The Photo Painter

Librarian turned digital archivist. Family history enthusiast. I bring memories to life with photo colourization. For a quote email [email protected]

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Just posted a photo @ Victoria, British Columbia https://t.co/a44rlcQg8W

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Letty Jones and Aunt Lizzie https://t.co/cWYp00ktqG

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Steamship arrival, August 26, 1910
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In this #colourized #oldphoto smartly-dressed people congregate at the bottom of Centre Street to meet the steamship coming into port. Original photo courtesy of Gary's Locks & Security Shop.

#PrinceRupert #ship

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Picnic party at Shawatlans Lake, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, ca. 1907-08.

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Original photo provided courtesy of Gary’s Locks & Security Shop, Prince Rupert, BC… https://t.co/6KdxyxoYf8

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Circa 1906-1907 - a man smokes a pipe at a campsite near Prince Rupert

Original photo from Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs, UBC Library.

#1900s #oldphoto #tenthouse #smokebreak #photocolourization #colourizedphoto #UnoLangmannphotography #archives @ubclibrary

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Quite a few #wheelwomen in this #colourized #photo of the #Revelstoke #Bicycle Club in 1898. #color #colourized #colourization #colorization #victorian #britishcolumbia #cityofrevelstoke

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Does this woman look like a criminal? I just colourized this @BCArchives mug shot of Belle Adams who was charged with murdering her lover in 1898 https://t.co/ukDxCyAXlV

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Another #colourized #photo of Hannah Maynard’s self portrait created in 1895. Hannah created this self-portrait after her daughter died from typhoid. Her grief seemed to crack open an artistic portal and she used photography to deal with her devastating loss.

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Meet Hannah Maynard, an extraordinary #Victorian photographer who pushed the boundaries of #photography in #VictoriaBC in the late nineteenth century. https://t.co/20EcXKT2lU #colourized #colorized #vintagephotos #oldphotos #yyj

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Celebrating the launch of my new website https://t.co/YrI7VeJJpn! #lockdown #staysafestayhome #creativityduringquarantine #wfh #flattenthecurve #colourized #colorized #photos #oldphotos #vintagephotos https://t.co/JbDMf5PonQ

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Here's a good guide on evaluating the accuracy of images: https://t.co/PE45YpiZSo

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How to date family photographs https://t.co/HxHUErqi1f

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Inspiring to hear that scholars from the 1500s created this incredible work during the plague https://t.co/dK4MaQXQUG

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Fascinating article! Dress the Part! The Costumes of Conundrum Suppers https://t.co/CBfcRFY5E6

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Great opportunity to take advantage of free genealogy learning: https://t.co/7RMdtJme51

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Colouring in the Time of Quarantine https://t.co/z0qw6WBJMu

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It was 1930, when Mr. A. Y. Wilson, postmaster at Remo and Watchman at Kitsumkalum Lumber Mill, hung this mailbag beside a railway track for train pick-up.
#Kitsumkalum
Photo credit: #WrathallPhotoFinishing #blackandwhitephoto #railmail #postmaster #mailbag
#oldphoto #colourized

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Love this: Colour the Vatican collections https://t.co/C0CxkMxpV4