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Melbourne Post Office

Inside the form General Post Office in Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.  Currently a retail store. Reads: POSTAL HALL Established 1918   Hon.  William Webster Postmaster General...

Inside the form General Post Office in Swanston St, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.  Currently a retail store. Reads: POSTAL HALL Established 1918 Hon.  William Webster Postmaster...

  • melbourne
  • gpo
  • gregorystorer

Post Office Plaque

On the interior of the former General Post Office in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  Now a retails store. Reads: The First Melbourne Post Office Was Erected on this site  in 1841 Present Building...

On the interior of the former General Post Office in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  Now a retails store. Reads: The First Melbourne Post Office Was Erected on this site  in 1841 Present...

  • melbourne
  • gpo

Rhodes College

Its progenitor was Montgomery Masonic College, founded at Clarksville in 1848. Named Stewart College in 1855, it became a college of the Presbyterian Church in 1861, and was incorporated as...

Its progenitor was Montgomery Masonic College, founded at Clarksville in 1848. Named Stewart College in 1855, it became a college of the Presbyterian Church in 1861, and was incorporated as...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Mabel C. Williams High School

In 1889, W.M. Botts sold this property to the Germantown High School Association and the following year a small frame building of four rooms was erected. In 1905, Miss Mabel C. Williams was...

In 1889, W.M. Botts sold this property to the Germantown High School Association and the following year a small frame building of four rooms was erected. In 1905, Miss Mabel C. Williams was...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Malcolm Rice Patterson

A native of Somerville, Alabama, Patterson moved to Memphis with his parents in 1872. Educated at Christian Brothers College and Vanderbilt University, he was admitted to the bar in 1883. From...

A native of Somerville, Alabama, Patterson moved to Memphis with his parents in 1872. Educated at Christian Brothers College and Vanderbilt University, he was admitted to the bar in 1883. From...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Lafayette (In Grateful Memory)

ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE UNITED STATES IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF LAFAYETTE STATESMAN SOLDIER PATRIOT  Submitted by @plutokiller

ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE UNITED STATES IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF LAFAYETTE STATESMAN SOLDIER PATRIOT  Submitted by @plutokiller

  • paris
  • france
  • lafayette
  • favorite fig...

White Hart Hotel

Plaque commemorating Thomas Paine at the White Hart Hotel in Lewes, East Sussex.  

Plaque commemorating Thomas Paine at the White Hart Hotel in Lewes, East Sussex.

    John Batman Monument

    Monument at the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.   Top: John Batman Born at PARRAMATTA N.S.W. 1800 Died at MELBOURNE 6th May 1839 He entered PORT PHILLIP HEADS 29th May 1835 As leader of an...

    Monument at the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. Top: John Batman Born at PARRAMATTA N.S.W. 1800 Died at MELBOURNE 6th May 1839 He entered PORT PHILLIP HEADS 29th May 1835 As leader of...

    • melbourne
    • john batman
    • queen victor...

    Noble Prize for Physics

    There are 150 plaques placed here for the 150th anniversary of the founding of South Australia. This one stood out as for a moment I thought it will Billy Bragg but he's from Essex,UK. "for their...

    There are 150 plaques placed here for the 150th anniversary of the founding of South Australia. This one stood out as for a moment I thought it will Billy Bragg but he's from Essex,UK. "for their...

    • adelaide
    • australia
    • noble prize
    • nobel

    Sundance Canyon

    Sundance Canyon    Sundance Canyon has eroded down a soft layer of rock which dips sharply to the west. Large boulders have been toppled into the stream by the undercutting action of the water...

    Sundance Canyon    Sundance Canyon has eroded down a soft layer of rock which dips sharply to the west. Large boulders have been toppled into the stream by the undercutting action of the...