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Help Given to German Children by the Irish People after World War II

    Glorious Kingdom Primitive Baptist Church

      Lifeboats

        The Forgotten Irish

          The Proclamation of Korean Independence

            Hayley Elena Horn

              Skagway Centennial Statue

                Ladies Room

                LADIES ROOM GIFT OF JUDITH RICHARDS HOPE '64, LL.D. '00 IN HONOR OF THE FIFTEEN PIONEERING WOMEN OF THE CLASS OF '64 WHO BRAVED SNOW, RAIN AND HAIL TO MAKE IT TO THIS FIRST, AND WHAT HAD BEEN FOR...

                LADIES ROOM GIFT OF JUDITH RICHARDS HOPE '64, LL.D. '00 IN HONOR OF THE FIFTEEN PIONEERING WOMEN OF THE CLASS OF '64 WHO BRAVED SNOW, RAIN AND HAIL TO MAKE IT TO THIS FIRST, AND WHAT HAD BEEN...

                  Way Side Inn

                  WAY SIDE INN BUILT IN 1894 AS A HOTEL AND TAVERN BY EDWARD J. BRADY & CO. ON A PORTION OF THE MILL LOT ONCE OWNED BY ELAM BROWN. COLORFUL NAME BESTOWED BY T. H. REED, A LATER PROPRIETOR. DEDICATED...

                  WAY SIDE INN BUILT IN 1894 AS A HOTEL AND TAVERN BY EDWARD J. BRADY & CO. ON A PORTION OF THE MILL LOT ONCE OWNED BY ELAM BROWN. COLORFUL NAME BESTOWED BY T. H. REED, A LATER PROPRIETOR. DEDICATED...

                    Mickie Classick- Murphy

                      Grand Central Hotel, Seattle

                      GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SQUIRE LATIMER BUILDING THIS STRUCTURE SERVED AS OFFICE SPACE UNTIL 1897. AT TIME THE INFLUX OF MINERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH BROUGHT...

                      GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SQUIRE LATIMER BUILDING THIS STRUCTURE SERVED AS OFFICE SPACE UNTIL 1897. AT TIME THE INFLUX OF MINERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH BROUGHT...

                        Bob Balhatchet

                        BOB BALHATCHET APRIL 23, 1944- AUGUST 27, 2011 FATHER, ACTOR, BUILDING MANAGER, ALL AROUND ECCENTRIC MAN

                        BOB BALHATCHET APRIL 23, 1944- AUGUST 27, 2011 FATHER, ACTOR, BUILDING MANAGER, ALL AROUND ECCENTRIC MAN

                        • eccentric man
                        • eccentric
                        • all around e...

                        The Dewey Cannon

                        THE DEWEY CANNON This cannon, captured in the Spanish- American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine....

                        THE DEWEY CANNON This cannon, captured in the Spanish- American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine....

                          Pleasanton Fire Dept

                          Submitted by @jqmcd

                          Submitted by @jqmcd

                            National AIDS Memorial Grove

                              Alameda Babe Ruth 14-15YO Workd Series champs

                              Plaque dedicated to the 1985 Alameda Babe Ruth World Series champions, who won the tournament in Jamestown New York in August 1985. Congrats! 

                              Plaque dedicated to the 1985 Alameda Babe Ruth World Series champions, who won the tournament in Jamestown New York in August 1985. Congrats! 

                              • alameda; baseball

                              Ludgeruskerk

                              This plaque commemorates the church that was here, and was a landmark building for this part of Utrecht. This used to be the independent community (municipality) of "Zuilen" until 1954, and is now...

                              This plaque commemorates the church that was here, and was a landmark building for this part of Utrecht. This used to be the independent community (municipality) of "Zuilen" until 1954, and is...

                              • church
                              • lost building

                              The Kansas City Southern Railway In Port Arthur

                              The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The Kansas City,...

                              The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The Kansas...

                              • texas
                              • railroad
                              • kcs

                              Fifth Districts High School

                              The Fifth Districts High School was built in 1893. It is the work of Mr. John Reason under the leadership of Dr. Henry C. Cotton of Bella Alliance, LA. This location was once called Newtown...

                              The Fifth Districts High School was built in 1893. It is the work of Mr. John Reason under the leadership of Dr. Henry C. Cotton of Bella Alliance, LA. This location was once called Newtown...

                              • louisiana
                              • african american
                              • school
                              • education

                              William Thomas Lewis

                              William Thomas Lewis was born in Merthyr on August 5th 1837. He was the first son of Thomas William Lewis, an engineer at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil. Aged only 27 he became the Chief...

                              William Thomas Lewis was born in Merthyr on August 5th 1837. He was the first son of Thomas William Lewis, an engineer at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil. Aged only 27 he became the...

                              • wales
                              • union