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Miscellaneous: "Colorized" historical photos sweep the web

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Date
8 November 2013

Three cheers for Reddit, four cheers for photography and five cheers for the olden days. You don’t get much better internet-fodder than photographs of some of the most famous people to veer have lived, re-edited in dazzling Kodachrome colour. These images that have been travelling around the internet faster than Sushi Cats, and you can see why. To see the colours on Audrey Hepburn’s dress, or to see the rosy cheeks of a young Charlie Chaplin is truly magical and incredibly clever. These photos have been “colorized” by other olden-day enthusiasts such as Sanna Dullaway, Dana Keller, Jordan Lloyd, BenAfleckIsAnOkActor and Malakon.

Audrey Hepburn squats in a white kitchen, holding a metal oven rack. She wears a white patterned summer dress and is barefoot.
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Dana Keller: Audrey Hepburn

A person sits on wooden steps outside a building, smoking a cigarette. They wear a light-coloured button-down shirt and heavily ripped blue jeans.
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Jordan Lloyd: Young boy in Baltimore slum area, July 1938

A portrait of Nikola Tesla looking towards the camera. He has dark hair and a groomed moustache, wearing a dark jacket and a high white collar.
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Dana Keller: Nicola Tesla

Three people stand in a line on a dirt path, holding long bows and arrows. They wear traditional Japanese garments, including draped shawls and long, pleated skirts.
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Jordan Lloyd: Japanese Archers circa 1860

A person with curly brown hair looks directly at the camera with a slight smile. They wear a dark blazer over a light-coloured striped shirt.
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BenAfleckIsAnOkActor: Charlie Chaplin at the age of 27, 1916

Elizabeth Taylor leans against a wooden table under a canvas awning. She wears a white bra and brown high-waisted trousers, looking directly at the camera with one hand resting on her forehead.
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Malakon: Elizabeth Taylor – Giant (1956 film)

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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