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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Friday, June 4, 2010

The Lindbergh Kidnapping

On March 1, 1932, 20 month old Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. was kidnapped from his New Jersey home and held for ransom. Son of world famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow, Charles Jr. would eventually be found dead in the nearby countryside.

Brunno Hauptmann, a German citizen with a criminal record was arrested, tried, convicted, and eventually executed for the crime. Charles Lindbergh is pictured above during his testimony at Hauptmann's trial in 1935.

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