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Henry Suzzallo Library

  • seattle
  • washington
  • library
  • suzzallo
  • university

THE OPERA HOUSE

THE OPERA HOUSE   RENOVATED BY KEN & LINDA McGURN HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILD 1887   Plaque found,...

THE OPERA HOUSE   RENOVATED BY KEN & LINDA McGURN HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILD 1887   Plaque...

  • gainesville
  • florida
  • alachua county
  • 1887
  • ken mcgurn
  • linda mcgurn
  • national reg...
  • department o...

ROCHELLE VICINITY

ROCHELLE VICINITY   Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the are in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Floirda to the United States in the War of 1812.The...

ROCHELLE VICINITY   Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the are in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Floirda to the United States in the War of 1812.The...

  • gainesville
  • florida
  • alachua county
  • newnan
  • colonel dani...
  • georgia militia
  • 1812
  • seminole indians
  • seminole
  • king payne
  • ft. crane
  • lt. colonel ...
  • u.s. army di...
  • rochelle
  • second seminole war
  • 1837
  • lt. john h. winder
  • perry
  • tillman
  • zetrouer
  • st. augustine
  • newnansville
  • union army
  • 1864
  • confederate cavalry
  • capt. j.j. dickison
  • united states
  • war of 1812
  • annexation
  • union troops
  • perry junction
  • micanopy
  • madison starke perry
  • plantation
  • oak ridge cemetery
  • gruelle
  • 1884
  • martha perry
  • florida sout...
  • 1882
  • plant railway system
  • st. petersburg
  • 1888 great f...
  • citrus crop
  • rochelle school
  • martha perry...
  • national reg...
  • 1973
  • governor of florida
  • 1935

"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN"

"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN"   On November 23, 1909, the "Autists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was...

"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN"   On November 23, 1909, the "Autists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was...

  • gainesville
  • florida
  • alachua county
  • automobile
  • coca cola
  • highways
  • jacksonville
  • tampa
  • tampa daily times
  • tampa automo...

Cold Ashby Triangulation Pillar plaque on 18 April 2016

ORDNANCE SURVEY COLD ASHBY The first observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Sergeant GR Mullinger Royal Engineers on 18 April 1936.There...

ORDNANCE SURVEY COLD ASHBY The first observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Sergeant GR Mullinger Royal Engineers on 18 April...

  • geograph

Plaque on Thorney Gale Triangulation Pillar

    © Copyright David Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted by @Geograph_Bob via Geograph

    © Copyright David Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted by @Geograph_Bob via Geograph

  • geograph

Chicago... Railroad Hub of The Nation

CHICAGO... RAILROAD HUB OF THE NATION Ever since the westward expansion of the frontier, Chicago has been the heart of the nation's rail network. Trains from the North, South, East and West arrive...

CHICAGO... RAILROAD HUB OF THE NATION Ever since the westward expansion of the frontier, Chicago has been the heart of the nation's rail network. Trains from the North, South, East and West...

  • trains
  • rail
  • railroad
  • chicago
  • union station

Pearl Rivers

The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet, writer,...

The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet,...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • pet
  • picayune

The Passenger Pigeon

Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove-which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...

Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove- which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...

  • passenger pigeon
  • wisconsin

Cresheim Cottage

CRESHEIM COTTAGE BUILT IN 1700 BY THE PALENTINE GERMAN SETTLERS FROM THE RHINE VALLEYTHE FIRST HOUSE ON THE GREAT ROAD, GERMANTOWN AVENUE IN CRESHEIM VALLEY  THE LAND WAS SECURED FROM WILLIAM PENN...

CRESHEIM COTTAGE BUILT IN 1700 BY THE PALENTINE GERMAN SETTLERS FROM THE RHINE VALLEYTHE FIRST HOUSE ON THE GREAT ROAD, GERMANTOWN AVENUE IN CRESHEIM VALLEY  THE LAND WAS SECURED FROM WILLIAM PENN...

  • philadelphia
  • pennsylvania
  • cottage
  • german
  • rhine
  • great road
  • penn

Victima de L'Stalinisme

"AQUI, EL 16 DE JUNY DE 1937, ELS SEUS COMPANYS VEIEREM PER DARRERA VEGADA ANDREU NIN (1892--1937),SECRETARI POLITIC DEL P.O.U.M, LLUITADOR PEL SOCIALISME I LA LLIBERTAT, VICTIMA DE L'STALINISME  ...

"AQUI, EL 16 DE JUNY DE 1937, ELS SEUS COMPANYS VEIEREM PER DARRERA VEGADA ANDREU NIN (1892-- 1937),SECRETARI POLITIC DEL P.O.U.M, LLUITADOR PEL SOCIALISME I LA LLIBERTAT, VICTIMA DE...

  • barcelona
  • spain
  • stalin

UC Berkeley printing services

Presented to The University of California Printing Services Printers of the signatory copies of the Charter of the United Ntions and Statute of the International Court of Justice Recognized by...

Presented to The University of California Printing Services Printers of the signatory copies of the Charter of the United Ntions and Statute of the International Court of Justice Recognized...

  • united nations
  • uc berkeley
  • printing
  • berkeley
  • california

De Anza Expedition

LT. COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS III OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1778 LED AN EXPEDITION NEAR THIS SITE -- THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

LT. COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS III OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1778 LED AN EXPEDITION NEAR THIS SITE -- THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

  • de anza
  • bautista
  • bay area
  • california
  • mission

Bolivia War Mural

"LO QUE UN DIA FUE NUESTRO NUESTRO OTRA VEZ SERA" AGARRARSE ROTOS QUE AQUI ENTRAN LOS COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA

"LO QUE UN DIA FUE NUESTRO NUESTRO OTRA VEZ SERA" AGARRARSE ROTOS QUE AQUI ENTRAN LOS COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA

  • bolivia

Mark A Matthews DD LL D

Submitted by Mike Appleton

Submitted by Mike Appleton

  • seattle
  • washington

Ardlington Standing Stones

At 8:12 AM (GMT) on January 1st 2000 the first rays of sunlight of the Third Millennium passed through these stones. Submitted by @mackenwells.

At 8:12 AM (GMT) on January 1st 2000 the first rays of sunlight of the Third Millennium passed through these stones. Submitted by @mackenwells.

  • ardlinton
  • stones
  • millennium
  • england

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC RESOLUTION 67, OF THE 66th CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 4, 1921, AN UNKNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS EXHUMED FROM EACH OF THE FOUR AMERICAN CEMETERIES IN FRANCE. THEY WERE...

  UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC RESOLUTION 67, OF THE 66th CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 4, 1921, AN UNKNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS EXHUMED FROM EACH OF THE FOUR AMERICAN CEMETERIES IN FRANCE. THEY WERE...

  • dc
  • washington dc
  • soldier
  • unknown soldier
  • tomb

Cordelia A. P. Harvey

[Location approximate] Submitted by @adamtweetwebb

[Location approximate] Submitted by @adamtweetwebb

  • civil war
  • hospitals
  • kenosha
  • southport
  • harvey
  • lincoln
  • madison
  • milwaukee

Waterfront Town to Metropolis

Submitted by  ‏@anashabc [Location approximate]

Submitted by  ‏@anashabc [Location approximate]

  • kansas city
  • metropolis
  • slavery
  • kansas-nebraska
  • slave
  • civil war

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

Submitted by Sheila Paske.

Submitted by Sheila Paske.

  • lewis and clark
  • sacagawea
  • rattlesnake