ColorizeOldPhotos

Before and After Examples

Public domain photographs from the Library of Congress, processed with ColorizeOldPhotos and shown without retouching. Drag the slider on any image to compare. Where damage was added to a clean scan to demonstrate repair, the caption says so.

Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942: restored and colorized — Restored and colorized: Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs (1942). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain. Scratches, creases, stains and fading were added to this scan artificially to demonstrate repair.

Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942: original — Restored and colorized: Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs (1942). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain. Scratches, creases, stains and fading were added to this scan artificially to demonstrate repair.

Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin, 1938: restored and colorized — Restored and colorized: Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin (1938). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain. Scratches, creases, stains and fading were added to this scan artificially to demonstrate repair.

Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin, 1938: original — Restored and colorized: Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin (1938). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain. Scratches, creases, stains and fading were added to this scan artificially to demonstrate repair.

Portrait of a young girl, Washington, D.C., 1942: colorized — Colorized: Portrait of a young girl, Washington, D.C. (1942). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Portrait of a young girl, Washington, D.C., 1942: original — Colorized: Portrait of a young girl, Washington, D.C. (1942). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Mountain family on porch, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 1940: colorized — Colorized: Mountain family on porch, Breathitt County, Kentucky (1940). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Mountain family on porch, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 1940: original — Colorized: Mountain family on porch, Breathitt County, Kentucky (1940). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Street scene on West Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut, 1940: colorized — Colorized: Street scene on West Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut (1940). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Street scene on West Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut, 1940: original — Colorized: Street scene on West Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut (1940). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942: colorized — Colorized: Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs (1942). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs, 1942: original — Colorized: Woman training to operate buses and taxicabs (1942). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin, 1938: colorized — Colorized: Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin (1938). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin, 1938: original — Colorized: Part of sharecropper family on porch of cabin (1938). Original: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, public domain.

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