A Shorpy image that cried out for color. At least to me. View full size.

Colorized version of photo originally at https://www.shorpy.com/node/8052. View full size.

Shot of Elinor McNeir (colorized) from her 1933 portrait sitting at the Harris & Ewing studios in Washington. 5x7 glass negative. View full size.

My father taken while on holiday in Brixham during the 1930s. This colorized photo was almost certainly taken by my mother. View full size.

This is my first attempt at recoloring. The photo itself is from Shorpy. View full size.

April 12, 1936. Colorized version of newsboys in Jackson, Ohio. 35mm nitrate negative by Theodor Jung for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.

Original at https://www.shorpy.com/node/10001. In response to a request to colorize. View full size.

I darkened the image a little at the risk of it looking too dark and the colors too strong on some of the computers that will be seeing it. Unless a computer screen is perfectly adjusted, colors, contrast, and gamma may degrade the quality of any color photo. View full size.

Captain Thomas Longworth Dames in 1855 during the Crimean War. Notes on the original image say that he was with the Royal Artillery but his uniform appears to be that of the Royal Horse Artillery.

The original is courtesy of the Fenton Crimean War Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. View full size.

Original at https://www.shorpy.com/node/9281. View full size.

Colorized version of Creamer's Dream, 1945.

I just couldn't resist this one. I've always wanted to walk into a room full of women and brighten up their faces. It doesn't happen in real life so I thought I'd do it with this photo of dancers on the radio that I found on Shorpy. View full size.

A colorized version of a picture from a polo match put on by the War Department on June 2, 1925. The original image is from the National Photo Company Collection in the Library of Congress. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1915. "Birth of the American flag" (Colorized). View full size.

Original black and white. View full size.