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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Showing posts with label Dallas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dallas. Show all posts

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Dealy Plaza

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as his motorcade passed thru Dealy Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The famous plaza is pictured above 1n 1969, appearing virtually unchanged from that fateful day six years earlier. The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, fired the fatal shot from the top floor, far right window of the Texas School Book Depository building.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Kennedy Assassination

Abraham Zapruder found himself in the middle of a historic event of large magnitude when he accidentally captured the assassination of President John F. Kennedy while filming his visit to Dallas on November 22, 1963. Zapruder's famous camera, pictured above, and the film strip are permanently housed in the National Archives. The FBI would use the Bell and Howell Zoomatic and the clip as key evidence against Lee Harvey Oswald.