History Thru The Lens

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My interests in history and photography come together in this photoblog. Featured in this blog are historical pictures such as the above photo of the RMS Olympic and her sister ship the RMS Titanic, which would prove to be the last one of them together side by side. Hopefully all who visit will enjoy it and recommend the site to their friends.

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Ellis Island

An immigrant family views their new home from the shores of Ellis Island in this undated photo. The famous island in New York Harbor opened on January 1, 1892, processing in its' history millions of immigrants to the new world. Among the famous people that arrived thru Ellis Island were Irving Berlin, Charles Atlas, actress Claudette Colbert, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, and Charles Chaplin.

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