Kerr County historic photos -- now in living color -- using a kind of magic

A photo from around 1968, complete with ski boats, skiers, 
the library, and a couple fishing. 
Colorized from a black and white photograph.

I'm grateful for generous readers who send in interesting things.  Two different fellows sent me some photos I think you'll enjoy. What these two have done is take some of the historic photographs I publish here and colorized them.  There are several apps which will take old black and white photographs and turn them instamagically into full-color images.  I hope you have fun looking through these, and I'm thankful both David and Rus shared these with us. 

Ingram Dam, 1968, colorized from a black and white photo.

A 1950s image of Louise Hays Park, colorized from a black and white photo.

A 1920s image of travelers, colorized from a black and white photo.

Water Street, showing Schreiner Company, and the Weston Building in the center,
from around 1900, colorized from a black and white photo.

Men clearing the channel below
the Dietert Mill, below the 800 block of Water Street, from around 1900,
colorized from a black and white photo.

The Kerrville post office building under construction, mid-1930s,
colorized from a black and white photo.

A freight wagon, crossing Town Creek near today's
Riverside Nature Center Association, from 1905,
colorized from a black and white photo.

The Charles Schreiner Company, February 1893.
colorized from a black and white photo.

Joe Herring Jr. is a Kerrville native who collects old photographs of Kerr County. If you had photographs you'd care to share with him, it would make him very happy.

Though this newsletter is free, it isn't cheap. You can help by sharing it with someone, by forwarding it by email, or sharing it on Facebook. Sharing is certainly caring. (I also have two Kerr County history books available online, with free shipping!)

Never miss a story from Joe. Join today for FREE.