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Historic Black and White Pictures Restored in Color

Women Delivering Ice, 1918

Times Square, 1947

Portrait Used to Design the Penny. President Lincoln Meets General McClellan – Antietam, Maryland ca September 1862

Marilyn Monroe, 1957

Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking the night before. (April 16, 1912)

Easter Eggs for Hitler, c 1944-1945 

Sergeant George Camblair practicing with a gas mask in a smokescreen – Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942

Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919

Painting WWII Propaganda Posters, Port Washington, New York – 8 July 1942

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge ca 1935

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Pokébiomes. by Rocketbloc.

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In 1453, the Ottoman Empire was set to be the world’s newest superpower and after conquering all of the Byzantine Empire’s former territory, it had its eyes set on the capital, Constantinople. The year before, a weapons manufacturer by the name of Orban tried to sell the idea of a very, very large cannon to the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI. The Emperor wanted the cannons, but simply did not have the money to fund them. Eventually, destitute Orban left Constantinople and sold the idea to the highest bidder, the Ottoman Empire. They had money, and built Orban’s giant cannons. The result was a 27 feet long monster, with barrel walls 8 inches thick and of solid bronze. The cannon mouth had a diameter of 30 inches. The Ottomans promptly began bombarding the walls of Constantinople. After almost 50 days, the walls were degraded enough for Ottoman forces to try and storm the city. On May 29, 1453, the Ottomans rushed the walls and sacked the city. Constantinople had been taken and pillaged before (the Fourth Crusade anyone?) but this time it was different. The Ottomans were there to stay, and the Byzantines no longer held any territory where they could go and wait out the invaders. Orban’s enormous cannons ended the Byzantine Empire. If Emperor Constantine had enough money, the Ottomans would never have been offered Orban’s designs, and the Byzantines might have been able to withstand this latest siege like they had dozens of times before.

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Endless list of favorite characters → Squall Leonhart (Final Fantasy VIII)

"Someday you’re bound to lose everything. Everybody around you will be gone. Then what are you left with ? Nothing. Nobody … It’s so miserable. And inevitable. It’s so hard to recover from something like that. I never want to deal with that again. I can’t. Even if it means being alone."

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 From the beginning, she was impossible

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March 4, 1933: First Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt

On this day in 1933, the first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt was held in Washington, D.C. The longest-serving president in U.S. history, and leader through the Great Depression and World War II — two of the nation’s worst crises — Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered by many to be our greatest president.

Learn about FDR’s career before the presidency with American Experience.

Photo: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Joseph Robinson in Washington, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1933 (National Archives).

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DC Universe by Melissa Smith 

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So punny.

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The Doctor and Harriet Jones + Actions and Consequences

Messing up with time always brings consequences. Harriet Jones was supposed to be Prime Minister for three sucessive terms and the Doctor knew that. By bringing her down, he made it possible for Harold Saxon (a.k.a. the Master) to be elected. 

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