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This only slightly related to yesterday’s post about coloured jeans. If you read it, then you’ll know why there’s a big pile of inspired, reader-submitted colourised (colorized to visitors from The US) photographs below from shorpy.com. Go on, read it. I’ll wait.
And just in case you’re wondering where to go for coloured jeans, Zara’s my shop of choice. Just don’t pop your pink jeans into a white wash by mistake. I did that. Big oops. Now would really be the time to make a bad pun about not being a ‘jeanius’ but…
Captain Thomas Longworth Dames in 1855 during the Crimean War – 1855
Thisbe – 1902
The Leitrim Young Men’s Association football team – 1914
Bathing beauty parade – 1919
Miss Elizabeth Zolnay and her dog – 1922
Swimming and golf – 1926
pictures – 1939
Signs of spring – 1939
dancers – date unknown (tiny bit overboard with the blusher, perhaps?)
Cheers – 1940
Tuskegee Airmen – 1945
Have a great weekend, everyone.
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for letting me know about this! I loveee colourized photos, it’s the most wonderfully strange effect! I can’t wait to go look through this collection
xxxx
There’s piles and piles of them on the Shorpys website – well worth a look!
Great colourized photos, even better layout too!
You’ll have to post about blog style soon
Blog style? As in the style of a blog?
i like these photos. i still can’t imagine how they do it. anyway, zara is indeed a good place to shop coloured jeans. they’re on sale for the whole month of july here in manila.
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Same here in Ireland – the Zara sale is a dangerous place to be if you don’t have much money…
They were such a joy to look at
Glad you like them Rhona.
Gorgeous coloured photos. Love signs of spring. A lot. Zara is my go to shop as well. Haven’t been there in ages! Not good enough.
SArahD
I love Signs of Spring as well – think it’s a tie between that, the Tuskegee Airmen and the woman and the dog having breakfast for the personal fave.
I colourised the Gaelic Footballers and the Bathing Beauty Parade.
Glad they bring you pleasure
I love them George, keep up the good work!