As you move through each image, you’ll catch glimpses of a world in motion: early cars rattling over cobbled streets, silent films flickering in packed theaters, and everyday people caught in unguarded moments.
These aren’t just old photos touched up with color; they’re pieces of history that breathe again, showing us not just how people lived, but how they saw themselves. Let’s dive into 25 colorized photos from 1925.
1. Early tourists visiting Egypt, 1925
2. A Ford Model T U.S. Postal truck
3. Checking out the cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, 1925
4. “Lotti,” World champion strength gymnast, 1925
5. The 4 best friends that anyone could have, 1925
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6. Lon Chaney showing off his makeup kit for the Phantom of the Opera, 1925
7. Rocking out at the Cotton Club, the St. Louis Cotton Club Band, 1925
8. General John J. Pershing, who commanded the U.S. Army in Europe during World War I, visiting his fallen soldiers, 1925
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9. Laying tram tracks on Flinders St, Melbourne, 1925
10. It doesn’t look like the baby trusts this child’s bike seat, 1925
11. A mountaineer standing in a beautiful ice cave in Paradise Glacier, 1925
12. Stalin addressing the crowd at Mikhail Frunze’s funeral, 1925
13. Catching some sun on the Deauville beach, France, 1925
14. Office Christmas parties looked very similar in 1925
15. Getting jiggy in the streets of Charleston, 1925
16. Fernand Bisson de La Roque, French Egyptologist and archaeologist, emerging from sandstone debris of the Temple of Montu, Egypt, 1925
17. This is a ridiculously photogenic mugshot from 1925
18. Greta Garbo looking very uncomfortable next to the MGM lion, 1925
19. The legendary Louis Armstrong, 1925
20. The Drexel Institute girls’ rifle team, 1925
21. Second baseman for the Washington Senators, Bucky Harris, in action, 1925
22. The 50-year reunion of the MIT class of 1875
23. Wickford Village in Rhode Island, 1925
24. A Latian Army soldier from 1925
25. They look like they’re ready to fight a fire, 1925
Want to see more content from the early 1900s?
Check out 20 Colorized Photos of Soldiers in the 1910s, or take a look at 20 Colorized Photos from the First Decade of the 20th Century (1900-1910). Finally, if you want to take a look at everyday life in the 1920s, check out 50 Vintage Photos of the 1920s.
