History photos

A collection of pictures saved from disappearing to time.

These colorized versions of black and white photographs allow you to look at a piece of history with a different eye.

These 20 famous photographs are significant in history each for their own reason. Learn how photography has literally changed history.

It’s become one of the most recognized photos of the Second World War, and immortalizes the men that marched away to protect our freedom and the families that cried as they left. Wait For Me, Daddy is a photo that was taken by Claude P. Dettloff, of The Province newspaper, on Oct. 1, 1940. In the photo, the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles) were marching down Eighth Street, at the Columbia Street intersection, in New Westminster, BC. While Dettloff was […]

Construction Workers Lunchtime 1931 St Johns Bridge N. Portland Oregon historic bw photo by Ray Atkeson

Photographer Thomas Annan captured Glasgow between the 1860s and 70s, at a time when the city had transformed and rapidly grown

Two sailors in 1945, exhausted after celebrating the end of the Second World War. historycolored.com Credit: @officialcolorizedhollywood #history #ww2 #colorized #worldwarii #worldwar2incolor #worldwartwo #sailors #sailor #vintagephotos #oldphotos

Paratroopers are a common part of modern warfare, it's hard to imagine a modern army without an airborne or air assault element. This form of combat was