Trapped in black and white, historical figures often seem just that — historical. But colorized portraits remind us that these famous people from the past were real human beings with hopes, fears, and dreams. However, adding color to historical photos is easier said than done.
Bill Hickok
Perhaps "Wild" Bill Hickok's greatest claim to fame is holding the so-called dead man's hand during a fateful game of poker: a two pair of black aces and black eights. That's what Hickok allegedly held in his hands when he was shot dead in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1876.
Hickok died as he lived. A legendary figure of the Wild West, he was known as a notorious gunfighter with a killer eye.
"He would get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousness characteristic of the border in the early days," remembered one of his associates. "[But] he was loyal in his friendship, generous to a fault, and invariably espoused the cause of the weaker against the stronger one in a quarrel.”
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