Pictures are worth 1,000 words and all, but when they’re in black and white, it’s hard to imagine what certain moments in time were really like. The same goes for historical figures. Luckily, ...

We often think of history in black and white, quite literally. And that’s because most very old photographs are indeed monochrome, taken before a time when images could easily and affordably be ...

Marina Amaral has been fascinated by history and photography for as long as she can remember. As a child she taught herself Photoshop by watching tutorials on YouTube. Five years ago, the budding ...

A Brazilian artist has colorized dozens of black and white photos to bring history to life. She's taken black and white photos of some of the most important people and events from history and ...

Alfred T. Palmer, “Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a 'Vengeance' dive bomber, Tennessee” (1943) converted to grayscale by the author. For most of the history of ...

Photos often shape the way we look at people we don't know. But if a person died a long time ago and the only remaining portraits of them are damaged black-and-whites, we might not get the full ...

There is something incredible that happens when we see a classic black-and-white photograph transformed into color. It makes the past seem more vivid, but also more surreal at the same time. Here are ...

America’s longest-serving president almost missed his first day in office. On February 15, 1933, President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nearing the end of an impromptu speech in Miami when he ...

As illogical as it may sound (because it is), we sometimes forget that history happened in living color. That’s because we’re so used to seeing early still photography and early 20th century newsreels ...

During the Great Depression, lives were reshaped, fortunes were lost, and hope endured. This period is etched in the sepia-toned pages of history. But this time, we're bringing those memories to life ...

Black-and-white historical footage spanning the 1920s through 1960s will be brought to you in living color on Smithsonian Channel. The 50-person crew behind “America in Color,” a new five-part series ...