✶   HISTORY, REIMAGINED BY HAND   ✶

Available works

Historic photographs and rare illustrations, researched, restored, and reimagined in full color by Melvin Hale, Ph.D.

Copacabana Beach #1

Copacabana Beach #1

From $$425

Berryman's Harley-Davidson

Berryman's Harley-Davidson

From $$425

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

From $$425

Reeves Shells

Reeves Shells

From $$895

Buffalo Soldiers in Montana

Buffalo Soldiers in Montana

From $$425

Fifteen Cent Burger Bar

Fifteen Cent Burger Bar

From $$425

Casinos and Clubs on Fremont Street #2

Casinos and Clubs on Fremont Street #2

From $$425

Chi Chi and Cubana

Chi Chi and Cubana

From $$425

A colorized photograph of Dorothy Dandridge in an evening gown, featuring a vibrant golden dress with a textured bodice, set against a solid blue background with a vertical green ribbed column.

Dorothy Dandridge in an Evening Gown

From $$425

A vibrant chromolithograph illustration of dragonflies, beetles, and butterflies emerging from the pupae, set against a background of greenery and a blue sky.

Dragonfly Emerging from the Pupae

From $$425

Ed's Camp

Ed's Camp

From $$425

Filming the Roar of the MGM Lion 1929

Filming the Roar of the MGM Lion 1929

From $$425

The Flamingo

The Flamingo

From $$425

Plants Used for Food and Clothing

Plants Used for Food and Clothing

From $$675

Harlem 1932

Harlem 1932

From $$425

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

From $$425

Tropic Beach - Sutro Baths

Tropic Beach - Sutro Baths

From $$425

Universal City - Film Capital

Universal City - Film Capital

From $$425

Shanghai Low #2

Shanghai Low #2

From $$425

Tijuana Perfumes

Tijuana Perfumes

From $$425

Cotati Inn

Cotati Inn

From $$425

Beverly Hills Hotel

Beverly Hills Hotel

From $$425

A vintage postcard-style depiction of The Tepees roadside attraction with two teepee-shaped structures and a central building, featuring classic cars and colorful decorations under a blue sky.

The Tepees

From $$425

The Platters in Paris - 1958

The Platters in Paris - 1958

From $$350

Mel's Drive-In, San Francisco

Mel's Drive-In, San Francisco

From $$425

The Colorizing Pro

The Colorizing Pro

From $$125

Glamour in Barcelona

Glamour in Barcelona

From $$425

1958 Cadillac Fleetwood

1958 Cadillac Fleetwood

From $$375

The Las Vegas Strip in the 70s

The Las Vegas Strip in the 70s

From $$375

The Ballerina

The Ballerina

From $$400

Berryman's Harley-Davidson

Berryman's Harley-Davidson

From $$425

Vegas - Playground of the Stars

Vegas - Playground of the Stars

From $$425

A vintage photo depicting a 1932 Cadillac Phaeton V-16. colorized by Melvin Hale. Photographed in front of brownstones in Harlem by famed black photographer James VanDerZee in 1932.

Harlem 1932

From $$425

Louis Armstrong at the Sands

Louis Armstrong at the Sands

From $$375

Filming the Roar of the MGM Lion

Filming the Roar of the MGM Lion

From $$425

Modern Screen Pin-ups Issue 1

Modern Screen Pin-ups Issue 1

From $$425

Screen Stories Glamour Cover

Screen Stories Glamour Cover

From $$425

The Silver Slipper

The Silver Slipper

From $$375

Introducing "The Players Club and the Chateau Marmont," a captivating journey into the nostalgia of yesteryear, captured in vibrant detail on canvas. This artwork invites viewers to step back in time and immerse themselves in a vintage street scene brimming with life and character. At the heart of the piece stands an iconic two-story building, proudly bearing the name "The Players" in bold, red cursive letters. Its architectural charm is undeniable.

The Players Club and Chateau Marmont

From $$425

A vintage-style portrait print of movie star Dorothy Dandridge in a yellow dress seated against a textured blue background, with a visible DAYOLDART.COM watermark across the center. Colorized by Melvin Hale.

The Poise of Dorothy Dandridge

From $$425

A vintage color photograph of a group of people posing on a beach with the ocean and blue sky in the background. Several individuals are dressed in white outfits, while one person in the foreground wears a dark plaid jacket and red neck scarf.

Portrait at the Beach

From $$425

A vintage colorized photograph showing a shirtless man in blue swim trunks and Lena Horne in a red and yellow patterned one-piece swimsuit walking in shallow water, with beachgoers and military vehicles in the background. Colorized by Melvin Hale. 'DAYOLDART'

Lena Horne in a Red & Gold Swimsuit

From $$425

Vintage-style portrait print of Nat King Cole in a red tuxedo jacket with a white shirt, black bow tie, and white pocket square, set against a dark green and gold blurred background. 'DAYOLDART'

Nat King Cole in a Crimson Tuxedo

From $$425

A vintage-style colorized art print depicting civil rights activist Malcolm X in a brown coat and green tie, speaking with Martin Luther King, Jr., and with Ralph D. Abernathy set against a greyscale background. DAYOLDART.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Meets Malcolm X

From $$425

A vintage-style group photograph print depicting the storied Buffalo Soldiers in uniform and some in Buffalo Skin robes posing in the snow with rifles. The image has a light blue sky background. DAVOLDART.

Buffalo Soldiers in Montana

From $$425

Vintage colorized art prints depicting Josephine Baker in her renowned gold patterned 'banana costume' with matching headpiece, a triptych with three vibrant background colors of magenta-pink, yellow and green. DAYOLDART.COM

Compliments of Josephine Baker

From $$425

Vintage photo colorized by Melvin Hale depicting the famed Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. The airmen are dressed in olive green uniforms, with some in a brown leather flight jackets. DAYOLDART.

The Briefing

From $$425

A colorful vintage-style art print depicting the Miami Cotton Club, a white building featuring large 'cotton club' signage, illustrated portraits of Cab Calloway, Sallie Blair and Lonnie Sattin, teal awnings, parked classic cars, and palm trees under a blue sky.  OLDART.

The Cotton Club Miami

From $$425

Vintage poster print featuring a collage of eight black-and-white and color photographs of famous jazz and swing performers, including Bill Robinson, Louis Armstrong, Cab Callahan, Duke Ellington, and Ethel Waters, with the text 'Great Stars who have been featured in COTTON CLUB PARADES' at the top and 'New York, 1939' at the bottom.

Stars of the Cotton Club

From $$425

Aretha - Queen of Soul

Aretha - Queen of Soul

From $$425

A vintage-style beach scene at Copacabana Beach in the 1950s showing a crowded sandy shore with people, colorful umbrellas, and tall buildings along the coastline under a blue sky. OLDART.

Copacabana Beach

From $$425

A colorful vintage-style beach boardwalk scene at Copacabana Beach in the 1940s with people walking along a black-and-white zebra-patterned path between a sandy beach and tall buildings under a blue sky. DAYOLDART.

Copacabana Beach #2

From $$425

Vintage-style printed poster or art print featuring a split blue-and-white background with cutout portraits of performers and large 'Chi-Chi Palm Springs California' text at the top, plus a large performance hall scene along the bottom. Colorized by Melvin Hale.

Chi Chi Starlite Room Performers #2

From $$425

A colorized vintage portrait of Duke Ellington holding a string bass behind his shoulder and a silver flute. He is wearing a dark blue suit, a red patterned scarf, and a gray fedora against a gray studio backdrop. This was a studio photo for the movie Murder at the Vanities in which Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra performed his "Ebony Rapsody" number. Colorized by Melvin Hale

Duke Ellington

From $$425

A vintage photograph of a young Maya Angelou. She is colorized here wearing a red strapless gown singing calypso music with a live band. Colorized by Melvin Hale.

Maya Angelou Performing Calypso Music

From $$425

Dorothy Dandridge at the Premiere of Carmen Jones

Dorothy Dandridge at the Premiere of Carmen Jones

From $$425