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Western Electric Christmas (Colorized): 1925
Submitted by richland1254 on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 3:59pm.
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Another fine Shorpy picture colorized. View full size.
western electric
Submitted by richland1254 on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 2:24pm.
I'm glad you all like it, thank you so much. This took me a little over 4 hrs to do.
great job
Submitted by mikendakota on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 5:13am.
I'm very impressed, I think you did a great job right down to the small detail stuff on the desk and tree, can I ask how long did it take you?
The Colors of Christmas
Submitted by Photoscream on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 8:31pm.
Nice job, especially considering there are a lot of subjects to work with. But even in color, I still believe the woman standing with her right hand on the young lady's shoulder is Stan Laurel in drag.
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