From crowded city streets to quiet countryside scenes, each of these photos is able to tell its own story. The colors themselves bring history to life, allowing you to notice the textures of clothing, the glint of sunshine on cobblestones, and the smallest details that can ultimately go unnoticed within traditional photographs.
These images thus go beyond simple documentation and create a vivid window into the past, making the lives and the experiences of over a century ago feel both real and tangible. Let’s now look at 20 colorized photos from 1900.
1. A Father and son fishing with a cane pole, Detroit, 1900
2. John Dunn, having some breakfast in Missoula, MT, 1900
3. The Cliff House of San Francisco, 1900
4. A Swedish soldier of Gotland’s infantry regiment holding in a laugh, 1900
5. Officers from various nations taking a group photo in Germany, 1900
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6. Little Italy, New York City, 1900
7. Main Square in Visby, Sweden, 1900
8. Mott Street, Chinatown, New York, 1900
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9. German immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, 1900
10. Breaker boys at the Woodward coal mines in Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1900
11. Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, 1900
12. A prospector standing outside his log cabin in Colorado, 1900
13. Clara Bloodgood in 1900
14. Green Street in Ithaca, New York, 1900
15. Browning, Glacier County, 1900
16. Maude Adams, 1900
17. Troops of the Eight-Nation alliance that fought against the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1900
18. Marble Arch at London’s Underground Station, 1900
19. The Casino Theater in New York, 1900
20. Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, 1900
Want to see more content from the early 1900s?
Check out 25 Colorized Photos of the Beginning of the 20th Century (1900-1905), or take a look at 49 Photos From The First Decade of the 20th Century (1900-1910). Finally, if you want to see what cowboy culture was like in the early 1900s, check out 20 Photos That Embody Cowboy Culture In The Early 1900s.
