Beyond the Lens

I'm David Brown, a commercial photographer with a passion for history. This page is a journey through time using photographs and video as our guide.

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100 pages in this morning and a very good read so far. Keith weaves a compelling story of one of the US most daring submariners during WWII. Non-Fiction 321 pages plus photographs. #wwii #usswahoo #wwiihistory #pacificwar

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@history_under As for the first two questions I can answer them easily as I worked Check Point Charlie in the latter 1980's. The wall was meant to keep East Germans in mainly and the West out secondly. The Germans went to the West and freedom when the wall came down.

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Today in History - July 16, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldren, and Mike Collins lifted off high atop the 363 foot tall Saturn V rocket from launch complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center for the first manned Moon landings. #nasa #apollo11 #moonlanding #saturnv

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The Battle of Gettysburg began 161 years ago today on July 1st 1863. When it ended on July 3rd following Pickett's Charge 51,000 soldiers 23,000 Union and 28,000 Confederate were killed, wounded, or missing.
#civilwar #uscivilwar #gettysburg #uscivilwarhistory

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June 25, 1950 the Korean War begins. On this day in 1950, the #KoreanWar began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel invading the South. Photo via of the US National Archives
#history #militaryhistory #photography

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A worker assembles part of the cowling for a B-25 Mitchell bomber motor at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California. circa 1942. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress) #wwii #wwiihistory #b25mitchell #photography

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The dramatic explosion of the destroyer USS Shaw December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Hit by three Japanese dive-bombers, the uncontrollable fires lead to a catastrophic detonation of her forward ammunition magazines. #wwii #wwiihistory #pearlharbor #ussshaw #photography

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"We're all just stories in the end. Make yours a good one." -Doctor Who
#quotes

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The exposed wiring of “The Gadget,” the nuclear device that exploded as part of Trinity, the first test of an atomic bomb. At the time of this photo, the device was being prepared for its detonation, which took place on July 16, 1945. #history #wwii #wwiihistory #photography

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"Sometimes it's the people who no one imagines anything of, who do the things no one can imagine."
-Alan Turing
#quote #wwii #wwiihistory

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2), burning after her crew abandoned ship during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942. Note the planes parked aft. Naval History and Heritage Command Photo-NH 51382 #wwii #aircraftcarrier #wwiihistory #usslexington #coralsea

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All beauty comes with a price. If you want to enjoy the view, you first have to climb the mountain. -Budda

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On June 6, 1944, brave Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to liberate Europe from yoke of Nazi, Germany. We remember their courage, sacrifice & unbreakable spirit. #DDay #Normandy #DDAY82 #NeverForget

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On this day in 1942, American courage & code breakers turned the tide at the Battle of Midway! 4 Japanese carriers sunk in minutes. The Pacific War would never be the same. #BattleOfMidway #Midway #WWII #USNavy #TurningPoint #PacificWar

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The Hindenburg was a German commercial passenger airship. On May 6, 1937, while attempting to dock at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, NJ, the hydrogen-filled zeppelin burst into flames and was destroyed. The disaster resulted in 36 fatalities. #photography #history #hindenburg

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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson #quotes #dailyquote

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The four sloping legs of the Eiffel Tower undergo construction in 1887 at the Champ-de-Mars in Paris. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress)
#history #HistoryThroughPhotos #photography #eiffeltower

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US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, near Shuri, Okinawa, May 1945. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress/AP) #history #wwii #wwiihistory #pacificwar #photography #okinawa

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A terrific blaze following the blow of the Bell View No. 1 well Santa Fe Springs, CA 1928. The intense heat spread to adjacent derricks and the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. #oilfire #history #photography #HistoryThroughPhotos

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The Inaugural Indianapolis 500 was raced in 1911 and won by Ray Harroum who recorded an average speed of 74.602 miles per hour in a Marmon Model 32-based Wasp racer controversially outfitted with his own invention, the rear-view mirror. #indy500 #photography #history