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Zack Loussac

  • roly-poly charmer
  • joiner
  • glad-hander
  • boomtown
  • ducks and ch...

Anchorage City Hall Established 1936

  • established 1936

Texans, Bow Your Heads

    A Movie Tycoon

    • lathrop
    • concrete sidewalks

    Leslie B. Pace Entrance

    Leslie B. Pace Entrance  Alaska Center for the Performing Arts  This entrance to the Atwood Concert Hall  is named in honor of Leslie B. Pace.  Mr. Pace was a patron of the arts and a  dedicated...

    Leslie B. Pace Entrance  Alaska Center for the Performing Arts  This entrance to the Atwood Concert Hall  is named in honor of Leslie B. Pace.  Mr. Pace was a patron of the arts and a  dedicated...

      Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

        Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Southern Terminal Seismic and Security Retrofit Project 2009

          The Forgotten War -- WWII In Alaska

          • wwii
          • dutch harbor
          • attu
          • kiska
          • invasion of alaska

          The Alascom Holiday Tree

          • holiday tree

          Ted Stevens, Anchorage Airport

            Memorial Bike Racks Walt Little 1945 - 2015

              Clover Pass School

                Chamber of Commerce Building

                Submitted by @klstewart

                Submitted by @klstewart

                • preserved fish
                • nyc

                Napa -- Birthplace of the Loudspeaker

                Submitted by @quitasarah

                Submitted by @quitasarah

                • 1915

                Newton County Memorial Clock

                This memorial clock and bell was given to Newton County, Texas. In memory of Dr. J.S. Peavy and wife Maryann by their daughter Alice. July 1929.

                This memorial clock and bell was given to Newton County, Texas. In memory of Dr. J.S. Peavy and wife Maryann by their daughter Alice. July 1929.

                • texas
                • memorial

                Historic Roadside Park

                The picnic area on US 190 in Newton County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department -- now Texas Department of Transportation. This 1936 park accommodated motorists...

                The picnic area on US 190 in Newton County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department -- now Texas Department of Transportation. This 1936 park accommodated motorists...

                • texas
                • park

                TBM Avenger

                Submitted by @bthubbard

                Submitted by @bthubbard

                  Vye's Beach

                  Submitted by @bthubbard

                  Submitted by @bthubbard

                    Where He Was Probably Murdered

                    Edward V As Prince of Wales, King Edward V lived in Ludlow, returning in April 1483 to London, where he was probably murdered.  [Location approximate]Submitted by @SamiraAhmedUK

                    Edward V As Prince of Wales, King Edward V lived in Ludlow, returning in April 1483 to London, where he was probably murdered.  [Location approximate]Submitted by @SamiraAhmedUK

                      A letter to the future

                      A letter to the future   Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to...

                      A letter to the future   Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is...

                      • glacier
                      • climate change
                      • ok
                      • 415 ppm co2