October 10, 2017

Color photography was attempted as early as the 1840s, but it became popular only after the Lumière brothers introduced and patented the Autochrome Lumière techni...

September 28, 2017

Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million immigrants arrived at Ellis Island, often dressed in their finest clothes. The portraits below, taken between 1906 and 19...

August 9, 2017

December 11, 2016

From the messy aftermath of a holiday sale at Macy’s to mail carriers weighed down with packages to Santas straightening their beards, TIME commissioned Sanna Dullaway t...

July 13, 2016

Let's go 65 years back and take a look at what the streets of America looked like on a regular day.               &n...

June 25, 2016

After years of extensive search, British Egyptologist and archaeologist Howard Carter finally found the steps to the burial chamber of Tutankhamun (alternatively ...

June 16, 2016

Color images resonate with those of us who grew up in a time when color photography is the norm. They seem more relatable, and they somehow fill in the gaps left ...

June 2, 2016

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, photographer Clifton R. Adams was commissioned by National Geographic to record the everyday life of the people of England. Adams was able to capture th...

May 14, 2016

Take a look at this incredible collection of some of the most outstanding images in history that were colorized and brought back to life. Enjoy! Cherry Blossoms i...

December 13, 2015

1909 was the dawn of color photography and it is at this time that French banker Albert Kahn travelled the world to capture the richly diverse culture of the huma...

November 14, 2015

In the 1970s, scores of young people began springing up all over the country. They build their own homes, share the work and money, and legislate their own laws...

November 3, 2015

Seeing old photos in black and white sometimes make us forget that life back then was experienced in the same lively colours that surround us today. But the talen...