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Grocery Store, 1879

GROCERY STORE 1879William Ferguson, proprietor City of Toronto, Inventory of Heritage Properties HERITAGE TORONTO    Submitted by @kmbmarshall

  • grocery store
  • toronto
  • 1879

Compo Colonial Cemetery Cedar Point

COMPO COLONIAL CEMETERY CEDAR POINT 1681 1771  FAMILIES REPRESENTED BURNS, CHURCH, GRAY, HENDRICKS, SHAW. IN WHOSE MEMORY THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED BY COMPO HILL CHAPTER, D.A.R. AND THE MORRIS PARK...

  • 1681
  • compo
  • westport
  • connecticut

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    Field of Hope

    Marie Curie Cancer Care Field of Hope Sponsored by the Arundel House Hotel Planted by Cambridge City Council November 1995   Submitted by @Geograph_Bob      © Copyright Bob Harvey and...

    • marie curie
    • cancer
    • hope
    • field

    A City of Women

    1770-1870 A City of Women Monterey's Women of all nationalities gathered and while doing wash provided a medium for information through the "Wash Tub Mail" at Washer Woman's Gulch. It...

    • monterey
    • california
    • women
    • washing
    • gold fields

    Golden Gate Bridge

    Submitted by @Ritterton

    • san francisco
    • 3-d
    • bridge
    • golden gate

    I-880 Cypress 'F' Picnic Area

    I-880 CYPRESS 'F' PICNIC AREA AT ERNIE RAIMONDI PARK  A GIFT OF AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE PARTNERING TEAM OF KIEWIT/KAISER AND CALTRANS FOR THE WEST OAKLAND COMMUNITY  DEDICATED THIS 26TH DAY...

    • 880
    • kaiser
    • a.d.
    • park
    • golf

    Liberty Hall

    LIBERTY HALL Built in 1877, Liberty Hall embodies the many layers of West Oakland history. It is an outstanding example of mid-Victorian commercial architecture, with octagonal turrets,...

    • oakland
    • bay area
    • california
    • liberty hal

    Frank Furness (1839-1912)

    Frank Furness (1839-1912) A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine...

    • philadelphia
    • architecture

    James A. Garfield Death Site

    I have a minor obsession with the assassinated President James A. Garfield. What drew my attention to him was one doleful fact about his passing: He lingered for 80 days after he was shot in July...

    • presidents
    • new jersey
    • long branch
    • james a. garfield