Joplin Museum adds color to history for 2025 calendar
JOPLIN, Mo. — An area attraction is bringing history to life by giving visitors a clearer picture of life long ago. "In Photoshop, you can create layers of color, and then you just have to guess at what the shirt would have been, what the pants would have been, what color everything would have been. [...]
JOPLIN, Mo. — An area attraction is bringing history to life by giving visitors a clearer picture of life long ago.
"In Photoshop, you can create layers of color, and then you just have to guess at what the shirt would have been, what the pants would have been, what color everything would have been. Of course, with nature, you know the trees are going to have green leaves, the water's going to be a bluish color," said Ned Mayes.
"People today expect to see color. We've grown up with color. There are only a few of us that actually experienced TV in black and white and didn't think anything of it. When you see the color on these pictures, it makes it more modern and kind of brings it alive. It makes it less of a picture, and you're actually seeing humans again," said Chris Wiseman, curator at the Joplin Historical & Mineral Museum.
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Enlarging the photos also revealed more detail. Wiseman noted that on the original photo, he never noticed the people on the other side of the horse in one particular image.
Out of 24 photos that were enlarged, 12 were selected for the new 2025 museum calendar, which is available for purchase at the front desk. Underneath each photo, there's information about where and when it was taken, and in some cases, even the names of the people featured.
"This room is leased out; there are a lot of functions here, dinners, things like that, and a lot of people see them. And they have already—we've had several breakfasts here, Chamber of Commerce, that sort of thing. That's what we have them up for—to let them see a slice of Joplin," said Mayes.
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