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Winter 2024
On the Cover
The cover of the Winter issue of the Historian is often a celebration of the holidays that dominate the end of the calendar year. The image on this cover embodies the heart of children’s holiday spectacles, whether they are performed in auditoriums, schools, churches, or living rooms. This sweet image from our TBI (to be identified) files highlights all of the charms of a children’s holiday performance: homegrown costumes, plenty of glitter, and enough tulle to keep Glinda, Oz’s good witch, smiling.
Although black and white images can be striking (think Ansel Adams), we have become enamored with the eye candy of color. Finding the requisite holiday color image in the HCHS archives was more of a challenge than expected. Then Jerry Rohde’s approach of colorizing black and white images for his newest books came to mind. I decided to use the charming image that spoke of a small town community’s holiday spirit and colorize it.
Below is the original black and white image. With a few small edits to the colors assigned by Photoshop’s algorithm, the image was magically transformed to the color image on the cover. Watching the image transform on the computer screen created for me the same awe as watching Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz open the door of her tornado-tossed house to discover the bright, and colorful world of Oz.
Enjoy the Humboldt traditions of the winter season!
Original black and white photo before it was colorized.
