signage, so opted for gold.
I was fascinated by the look on this soldier's face. Determination and a strange sort of peace.
I restored the photo and colorized it from this original Shorpy Civil War entry (one of the few less disturbing photos from this era).
I thought that this displays the photographer's intent when I colorized it. I had to stop when I finished working on the little angel. Original photo.
My colorized version of this picture. It looks to me like this couple is very happy, even though war is looming.