Teenaged Ingrid Bergman colorized from a self-portrait photo ca early 1930s.

The young Ingrid Bergman in her late teens.  Said to be a self-portrait photo using her father's camera.  Some of the original photos indicated she was just 14 here taken in 1934.  But she was born in 1915 so that would make her 19 years in 1934. 

A Hopi woman ca 1905 by Edward S Curtis colorized by Alex Lim

Who said that the hairdo of Princess Leia in the first 3 Star Wars episode was unique.  Here is a colorized portrait of a Hopi Inidan Woman ca 1905 showing what looked like an inspiration for George Lucas's

make-up department in the said movies.

Cree Indian colorized by Alex Lim

Here is a colorized photo of a Cree Indian,  A greeat majroty of Cree  Indians lived in north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. In the United States, Cree tribes lived from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, sharing the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation with Ojibwe (Chippewa) tribes.

Clark Gable (1901 - 1960) King of Hollywood, 1935

Colorized the King (William Clark Gable) from a 1935 photo with some creative liberties.

General Bernard Montgomery (1887 - 1976), photo taken ca 1943

Colorized in two versions,  a portrait of the British WWII general who defeated the "Desert Fox" Gen. Rommelalso colorizedhere.  Biography sketch of Gen Montgomery here.

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General Erwin Rommel (1891 - 1944), the "Desert Fox" photo taken ca 1941

Feared by the allies until he met his match in British General Bernard Montgomery on the North African front colorized here.  General Rommel was among those charge in the last conspiracy on the failed assassination attempt on Hitler, 20 July 1944.  But due his popularity with the German people, he was asked to commit suicide on 14 Oct 1944, taking a cyanide pill. His exploits are at the Wikipedia site here: 

Clark Gable (William Clark Gable, 1901 - 1960, Colorized from a photo by Youssuf Karsh

Henry Fonda (1905 - 1982) colorized from a photo by Youssuf Karsh, probably mid-late 60s

This is my colorization take on a photo of Henry Fonda by the noted Turkish photographer Youssuf  

 during the late 60s or early 70s. 

Winston Churchill, 1941, colorized

Here is my take on a photo of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Canadian Parliament, December 1941, colorized from a photo by Yousuf Karsh. Winston Churchill made a memorable and emotional speech to the Canadian Parliament on this day, thanking Canada for its support in the Second World War. He assured his listeners that Britain would never surrender to "Hitler and his Nazi gang" saying, "they have asked for total war. Let us make sure they get it".

The First MIss Universe 1952, Finnish Beauty Armi Kuusela, with hubby Filipino businessman Virgilio Hilario in 1953

Colorized in two versions a damaged photo of the first Miss Universe Armi Kuusela, a 17-year old Finnish beauty who was bagged by a Pinoy as his wife in 1953. Here was Armi and the 25-year old Pinoy millionaire businessman Virgilio Hilario. Their romance story is online, no need to replicate it here. The whirlwind courtship ended up with Hilario gifting Armi with a 3-carat diamond engagement ring, a Cadillac and a wedding honeymoon in Tokyo. She was also the first Miss Universe to resign less than year before relinquishing the crown to the next, to get married to Hilario. Representative Ferdinand Marcos tried to attract her when they met at the Philippine senate, a year before meeting Imelda. Hilario died in 1975 leaving 5 kids with Armi, all settled in many places around the world. One of them lives in the Philippines.

Iron Breast, an American Indian from the Piegan tribe, by Edward S. Curtis, ca 1900

Colorized a portrait of Iron Breast, a Piegan American Native, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk and animal pelt draped over his arm.

 

American Native Shoshone warrior Gor-osimp. ca 1884-5

Colorized a native American Indian by the the name of Gor-osimp of the Shoshone tribe, circa 1884-85.  Composited a few gold coins, a Colt revolver and a native orbweave for the braided dangle (not really sure what it was, as it could be a shiny metal or oyster shell).  Detailed the beaded neck wear as well.

 

Colorized Judy Garland Photo 1943

This is my colorized take of Judy Garland from a promotional still of her movie "Presenting Lily Mars" released by MGM in 1943

Colorized Datu Balon, Bagobo Chieftain, c 1902-1904

Here is my colorization of a Philippine native tribe warrior, a 19 year old Datu Balon, a Bagobo Chieftain of Mindanao in the Southern Philippines. The original b&w photo was part of a the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri in 1904.showcasing some of the peoples from US possessions, including local American Indians and other tribes worldwide. The Philippines was conquered by the US from Spain in 1999. Photographed by the Gerhard Sisters circa 1902-1904, downloaded from the U.S. Library of Congress.

 

Colorized Evelyn Nesbit_circa 1899-1900

My 3rd Evelyn Nesbit vintage to colorize. Discovered at 14, she became an overnight sensation as an artist’s model in New York, posing for the illustrated covers in Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar as well as calendars and advertising. She ventured in the emerging fashion photography, generating massive sales with her popularity in exotic and graceful costumes that sometime delivered erotic suggestiveness.

Colorized Carole Lombard 1932

Here is my colorized (two versions) photo of Carole Lombard.  This Paramount still was taken and released in 1932 to promote "Hot Saturday" where she never got to star in. It was a premature promo still. The role went to Nancy Carroll who as recently as two years before had been one of the studio's top female stars, but was by this time considered a "has been".   The film co-starred the young Cary Grant  and Randolph Scott and had a lukewarm reception.

Colorized Evelyn Nesbit circa 1900

My 2nd colorized version of Evelyn Nesbit (1884 - 1967), from a vintage photo circa 1900. Even in her mid-late teens, Evelyn posed before several photographers to endorse products. This is one of her earliest photos that have melted the hearts of both fans and artists.

Bette Davis (1908 - 1989) colorized and composited by Alex Y. Lim

The tragedy of screen and beauty legends when getting old is not so much losing their beauty, as being remembered how they look when they lost it.  Here's a colorized Bette Davis from a photo by Ron Galella in 1980 with a superimposed photo of her youth by MGM's glamour photographer George Hurrell in 1939.

Colorized Joan Crawford circa 1924 - 1925

Who would have thought this was Joan Crawford in 1924-25? Born in 1906 (some put it at 1904), Joan started as a traveling chorus dancer based in Detroit under her real name Lucille LeSueur. That was 1924. Her first film was Lady of the Night in 1925, as the body double for MGM's most popular female star, Norma Shearer. MGM head Louis B. Mayer didn't like her last name as it reminded him of sewer. So they changed it to Crawford and Joan added her first name which was shortened from Jo-Anne, the name she wanted.