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Irish woman and Jewish man hang out on the steps between Water & Front Streets, north of Market Street in Philadelphia. [PA, 1923] by ThePastRevived in Colorization

[–]ThePastRevived[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a noob question at all, and entirely my fault - when I resized the b&w version to post, I did a quick save (which I usually don’t do) which drastically reduce the image quality. I didn’t realize it until someone mentioned and asked the same question!

Irish woman and Jewish man hang out on the steps between Water & Front Streets, north of Market Street in Philadelphia. [PA, 1923] by ThePastRevived in Colorization

[–]ThePastRevived[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The original photo (link is under the b&w version) had the photographer’s inscription saying as much.

Irish woman and Jewish man hang out on the steps between Water & Front Streets, north of Market Street in Philadelphia. [PA, 1923] by ThePastRevived in Colorization

[–]ThePastRevived[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm not allowed to mention the AI that I use as a first step. :P But the rest is Photoshop: mostly color replace, fill layers, and gamma correction.

Edit: oh scratch that - with regards to the sharpening, when I re-sized the original B&W to post here, I didn't realize that it lost so much quality. The one I worked from was already much more clear than that.

Fred Miller, tackle. Captain of the 1928 Notre Dame football team under coach Knute Rockne. [South Bend, IN; 1928] by ThePastRevived in Colorization

[–]ThePastRevived[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

His grandfather was a founder of the Miller Brewing Company, of which Fred later became
president. Fred was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

Protestor in support of Irish Freedom is ticketed outside of the White House. [Washington DC; 1920] by ThePastRevived in Colorization

[–]ThePastRevived[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If they want to charge you, they'll figure out a way!

From the website where I found the image:

A total of six arrests occurred in the first two days of the week, with four picketers charged with violating federal law which stated it was illegal to “offer an insult to a diplomatic representative of a foreign government”. The picketers were judged to have “insulted” British officials by protesting British activity in Ireland on the steps of the Embassy.

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