History is not only in black and white, with the help of digital imaging technology, we have a clearer view of the past.
The impressive moments below are part of Dynamichrom , a project to recreate and restore countless old photos, providing a brighter view of the golden time of the past.
In it, there is the Eiffel Tower with the original sepia color very different from the present. Dynamichrom director Jordan Lloyd teamed up with Retronaut website founder Wolfgang Wild to create a book of 124 stunning moments – like a time machine that takes you back a hundred years.
Mulberry Street in Little Italy, New York was crowded with people in the 1900s. The reason it was so named was because there were many mulberry trees.
Inspection of work at Mount Rushmore’s construction site in 1932. Expected to sculpt famous American figures from head to waist, funding was cut and work halted in 1941.
Wilbur Wright gave his life to the world’s first (non-engined) airplane in 1902. By 1903, the Wright brothers had created the world’s first powered airplane.
Officials stand in awe of the giant pipeline that makes up the Hoover Dam, which straddles the border between Nevada and Arizona in 1935, with construction completed in 1936.
The first steps in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge took place in 1934. This legendary 2.7km-long bridge was completed in 1937.
In 1888, the Eiffel Tower was nearing completion.
Workers rush to finish the Statue of Liberty inside the Frédéric Auguste Bartkeepi studio in Paris in 1882.
By 1881, the Tower Bridge of London was still unconnected. It was not completed until 1894.
In 1942, during World War II, part of the Taj Mahal complex was camouflaged with bamboo scaffolding to avoid enemy bombers.
The Scout Bomber Douglas dive bomber, nicknamed “Dauntless”, holds the bow straight after a “rushed landing” on an aircraft carrier in 1943. The first use of this aircraft was during the Battle of Pearl. Pearl Harbor.
The interior of a U-Boat submarine recovered after it was sunk in the North Sea in 1918.