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Leading seaman Eric Kirtland, of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (R.C.N.V.R.) shows off his tattoos. Photograph taken in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on the 10 January 1943. Credit: @PieceJake historycolored.com⁠ #history #wwii #canada

High School students crossing the street in Phoenix, Arizona, photographed by Russell Lee in May 1940. Credit: @/sebcolorisation on Instagram historycolored.com #history #phoenix #arizona

People photographed waiting in front of Oxley's Drug Store in Southington, Connecticut in May 1942. Credit: @/sebcolorisation on Instagram historycolored.com

Veterans of the Crimean War, (left to right) William Noble, Alexander Dawson, and John Harper, who served in the 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot. Photograph taken by Cundall & Howlett in 1856. Credit: @/timcolorization on Instagram

Two children looking towards the camera photographed by Arnold Genthe on a street in Chinatown, San Francisco in c. 1906. Credit: @/baptistecolors on Instagram historycolored.com

Two men riding on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with a sidecar in Liège, Belgium in 1925. Credit: @/rdbcolors on Instagram historycolored.com

People gathered in Gebed zonder End alleyway in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, photographed by Jacob Olie in 1892. The name "Gebed zonder End" translates to "Prayer without an End" in English. Credit: @/retrograde_colour on Instagram historycolored.com

A tintype cameraman on the streets of San Antonio, Texas photographed by Russell Lee in March 1939. Credit: @/sebcolorisation on Instagram historycolored.com

Outside Café ‘t Kalfje by the Amstel river in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Photograph taken in c. 1911. Credit: @/retrograde_colour on Instagram historycolored.com

A portrait of a man taken by Laurie Shea during the bushfires at Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia on the 4 February 1952. Credit: @therishicolors historycolored.com

The neon lights of the drive-in restaurant Harry Carpenter's in Hollywood, California, photographed by Russell Lee at night in April 1942. Credit: @jacksoncolour historycolored.com

A Belgian soldier sits by the roadside and opens a can of food using his bayonet. Photograph taken on the 20 October 1914. Credit: @/rdbcolors on Instagram historycolored.com

A couple poses for a photograph at the studio of Danish photographer Christian Franzen in Madrid, Spain in c. 1920. Credit: @BlauColors historycolored.com

Hawaiian surfer Charles Kauha photographed carrying what was described as one of the last Alaia, a thin, round-nosed, square-tailed surfboard ridden in pre-20th century Hawaii. Photograph taken by Frank Davey at Waikiki Beach in c. 1898. Credit: @LorenzoFolli_

Wounded German prisoners of war receive medical attention at the first-aid station of the 103rd and 104th Ambulance Companies, US Army. Photograph taken by Pvt. J. M. Liles in France on the 12 September 1918. Credit: @/timcolorization on Instagram historycolored.com

A view of Notre-Dame and Pont Saint-Michel in Paris, France photographed in 1900. Credit: @/sebcolorisation on Instagram historycolored.com

Swedish boxer Lars Söderberg and Polish boxer Roman Antczak shake hands after a tough match against each other. Söderberg won the fight. Photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden on the 14 January 1934. Credit: @/julius.colorization on Instagram historycolored.com

Veteran of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Reverend Levi Hayes, photographed in the 1840s. Hayes served as a fifer in a Connecticut regiment. Hayes was born in 1764 and died at the age of 83 in 1847. Credit: @LorenzoFolli_

A diner along U.S. Highway No. 1 near Berwyn, Maryland photographed by Jack Delano in June 1940. Credit: @/sebcolorisation on Instagram historycolored.com #usa #diner #historycolored

A Canadian soldier photographed walking through the Passchendaele battlefield in Belgium, in 1917 during the First World War. Credit: @/czcolorization on Instagram historycolored.com⁠ #history #wwi #passchendaele