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Union Hose-Engine Company No 2

ERECTED 1927 BY THE VILLAGE OF NORTH TARRYTOWN, N.Y. FOR UNION HOSE-ENGINE COMPANY No 2 VILLAGE OFFICIALS 1926-1927 HARRY B.DECKER - MAYORSubmitted by @lampbane

ERECTED 1927 BY THE VILLAGE OF NORTH TARRYTOWN, N.Y. FOR UNION HOSE-ENGINE COMPANY No 2 VILLAGE OFFICIALS 1926-1927 HARRY B.DECKER - MAYORSubmitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • sleepy hollow
  • north tarrytown
  • firehouse
  • fire department
  • 1927

Bridge Erected by William Rockefeller

A. D. 1912   ERECTED BY WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER LAND DONATED BY PHILIPSE MANOR CO.Submitted by @lampbane

A. D. 1912   ERECTED BY WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER LAND DONATED BY PHILIPSE MANOR CO.Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • sleepy hollow
  • north tarrytown
  • william rockefeller
  • 1912
  • philipse manor

Headless Horseman

LEGENDS & LORE HEADLESS HORSEMAN TETHERS HIS HORSE NIGHTLY AMONG GRAVES IN THIS CHURCHYARD ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AUTHOR WASHINGTON IRVING NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY...

LEGENDS & LORE HEADLESS HORSEMAN TETHERS HIS HORSE NIGHTLY AMONG GRAVES IN THIS CHURCHYARD ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AUTHOR WASHINGTON IRVING NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C....

  • new york
  • sleepy hollow
  • north tarrytown
  • headless horseman
  • washington irving
  • 2019

Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn - World War II

1941 1945 IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF THIS ORGANIZATION WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF BROOKLYNSubmitted by @lampbane

1941 1945 IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF THIS ORGANIZATION WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF BROOKLYNSubmitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • fulton street
  • downtown brooklyn
  • fulton mall
  • bank
  • dime savings bank
  • 1941
  • 1945

West Side Grounds

Home Field of the Chicago National League Ball Club Submitted by @Ajauseon.

Home Field of the Chicago National League Ball Club Submitted by @Ajauseon.

  • out of left field
  • out in left field
  • cubs
  • weeghman park
  • wrigley field
  • way out in l...

Marquand Family Woodland

Marquand Family Woodland, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Marquand Family Woodland, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn bot...
  • garden
  • woodland

Fort Tryon Park Playground

THE SITE FOR THIS PLAYGROUND ADDITION TO FORT TRYON PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK BY JOHN D ROCKEFELLER JR 1941Submitted by @lampbane

THE SITE FOR THIS PLAYGROUND ADDITION TO FORT TRYON PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK BY JOHN D ROCKEFELLER JR 1941Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • park
  • fort tryon
  • fort tryon park
  • playground

David Rockefeller Linden Terrace

FORT TRYON PARK IN RECOGNITION OF THE GENEROVS SVPPORT DAVID ROCKEFELLER HAS GIVEN TO THE FORT TRYON PARK TRVST ON THE OCCASION OF THE PARK'S 75 ANNIVERSARY THIS SITE IS HEREBY DEDICATED AS THE...

FORT TRYON PARK IN RECOGNITION OF THE GENEROVS SVPPORT DAVID ROCKEFELLER HAS GIVEN TO THE FORT TRYON PARK TRVST ON THE OCCASION OF THE PARK'S 75 ANNIVERSARY THIS SITE IS HEREBY DEDICATED AS...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • fort tryon
  • fort tryon park
  • david rockefeller
  • 2010

Fort Tryon Park

FORT TRYON PARK THIS HISTORIC AREA AND ITS SVRROVNDINGS WERE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1935 BY JOHN D ROCKEFELLER JR THE ADJACENT HILLTOP AN OVTPOST OF FORT...

FORT TRYON PARK THIS HISTORIC AREA AND ITS SVRROVNDINGS WERE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 1935 BY JOHN D ROCKEFELLER JR THE ADJACENT HILLTOP AN OVTPOST OF FORT...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • fort tryon
  • fort tryon park
  • park

Epictetus

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do- now. Epictetus, Roman Stoic "The Discourses", 108...

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do- now. Epictetus, Roman Stoic "The Discourses",...

    Trinity College Medical School

    Trinity College Medical School in Cabbagetown. A school for 30 years, the building was a mattress factory for decades & later adapted to townhouses in the late 1970s. Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

    Trinity College Medical School in Cabbagetown. A school for 30 years, the building was a mattress factory for decades & later adapted to townhouses in the late 1970s. Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

      Alex Maclean Howard House, The Second Mile Club

      Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

      Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

        Freret's Folly / Plessy

          First Library Building, Livermore

          FIRST LIBRARY BUILDING BUILT 1878 LIVERMORE'S FIRST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING FROM 1878 UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS BUILT. COMMEMORATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC...

          FIRST LIBRARY BUILDING BUILT 1878 LIVERMORE'S FIRST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING FROM 1878 UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS BUILT. COMMEMORATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE...

            Taddle Creek History

            Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as springtime...

            Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as...

              Big Horn Basin

              Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

              Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

              • wyoming
              • big horn mountains
              • u.s. 14a
              • big horn basin

              To the Officers and Soldiers Killed

              The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

              The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

              • custer natio...
              • little big h...
              • nez perce
              • montana
              • native americans
              • indian wars

              HOWARD HUGHES FLYING BOAT "THE SPRUCE GOOSE"

              HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE LARGEST...

              HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE...

              • military
              • airplanes
              • aviation
              • oregon

              42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line

              MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G. Reuter...

              MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G....

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • mta
              • subway
              • transit
              • 1932
              • 2003

              Ysabel Rita Bertolucci 1949 - 2012

              Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The Medical...

              Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The...