April 15 marks the birthday of Kim Il Sung, so one can expect to see many pictures of the Great Leader on that day in North Korea. However, a number of photos of supposed national founder are never seen in North Korea these days, a product of the revisions of history that have accompanied Kim’s evolving official narrative.

The following are several such photos, colorized.

North Korea was created by a decision of one man, Joseph Stalin, and Stalin’s portraits could be found everywhere in the DPRK – until 1956, when he was denounced by Khrushchev. Here are two of