LongView Historic Photo Restoration

Long ago I posted the original 1939 black-and-white photo of a cafe in Marfa, taken by Russell Lee. A Traces of Texas reader graciously sent in this colorized version of the same photo. I've said before that I sometimes am not a big fan of colorizing black-and-white photos but I like them if they are well done, subtly and not over-saturated. This is a very good job in my opinion. So many fantastic details in this shot. She's just waiting on a customer and you can imagine that she's daydreaming about a faraway place ... or maybe even a secret lover. And he's in the back cleaning off the grill or whatever he's doing, but he's also in his own reverie. At least, this is how my imagination paints the picture.