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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Monday, January 5, 2015

Max Yasgur


From August 15 thru 18, 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival took place on a Bethel, NY dairy farm. Owner Max Yasgur, pictured above, leased his property to promoters for a reported $10,000. 


Yasgur's dairy farm.

In 1984, this comemorative marker was erected at the Woodstock site.

Friday, January 2, 2015

Abandoned Beauty


Established in 1899, Saint Frances-de-Sales Catholic School, located in Powhatan, Virginia was abandoned in 1970. The above photo is one of many captured by photographer Joel Handwerk throughout the property.