Bringing the past to life with colour
Publicity photos taken on January 19th 1967, to mark the return of the Cybermen in the Doctor Who story “The Moonbase”.
This story saw the uncredited debut of John Levine (later to play series regular Sergeant Benton), as a Cyberman, so it’s possible he’s in this picture.
Tom Baker, for many the definitive Doctor, with Daleks at BBC Television Centre, in a publicity shot for his first season of Doctor Who, which included the story “Genesis of the Daleks”, around 1975.
Original B&W photo.
King George IV, probably in the early 1820s, shortly after his accession to the throne.
Original engraving.
One of many depictions of Aphrodite, or the ‘Crouching Venus’, this one a Roman version from the Antonine period (2nd century AD) based on a Greek original from 200 BC.
Original photo of statue.
John Robert Clynes MP, the first English leader of the British Labour Party. He didn’t get to be Prime Minister but, under his stewardship, Labour became the main opposition party in place of the Liberals.
Original B&W photo.
Walter Chandoha was a famous photographer, known particularly for his pictures of cats. This one is from 1955, and is of his daughter Paula and a kitten.
Original B&W photo.
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, portrait by Emil Otto Hoppé, vintage bromide print, 1915.
Original B&W photo.
Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, her friend and Lady in waiting Anna Vyrubova and the Tsarina’s eldest child, Grand Duchess Olga Romanov, on a stop off on a Finnish Skerry (small island} during a cruise c1908.
Original B&W photo.
William Gilbert “W. G.” Grace with the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), in 1911. Grace seems to be in mourning, as he’s wearing a black armband. I can’t find any references to personal tragedies at this time, so it may be for Edward VII, who died the previous year.
Original B&W photo.
Louis Armstrong, near the end of his career, on a visit to West Yorkshire, England, in June 1968.
Original B&W photo.
Tinting History 