History Thru The Lens

Welcome to my blog site!

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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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Ultimate Forgiveness

Pope John Paul II is pictured on December 27, 1983, meeting with Mehmet Ali Agca of Turkey in his jail cell in Rome. Agca was imprisoned for his attempted assassination of The Pontiff on May 13, 1981 in Vatican City's St Peter's Square. In addition to granting the would-be assassin his forgiveness, John Paul kept in touch with Agca's family over the years. At the conclusion of their brief visit, Agca kissed The Pontiff's ring and wished him well.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Longfellow's Birthplace

Photographed in Portland, Maine c1900, the house where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in 1807, when Portland was actually part of Massachusetts. 

Radio School - 1920

Taken at the National Radio School in Washington, DC in 1920, this picture displays the type of high tech equipment utilized in those days.