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The First World Series

Submitted by @RNewengland

Submitted by @RNewengland

    Solon Hannibal Borglum

    Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

    Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

      Desoto Park Fort Prudhomme

      In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of the...

      In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Bronzeville, Illinois

      A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

      A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

        Emporium of the Valleys

          19th Century Architecture

          Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

          Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

          • shelby county
          • tennessee

          Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

            Parliament Fined the Town for its Negligence

            MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

            MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

            • maltster

            Debbie Reynolds, Halloweentown

            Submitted by @Ritterton, photo by emmagraycetf

            Submitted by @Ritterton, photo by emmagraycetf

              NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent's Triangle

              Submitted by @Ritterton

              Submitted by @Ritterton

                Thomas M. Hartnett

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Battle of Collierville An Unexpected Guest

                  Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun...

                  Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun...

                  • shelby county
                  • tennessee

                  A Request From the Holiday Fellowship

                  A Request From the Holiday Fellowship Friend, when you stray, or sit and take your ease On Moor , or Fell, or under spreading trees Pray, leave no traces of your wayside meal, No paper bag, no...

                  A Request From the Holiday Fellowship Friend, when you stray, or sit and take your ease On Moor , or Fell, or under spreading trees Pray, leave no traces of your wayside meal, No paper bag,...

                    Alico Building

                    ALICO BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY SANGUINET & STAATS AND ROY E. LANE, THE 22-STORY HOME OFFICE OF THE AMICABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. WAS ERECTED IN 1911 AS PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW FIRM. THE...

                    ALICO BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY SANGUINET & STAATS AND ROY E. LANE, THE 22-STORY HOME OFFICE OF THE AMICABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. WAS ERECTED IN 1911 AS PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW FIRM....

                      Holliwell Covered Bridge

                        Constructed by First Engineers 1933

                        These brick were brought from ENGLAND in the 17th CENTURY and used in the construction of LORD FAIRFAX MANSION, at BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, 1730 From...

                        These brick were brought from ENGLAND in the 17th CENTURY and used in the construction of LORD FAIRFAX MANSION, at BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, 1730...

                          Lake Washington Boulevard

                          [location approximate]

                          [location approximate]

                            Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9

                            Submitted by @Ritterton

                            Submitted by @Ritterton

                              The Society of West End Theatre Half Price Ticket Booth

                              Submitted by @GaspardWinckler

                              Submitted by @GaspardWinckler

                                A Day in the Canneries