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Prince Albert Red Deer Forks Trail

Prince Albert Red Deer Forks TrailFirst Nations people would have used this trail for many years but documented use of this trail began in 1800 when the Hudson's Bay Company built Chesterfield...

Prince Albert Red Deer Forks TrailFirst Nations people would have used this trail for many years but documented use of this trail began in 1800 when the Hudson's Bay Company built...

  • saskatchewan
  • asquith
  • fur trade
  • hudson's bay company
  • northwest mo...
  • métis

Sandstone Trough, Olvera Street, Los Angeles

Sandstone Trough used for feeding crushed acorns to livestock, hewn in 1897, by the Schweikand Family on their San Fernando Valley Ranch. Presented, in 1930, by The Department of Water and Power...

Sandstone Trough used for feeding crushed acorns to livestock, hewn in 1897, by the Schweikand Family on their San Fernando Valley Ranch. Presented, in 1930, by The Department of Water and Power...

    Marcha del Rector

    El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la primera...

    El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la...

      Inquisition

      Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...

      Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...

        Het Utrechts schip

        This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930. The...

        This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930....

        • archeology
        • old ship
        • utrecht
        • 1000 ad

        Ivan Reitman Cinema

        IVAN REITMAN CINEMA   Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made hilariously...

        IVAN REITMAN CINEMA   Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made...

        • new york
        • manhattan
        • downtown manhattan
        • wall street
        • ivan reitman
        • movies
        • cinema
        • film
        • alamo drafthouse

        Raymond Lemieux: First Chemical Synthesis of Sucrose

        National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...

        National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...

        • saskatoon
        • saskatchewan
        • canada
        • chemistry
        • sucrose
        • national res...
        • science

        William Bartram Trail

        In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"

        In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"

        • louisiana
        • bartram trail
        • livingston parish

        Pottery Hill

        This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...

        This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...

        • louisiana
        • native american
        • st. tammany parish

        Simpson Church of God

        Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine Island...

        Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine...

        • louisiana
        • rapides parish
        • church
        • religion

        A.Z. Young's Home Civil Rights Leader

        While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day Civil...

        While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day...

        • louisiana
        • civil rights
        • washington parish

        Macy Street Grade Separation

        Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931

        Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931

          Northern Terminus of the First Commercial Monorail in America

          In commemoration of service and honor to the Seattle World’s Fair April 21 – October 21 1962 and the City of Seattle Placed in tribute this 19th day of October 1962 at the site of the northern...

          In commemoration of service and honor to the Seattle World’s Fair April 21 – October 21 1962 and the City of Seattle Placed in tribute this 19th day of October 1962 at the site of the northern...

            George Washington

            George Washington   An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased...

            George Washington   An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased...

              Robert A. Conyes

              In Memory of ROBERT A. CONYES by Harriet B. Conyes

              In Memory of ROBERT A. CONYES by Harriet B. Conyes

                Jo and Norm Budman

                Jo and Norm Budman Celebrating 50 years of marriage "I'll never find another you"

                Jo and Norm Budman Celebrating 50 years of marriage "I'll never find another you"

                  John Balbach

                    Allen and Ellen Wexler, 'Overlook'

                    Allan and Ellen Wexler in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners Overlook 2009 Granite and Glass Fabricated by Digital Stone Project Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and MTA Long Island...

                    Allan and Ellen Wexler in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners Overlook 2009 Granite and Glass Fabricated by Digital Stone Project Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and MTA Long Island...

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • atlantic terminal
                    • atlantic avenue
                    • mta
                    • art
                    • station
                    • lirr

                    The Atlantic Terminal Pavilion

                    THE ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION "A NEW GATEWAY TO BROOKLYN" JANUARY 5, 2010 THE NEW ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION IS DEDICATED TO BROOKLYN THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S BIRTHPLACE IN 1836   DAVID A....

                    THE ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION "A NEW GATEWAY TO BROOKLYN" JANUARY 5, 2010 THE NEW ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION IS DEDICATED TO BROOKLYN THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S BIRTHPLACE IN 1836   DAVID A....

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • atlantic terminal
                    • atlantic avenue
                    • mta
                    • david paterson
                    • jay walder
                    • marty markowitz
                    • helena williams
                    • 2010

                    George Gamow

                    George Gamow Professor of physics The George Washington University From 1934 to 1956   Gamow (1904-1968)  is renowned for developing the “Big Bang Theory” of the universe (1948), explaining...

                    George Gamow Professor of physics The George Washington University From 1934 to 1956   Gamow (1904-1968)  is renowned for developing the “Big Bang Theory” of the universe (1948),...