Pennsylvania locomotive & crew, c1900
Pennsylvania locomotive & crew, c1900
Click above to watch time lapse video of the Penn 791 restoration & colorization

Factory Workers, St Germain des Fosse, France c1915
Factory Workers, St Germain des Fosse, France c1915
Click above to watch time lapse video of the Factory Workers 1915 restoration and colorization

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 Portrait - Digital restoration

Portrait - Digital restoration

Digital restoration: USA 1880s (?)
Digital restoration: USA 1880s (?)

For a restoration project such as this, where information is missing from the original, but where I'm not working for a client, my aim is to achieve credibility, not necessarily authenticity.   The headless man on the far left of the original has been assisted by 5 other men in the image who have kindly donated various body parts and items of clothing. 

Selfie restoration
Selfie restoration
My grandfather Bernard (Berish) Blankleider, Poland 1890s.  Digital restoration.
My grandfather Bernard (Berish) Blankleider, Poland 1890s. Digital restoration.
Digital restoration: My father with his parents circa 1928?
Digital restoration: My father with his parents circa 1928?
Digital restoration: My great grandparents (front row), Warsaw, Poland, late 19th Century
Digital restoration: My great grandparents (front row), Warsaw, Poland, late 19th Century
Digital restoration: My father aged about 6 (in the foreground, by the photo number), Bournemouth circa 1928.
Digital restoration: My father aged about 6 (in the foreground, by the photo number), Bournemouth circa 1928.
Digital restoration: my lovely uncles Joe (seated) and Jack (standing) circa 1923.
Digital restoration: my lovely uncles Joe (seated) and Jack (standing) circa 1923.
Digital restoration.  Stained, faded colour print of me aged about 9 months with my brother Paul. 1963
Digital restoration. Stained, faded colour print of me aged about 9 months with my brother Paul. 1963
French shop, late 19th - early 20th century
French shop, late 19th - early 20th century
Digital restoration: William Hurley / The Albion, Isle of Man
Digital restoration: William Hurley / The Albion, Isle of Man

I don't know how old this image is but I assume it is pre WW1.

Digital restoration: found Christmas family photo, 1952
Digital restoration: found Christmas family photo, 1952
Digital restoration. Postcard: Patisserie Des Sports, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration. Postcard: Patisserie Des Sports, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration: Charcuterie, Marseille, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration: Charcuterie, Marseille, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration and colourisation: William Glass suit merchant, approx 1910, Hamilton, Scotland
Digital restoration and colourisation: William Glass suit merchant, approx 1910, Hamilton, Scotland
Digital restoration: London newsagent, approx 1910
Digital restoration: London newsagent, approx 1910
Digital restoration: US Army MPs, fishing trip, Florida, 1946
Digital restoration: US Army MPs, fishing trip, Florida, 1946
Digital restoration: EJ Davis, butcher approx 1910 (?)
Digital restoration: EJ Davis, butcher approx 1910 (?)
Digital restoration: Men in service at Chatsworth House.  Approx 1890 - 1900
Digital restoration: Men in service at Chatsworth House. Approx 1890 - 1900
Digital restoration: Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), British Army 1940s
Digital restoration: Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), British Army 1940s
Medics.  Digital restoration
Medics. Digital restoration
Pennsylvania locomotive & crew, c1900
Click above to watch time lapse video of the Penn 791 restoration & colorization
Factory Workers, St Germain des Fosse, France c1915
Click above to watch time lapse video of the Factory Workers 1915 restoration and colorization
 Portrait - Digital restoration
Digital restoration: USA 1880s (?)
Selfie restoration
My grandfather Bernard (Berish) Blankleider, Poland 1890s.  Digital restoration.
Digital restoration: My father with his parents circa 1928?
Digital restoration: My great grandparents (front row), Warsaw, Poland, late 19th Century
Digital restoration: My father aged about 6 (in the foreground, by the photo number), Bournemouth circa 1928.
Digital restoration: my lovely uncles Joe (seated) and Jack (standing) circa 1923.
Digital restoration.  Stained, faded colour print of me aged about 9 months with my brother Paul. 1963
French shop, late 19th - early 20th century
Digital restoration: William Hurley / The Albion, Isle of Man
Digital restoration: found Christmas family photo, 1952
Digital restoration. Postcard: Patisserie Des Sports, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration: Charcuterie, Marseille, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration and colourisation: William Glass suit merchant, approx 1910, Hamilton, Scotland
Digital restoration: London newsagent, approx 1910
Digital restoration: US Army MPs, fishing trip, Florida, 1946
Digital restoration: EJ Davis, butcher approx 1910 (?)
Digital restoration: Men in service at Chatsworth House.  Approx 1890 - 1900
Digital restoration: Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), British Army 1940s
Medics.  Digital restoration
Pennsylvania locomotive & crew, c1900
Click above to watch time lapse video of the Penn 791 restoration & colorization

Factory Workers, St Germain des Fosse, France c1915
Click above to watch time lapse video of the Factory Workers 1915 restoration and colorization

Click above to watch

Portrait - Digital restoration

Digital restoration: USA 1880s (?)

For a restoration project such as this, where information is missing from the original, but where I'm not working for a client, my aim is to achieve credibility, not necessarily authenticity.   The headless man on the far left of the original has been assisted by 5 other men in the image who have kindly donated various body parts and items of clothing. 

Selfie restoration
My grandfather Bernard (Berish) Blankleider, Poland 1890s. Digital restoration.
Digital restoration: My father with his parents circa 1928?
Digital restoration: My great grandparents (front row), Warsaw, Poland, late 19th Century
Digital restoration: My father aged about 6 (in the foreground, by the photo number), Bournemouth circa 1928.
Digital restoration: my lovely uncles Joe (seated) and Jack (standing) circa 1923.
Digital restoration. Stained, faded colour print of me aged about 9 months with my brother Paul. 1963
French shop, late 19th - early 20th century
Digital restoration: William Hurley / The Albion, Isle of Man

I don't know how old this image is but I assume it is pre WW1.

Digital restoration: found Christmas family photo, 1952
Digital restoration. Postcard: Patisserie Des Sports, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration: Charcuterie, Marseille, likely 1900 - 1910
Digital restoration and colourisation: William Glass suit merchant, approx 1910, Hamilton, Scotland
Digital restoration: London newsagent, approx 1910
Digital restoration: US Army MPs, fishing trip, Florida, 1946
Digital restoration: EJ Davis, butcher approx 1910 (?)
Digital restoration: Men in service at Chatsworth House. Approx 1890 - 1900
Digital restoration: Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), British Army 1940s
Medics. Digital restoration
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