Up until the 1950s, color photography was extremely rare, and so when we think about history prior to that time, we often envision it in black and white.
Today’s technology now enables us to “colorize” historical photos, giving us our only chance at seeing what the world really looked like back then. And it was truly spectacular.
Take a look at these 40 awesome colorized vintage photos of celebrity couples from between the 1930s and 1950s.
Today’s technology now enables us to “colorize” historical photos, giving us our only chance at seeing what the world really looked like back then. And it was truly spectacular.
Take a look at these 40 awesome colorized vintage photos of celebrity couples from between the 1930s and 1950s.
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| Alain Delon and Brigitte Bardot |
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| Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor |
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| Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor |
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| Bette Davis and James Cagney |
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| Brigiite Bardot being photographed by Sean Connery |
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| Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner |
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| Burt Lancaster with Lizabeth Scott |
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| Buster Keaton and Anita Page |
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| Carole Lombard and Clark Gable |
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| Cary Grant and Grace Kelly |
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| Cary Grant and Grace Kelly |
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| Clark Gable and Carole Lombard |
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| Clark Gable and Gene Tierney |
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| Clark Gable and Joan Crawford |
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| Clark Gable and Norma Shearer |
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| Clark Gable with Jean Harlow |
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| Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler |
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| Errol Leslie Flynn with Olivia Mary de Havilland |
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| Erroll Flynn with young Brigitte Bardot |
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| Esther Ralston and Gary Cooper |
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| Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford |
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| François Truffaut and Julie Christie |
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| Gary Cooper with Patricia Neal |
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| Gene Autry and Peggy Stewart |
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| James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn |
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| Jean Gabin and Ida Lupino |
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| Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone |
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| John Gilbert and Greta Garbo |
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| John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara |
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| John Wayne and Sheila Terry |
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| Marilyn Monroe and Rock Hudson |
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| Marilyn Monroe and Sami Davis, Jr. |
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| Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe |
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| Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles |
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| Robert Montgomery and Joan Crawford |
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| Roy Rogers and Dale Evans |
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| Ruth Roman and Gary Cooper |
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| Shirley Temple and Guy Madison |
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| Tyrone Power and Loretta Young |
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| Tyrone Power and Rita Hayworth |
