Colorized Civil War Images - Post a Grant Coin

DCAM

Found this online, thought maybe the 1861-1865 coin guys might like it.

Link to photos

Broadstruck

1868 Ulysses Grant & Schuyler Colfax Presidential Campaign Token

Dewitt USG-1868-24, 28mm diameter copper design by George Lovett, featuring the campaign slogan "Let Us Have Peace".



1868 Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Campaign, 32mm Diameter Copper, Dewitt USG-1868-12

jmj3esq

Cool photo.

sparky64

Don't have a Grant coin but those color photos really bring those people to life.

Justlooking

That Lincoln photo really grabs your attention. Mark Twain looks incredibly lifelike.

erickso1

I've always enjoyed looking at the colorized civil war photos. The people that photoshop them have a neat talent.

brg5658

Eagleguy

JH

shylock

ambro51

That man stirred a lot of emotions in his day.

Staircoins

These are amazing. Hope you don't mind if I pick an example from the other side of the border.

littlebear

Absolutely amazing! I wonder if the same could be done with b&w plate coins from old books/auction catalogs.


Larry L.

OldEastside

<< <i>Absolutely amazing! I wonder if the same could be done with b&w plate coins from old books/auction catalogs.


Larry L.


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I think they call that "Juicing"

Cool Photos BTW

Steve

BillJones

This 1868 campaign medal recalled Grant's terms at Appomattox Courthouse.




An this one recalls his determination during his 1864 campaign against Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.




And this was only presidential campaign piece that was issued on Grant's behalf in 1864 when some Republicans were trying to replace Lincoln with him as the party's presidential candidate.

291fifth

Colorizing of photos was done from almost the very beginning of photography. Exceptionally well done colorized daguerreotypes exist from the 1840's. Many were done for use with stereoscopes.

In 1853 H.H. Hill claimed to have invented a color daguerreotype process. Whether he actually accomplished this is still subject to question. He may have stumbled on a color process by accident. Unfortunately, he could not reproduce the result. (There is a lot more to this story.)

Hill's claim actually triggered a downturn in the business of photographers as people wanted to wait for the new process and have their portraits done in color.

These modern colorizations seem to vary in quality. Lincoln, Lee and Mark Twain (among others) appear to be exceptionally well done. Others have that early generation of colorization look.

CommemDude

brg5658

Just received this one over the weekend.