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Nothing wrong with Colorized Images as a novelty, BUT the problem is when they are NOT labeled as such. At least the first image above, has such a label right on the image. More than once I have run into images I KNOW are from B&W photos that have been colorized and someone claims a "new color photo". Such images can take on a life of their own. Also, it is too easy for whoever is doing the colorizing to get something wrong. (Like orange life rings) Grayscale images scanned from original prints (or negatives) can and do vary in a wide range of grayscale values to the point no one knows what is what in the "true" image. Even original color images vary a lot depending on age and "how many generations" it is from when the original transparency was taken.

Here is a good example;

First image is a NHC scan of a print made from an internegative made from the original transparency. The second image is my scan of the original transparency at NARA.