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TheReader19 5 years ago

William really is his mother's son

45points

After a while, I started to concentrate on portraits until I managed to get a good grasp on them. This improved my "technical" Photoshop skills and gave me the courage to tackle other types of vintage photos like landscapes, war scenes, cars, city life, and all sorts of miscellaneous subjects.

#2

Amelia Earhart

Final score:

142points

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Full Name 5 years ago

This was amazingly well done. I'm impressed.

28points

#3

George Washington Carver, March 1942

Final score:

127points

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Full Name 5 years ago

This one looks great. I love the warmth you gave it.

36points

I like to colorize images that intrigue me and my imagination. Images I'm curious to see in color, besides portraits of important or less important figures, some more or less known, some more or less controversial. I like to give people that follow my work images that will set them on a path of discovery and a bit of knowledge. That will put a smile on their faces, or make them remember a part of history (like they do for me). By doing this, I also share with them a bit of myself, a bit of what interests me.

#4

Albert Einstein Wearing His Levi's "Menlo Cossack" Leather Jacket, 1938

Final score:

126points

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Norma 5 years ago

I love a man in a leather jacket... Einstein was hot!

12points

#5

Frank Sinatra Arrested, Mugshot From 27 Nov 1938

Final score:

124points

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Norma 5 years ago

Frankie... So cute!

29points

I would like to thank the people who follow my work for their support, and I hope that I will be able to keep them interested in the future with the images I have not yet colorized. You can follow me on my social media and see my other works on my website.

Here is a part of my over 1300 colorized photos. I hope you'll enjoy them

#6

The Lumière Brothers (Louis On The Left & Auguste On The Right) In Their Laboratory, Lyon, France, Ca. 1925

Final score:

123points

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BusLady 5 years ago

It adds so much dimension to the photo.

23points

#7

Billie Holiday And Mister, February 1947

Final score:

122points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

She had a innocent look about her here, later photos show the pain and suffering

24points

#8

Girl With A Bird And A Dog, Boston, Massachusetts, US, 1920s

Final score:

116points

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Jackie Wacky 5 years ago

The colouring really brings these photographs to life.

25points

#9

James Dean In "Giant", 1956

Final score:

115points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

Damn, he was sooo sexy

30points

#10

Newly Engaged Couple, Senator John F. Kennedy And Jacqueline Bouvier, Relaxing At The Kennedy Family Home In Hyannis Port In Cape Cod, Massachusetts On The 4 July 1953

Final score:

107points

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Norma 5 years ago

the beautiful people...

23points

#11

Illuminated Tires Developed By Goodyear In 1961

Final score:

104points

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Full Name 5 years ago

WTF?! Okay, time to Google....

50points

#12

Unpacking Mona Lisa At The End Of World War II, 1945

Final score:

99points

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Kamsi Ikonne 5 years ago

lmfao they all there staring and Mona Lisa just there with that smirk like "hullo".

19points

#13

Paul Newman's Navy Enlistment Photo, 1943

Final score:

97points

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Bill phillips 5 years ago

Look at those eyes!

20points

#14

Audrey Hepburn

Final score:

96points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

Classy lady

22points

#15

Charlie Chaplin In "Shoulder Arms", 1918

Final score:

94points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Here’s a fun fact: The pancake makeup that looks so white on the screen and in stills was actually a pale green. (I’ve done a lot of reading on the early days of cinema, and this is one of the bits that has stayed lodged in my brain.)

27points

#16

King Ferdinand And Queen Marie Of Romania Arriving At Dover, UK, For A State Visit, 12 May 1924

Final score:

94points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Excellent work that really captures the look of old silk velvet.

21points

#17

Clark Gable, 1946

Final score:

93points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

Still a handsome man

19points

#18

Albert Einstein

Final score:

93points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Classic!

13points

#19

King George Vi Riding With His Daughters Princess Elizabeth (Later Queen Elizabeth II) & Princess Margaret In Windsor Great Park, 21 April 1939

Final score:

90points

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Jesper Rasmussen 5 years ago

VI rather.

7points

#20

Marlon Brando, 1950

Final score:

87points

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Kate Noble 5 years ago (edited)

I love the idea of cold blue lighting on one side of his head and the warm light on the other.

18points

#21

Fokin & Fokina, Cleopatra Ballet Costumes, Stockholm, 1914

Final score:

86points

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Donald Truck 5 years ago

He looks like Gene Wilder...

20points

#22

Two Romanian Peasants, 1928

Final score:

86points

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Mary Pat Mitchell 5 years ago

oh that beautiful hair!

22points

#23

"Pistol Pete" - Frank Boardman Eaton

Final score:

85points

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ChiveChilly 5 years ago

Looks like he has a story to tell

17points

#24

Giraffe Women Looking At A Guard, Posted At St. James's Palace 16th Century Main Gate, During Their Visit In London, 1935

Final score:

85points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

These are the Kayan (Red Burmese) people of Myanmar (then called Burma). The rings go on when they’re very young and they wear them for the whole of their lives.

50points

#25

Romania, 1930s

Final score:

85points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

Am I the only one who thinks that the colour photos seem to make some the pictures look older?

11points

#26

Frances Benjamin Johnston, Self-Portrait (As New Woman), 1896

Final score:

81points

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BusLady 5 years ago

So many details in this one.

10points

#27

Laurel And Hardy

Final score:

81points

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BusLady 5 years ago

Needs to recharge that phone.

8points

#28

Finnish Soldier Looks At A Burning Town, 1944

Final score:

79points

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Sanne H. 5 years ago (edited)

By the way, Rovaniemi is officially considered a city, and it's not just any city, it's located exactly at the pole circle, it's the hometown of Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winning rock band Lordi, and it's the place where you can visit the house of Santa Claus. In winter it is full of foreign tourists.

20points

#29

Fokin & Fokina, Scheherazade Ballet Costumes, Stockholm, 1914

Final score:

78points

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反社会的 5 years ago

I love this one.

7points

#30

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy And John F. Kennedy Cutting The Cake At Their Wedding, September 12, 1953, Newport, Rhode Island

Final score:

77points

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BusLady 5 years ago

The old photo looks faded or over-exposed. Nice work on the color one.

20points

#31

Arnold Schwarzenegger Posing At The Victoria Palace Theatre In London, Circa 1968

Final score:

76points

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Marnee DeRider 5 years ago

That was just before women stopped being allowed to have any fat on their stomachs whatsoever or they were considered chubby, at least in almost all shows and movies (not necessarily music videos). In the movie industry, she's be considered plus-sized now. So stupid.

32points

#32

Bela Lugosi - A Hungarian-American Actor, Famous For Portraying Count Dracula In The Original 1931 Film

Final score:

76points

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Donna Reynolds 5 years ago

Blaaaa! I vant to drink your blood.

12points

#33

Desmond Thomas Doss (Hacksaw Ridge) & His Wife Dorothy, After Receiving The Medal Of Honor From President Harry Truman, October 12, 1945

Final score:

74points

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Donald Truck 5 years ago

Wonderful and spectacularly brave person who made a stand based on his moral values and never moved a bit (Pls forgive a humorous comment since he looks like CR7 with a moustache on this one)

10points

#34

Malcolm X And Muhammad Ali, New York, March, 1964

Final score:

74points

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Full Name 5 years ago

Ali looks like he's sending a text.

14points

#35

Neil Armstrong, Nasa Research Test Pilot, With The Bell X-14 At Nasa Ames Research Center, February, 1964

Final score:

74points

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Hinchess 5 years ago

He was 34 (born in 1930). Looks Ike a kid.

17points

#36

Butchers In A Bucharest Market, 1932

Final score:

72points

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Mindy Keys 5 years ago

These are all stunning, but I bet this one took A LOT of work. Stunning

18points

#37

Man In Scottish Uniform O S C

Final score:

71points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

I wonder how they decided how to color the tartan, because the color/pattern is specific to each clan

8points

#38

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin

Final score:

70points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

You can really see the bat-s**t-crazy in his eyes

56points

#39

Martin Luther King Jr. And Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Share A Laugh In Davis' Dressing Room At New York's Majestic Theater In 1965

Final score:

69points

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Fox Dylan 5 years ago

Sammy Davis Jnr was a vile human who sexually abused women & hid behind his fame.

6points

#40

Podu Ros Neighbourhood Viewed From The The Palace Of Culture With The City Pool In The Foreground, Iasi, Romania, Early 20th Century

Final score:

69points

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CookieNeerrrrd 5 years ago

It looks so much more full of life with colour!

11points

#41

Salvador Dali, 1954

Final score:

67points

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BusLady 5 years ago

His mustache defies gravity.

13points

#42

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, 1920s

Final score:

66points

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Fox Dylan 5 years ago

Where are his dogs?

15points

#43

US Civil War - Officers Of The 69th New York Volunteer Regiment Pose With A Cannon At Fort Corcoran - Col. Michael Corcoran At Far Left, 1861

Final score:

66points

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Doober 5 years ago

With the blurred background and the scale of objects around them, they almost look like miniature toy soldiers

40points

#44

Winston Churchill, Cigar In Mouth, Gives His Famous ‘V’ Sign During A Visit To Bradford (Lister's Mill) On December 4, 1942

Final score:

65points

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April Simnel 5 years ago

He's doing the "other" V sign. The naughty one.

38points

#45

Romanian Woman In Traditional Costume From The Early 20th Century

Final score:

64points

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Norma 5 years ago

That, my friends, is a LOT of freakin laundry...

28points

#46

Audrey Hepburn Putting On Lipstick At Her Home In Mayfair (65 South Audley Street), London, September 1951

Final score:

63points

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Maybeitsraining 5 years ago

Beautiful woman and actress

7points

#47

"The Rat Pack" In NY, Carnegie Hall's Backstage, 1960s

Final score:

60points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra.

8points

#48

Corvin Castle, Romania

Final score:

60points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Each tower has a different shape...

5points

#49

Main Square In Brasov's Old Town Centre, Romania, Early 20th Century

Final score:

59points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

I love how subdued it is.

5points

#50

President Lyndon B. Johnson And A Turkey Presented To Him In The Fish Room Of The White House, November 16, 1967

Final score:

59points

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TheReader19 5 years ago

I wonder if he granted it a pardon or it became dinner?

16points

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#51

Queen Marie Of Romania Visiting The Pyramids Of Giza, Cairo, Egypt, 1930

Final score:

28points

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Gosiulka Bloem 5 years ago

Makes me think of the Poirot series!

14points

#52

Fire Spitter - Cracheur De Feu, Boulevard De Rochechouart, Paris, 1949

Final score:

27points

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ChiveChilly 5 years ago

B&W fire has to be the coolest thing I've seen this week

4points

#53

Marlon Brando With His Father, Marlon Brando Sr., Los Angeles, April 1, 1955

Final score:

25points

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Tracy Moorhead 5 years ago

Brando was a good looking man, though I think he had mental issues!!

7points

#54

Kirk And Michael Douglas, 1960

Final score:

25points

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Florida, but without the beach 2 years ago

Michael’s face has changed so much, I didn’t recognize this as a younger version

6points

#55

French Soldiers & Red Cross Dogs Before Departing For The Front Tuileries Gardens (Place De La Concorde Gate) Paris, France, 1915

Final score:

24points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

Good dogs!

3points

#56

John Fitzgerald, Jack Kennedy

Final score:

24points

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#57

The Wreckage Of The Messerschmitt BF 109e4 In Kent On 5 September 1940 During The Battle Of Britain

Final score:

24points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

The sheep don’t care...

3points

#58

Marine Dwayne L. Boice (Kansas City), 3rd Battalion 5th US Marines, Burns Out A Weapons Emplacement. North Korean Gunpit, Wolmi-Do Island, Inchon, 15 September 1950

Final score:

23points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

My father was in the Korean War, and I found out at his funeral that he received three Bronze Stars. I’d had no idea.

8points

#59

Kirk Douglas As Michael Midge Kelly In "Champion", 1949

Final score:

23points

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Maybeitsraining 5 years ago

Brilliant actor, loved him in Spartacus and The Vikings!!

5points

#60

Bucharest, 1930s

Final score:

23points

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Edgar 2 years ago

Before darker times...

6points

#61

Buick Wildcat 3

Final score:

23points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

This photo benefited the most!

4points

#62

King George V On Horseback At Buckingham Palace In 1914

Final score:

23points

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Kristi Lindley 5 years ago

He looks like a gigantic microphone

5points

#63

Marie Gonzales Of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, Circa 1930s

Final score:

23points

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Sol Connor 5 years ago

Cute

6points

#64

Germany, 10 Oct 1944

Final score:

22points

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wojtechnology 5 years ago

it says "official photo" on the front of it

4points

#65

A Scene From "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935 Film)

Final score:

21points

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Jackie Wacky 5 years ago

The colour seems necessary to this photo.

8points

#66

Avram Iancu Square, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1930s

Final score:

21points

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Norma 5 years ago

I never realized how beautiful Romania is until this page...

8points

#67

Charlie Chaplin Visits Winston Churchill And Family, At Chartwell House, Near The Town Of Westerham, Kent In South East England, 1931

Final score:

21points

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Hugh Willie Mungous 3 years ago

It is very interesting that Chaplin visited Churchill in 1931 (so - during Churchill's wilderness years). That would seem to indicate that he too may have chilled by the rise of fascism in Europe although, of course, Hitler's Chancellorship was some time off yet.

1point

#68

WW2 Flame Throwers Army War Show, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 27, 1942

Final score:

21points

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#69

Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager

Final score:

20points

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Full Name 5 years ago

First man to break the sound barrier on land. Chuck Yeager!

7points

#70

Henry Ford In His 1896 Quadricycle During A Visit To Detroit, July 30, 1942

Final score:

20points

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#71

Princess Marie Alley, Iasi, Romania

Final score:

20points

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Norma 5 years ago

Gorgeous!

2points

#72

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Final score:

19points

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Norma 5 years ago

Some of the most beautiful music you will ever hear.

7points

#73

Romanian Crime Thriller "With Clean Hands"

Final score:

19points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Nice!

2points

#74

WW1, Corbie Albert Area, France, 1916 - British Army Soldiers Moving In Devastated, Wet And Muddy Conditions On The Somme Front At Ancre

Final score:

19points

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Doober 5 years ago

Seeing how the colored picture is still almost black and white really drives home the utter devastation.

14points

#75

William "Bill" O'connor, Ca. 1952-53

Final score:

18points

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#76

Adolf Dassler, A Founder Of Adidas

Final score:

18points

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April Simnel 5 years ago

And his brother Rudolf founded Puma.

17points

#77

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, 1946

Final score:

17points

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Mike Flint 5 years ago

Awesome lighting!

8points

#78

Marlon Brando, 1955

Final score:

17points

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Nico Viola 5 years ago

he reminds me of the guy who plays 4 in divergent

2points

#79

Senator And Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy And His Campaign Manager, Robert Kennedy, In A Hotel Room During The DNC, Los Angeles, July 1960

Final score:

17points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

I shook hands with Bobby Kennedy on his final swing through California—it was only a few nights later that he was shot.

5points

#80

Corvin Castle And The Main Market, Transylvania (Romania), Ca. 1900

Final score:

16points

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#81

Enrico Caruso, 1918

Final score:

16points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Enrico Caruso was staying at the Palace Hotel in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, which happened at 5:12 a.m. He was so terrified that he never returned to California.

2points

#82

Robert S. Mueller - 1stLt. U.S. Marine Corps, 1968

Final score:

16points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

He grew into his face decades after this picture.

3points

#83

Deck Of Gun Boat, Probably Mendota, Ca. 1865

Final score:

16points

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#84

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover

Final score:

15points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Nasty man!

6points

#85

Cetatuia Neighbourhood, Iasi Romania, Early 20th Century

Final score:

14points

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#86

Clive Staples Lewis

Final score:

14points

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Karin Gibson 5 years ago

He had such an amazing mind to think up the Narnia stories.

2points

#87

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

Final score:

14points

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#88

Rubin Hurricane Carter

Final score:

14points

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boredpandana 4 years ago

Bob Dylan fans anyone?

4points

#89

Abandoned WW2 German Panzer Pzkpfw IV

Final score:

14points

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#90

Hiram Bingham III, 1917, A Possible Inspiration For Indiana Jones

Final score:

13points

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Roy Webb 2 years ago

A great book about Bingham is "Turn Right at Machu Picchu" by Mark Adams. Adams traces Bingham's routes as he "discovered" Machu Picchu. Read it twice.

0points

#91

Jane Maas

Final score:

13points

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David Massey 3 years ago

The colorization on this pic, like all the others, is masterful and adds dimension previously unseen. That being said, colorization is never meant to be "an improvement," as if the photo somehow fails in monochrome. It just makes the photo more real and immediate. Thanks for sharing your work.

7points