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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Thursday, October 28, 2010

RMS Queen Mary

The luxury liner RMS Queen Mary is pictured in New York Harbor on June 20, 1945. Although her maiden voyage was in 1936, the ship was fitted with anti-aircraft guns and used as a military transport vessel during World War II from 1940 to 1944.
 After the Queen Mary's retirement in 1967, the city of Long Beach, California purchased the ship and opened it to the public in 1971 as a hotel, restaurant, & museum exhibit.

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