Panama Canal Facts
Facts about the Panama Canal, 1997, prior to the Panama Canal Expansion. Submitted by Janet Erickson.
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Latham Fountain
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES H. LATHAM AND HENRIETTA MARSHALL LATHAM AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR HUMANITY PRESENTED TO THIS CITY OF WHICH THEY WERE EARLIEST RESIDENTS BY THEIR CHILDREN UNDER THE...
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Saskatoon Pioneers
To the memory of SASKATOON PIONEERS of 1882 Erected by the Saskatoon Old Timers Association 1952 Submitted by: @Saskajanet
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Saskatoon's Broadway Theatre has a parabolic floor
The Broadway Theatre Built in 1946 as Saskatoon's eastside movie house, the Broadway Theatre's smooth, rounded finish and austere detailing are examples of the Art Deco style. Elements of...
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Sidewalk Concrete laying company plaque - Simpson Bros. Corporation 1930
"Trade Mark Reg. Laid by Simpson Bros. Corporation 77 Summer St. Boston" "1930" A combination of 2 plaques indicating the sidewalk concrete company and the year. There other plaques in the...
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
"Thaddeus Kosciuszko. After servinf as a military engineer during the American Revolution, he later led an uprising in his native Poland. Exiled the General resided in this house from November,...
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On this site stood the George Frederick Beckel House, 1762-1872, where the Marquis de Lafayette convalesced from a leg wound suffered at the Battle of the Brandywine, 1777
The plaque mark the location where stood a farm house owned and occupied by George Frederick Beckel where Marquis de Lafayette convalesced after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777....
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Elfreth's Alley - one of the oldest street still in existence today
"Elfreth's Alley. An exceptional collec-tion of early American structures, built 1720s -1830s, the alley contained the homes and shops of diverse artisans. Later, working class immigrants...
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Dhobi Khana -Fort Cochin
This plaque is at the entrance of the Dhobi Khana Public Laundry in Fort Cochin (Kochi). The place is a coop laundry with a building set for ironing laundry, another with "cells" containing...
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Fleet City
1943 FLEET CITY 1946SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA DURING WORLD WAR II, 3,396 ACRES WERE PURCHASED FOR THE LARGEST NAVAL INSTALLATION IN THE U.S.. THREE NAVY BASES SAT ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER IN AN...
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