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Up until the 1970s, 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 trip back in time through these photos below. It’s quite incredible to see Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein in living color. 1. Winston Churchill, 1941 Reddit 2. Burger Flipper 1938. Reddit 3. Girls delivering ice, 1918. Reddit 4. Helen Keller meeting comedian Charlie Chaplin in 1918. Reddit 5. Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963, being transported to questioning before his murder trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Reddit 6. Times Square 1947. Reddit 7. Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939. The photo was taken right after his famous retirement speech. He would pass away just two years later from ALS. Reddit 8. Brigadier General and actor Jimmy Stewart. Stewart flew 20 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe and even flew one mission during Vietnam. Reddit 9. Claude Monet in 1923. Reddit 10. Mark Twain in 1900. Reddit 11. Country store in July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina. Reddit 12. Joan Crawford on the set of Letty Lynton, 1932. Reddit 13. British Soldiers Returning from the front in 1939. Reddit 14. Hindenburg Blimp crash. Reddit 15. Samurai Training 1860. Reddit 16. Marilyn Monroe. Reddit 17. Madison Square Park New York City around 1900. Reddit 18. Albert Einstein, 1921. Reddit 19. Big Jay McNeely, Olympic Auditorium, 1953. Reddit 20. Elizabeth Taylor in 1956. Reddit 21. Charlie Chaplin at 27 years old in 1916. Reddit 22. Clint Eastwood, 1962. Reddit 23. WWII soldiers on Easter. Reddit 24. Union Soldiers taking a break 1863. Reddit 25. Audrey Hepburn. Reddit 26. Albert Einstein on a Long Island beach in 1939. Reddit 27. 1920s Australian mugshots from the New South Wales Police Dept. Reddit 28. Two Boxers after a fight. Reddit 29. Brooklyn Bridge in 1904. Reddit 30. Louis Armstrong plays to his wife, Lucille, in Cairo, Egypt 1961. Reddit 31. An Oklahoman farmer during the great dust bowl in 1939. Reddit 32. Boys buying flowers in 1908. Reddit 33. A Washington, D.C. filling station in 1924. Reddit 34. Louis Armstrong practicing backstage in 1946. Reddit 35. President Lincoln with Major General McClernand and Allan Pinkerton at Antietam in 1862. Reddit 36. A car crash in Washington D.C. around 1921. Reddit 37. Unemployed Lumber Worker and His Wife 1939. Reddit 38. An RAF pilot getting a haircut while reading a book between missions. Reddit 39. Cornell Rowing Team 1907. Reddit 40. Brothers Robert Kennedy, Edward “Ted” Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy outside the Oval Office. Reddit Credits: boredomtherapy.com