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Kevin Costner’s Waterworld Trimaran

Kevin Costner's Trimaran Sailboat  Actual working model from Waterworld 1995  Universal Property Department

Kevin Costner's Trimaran Sailboat  Actual working model from Waterworld 1995  Universal Property Department

    Alexander Lyman Holley

    ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY BORN IN LAKEVILLE, CONN., JULY 20TH 1832DIED IN BROOKLYN N.Y., JANUARY 29TH 1882 IN HONOR OF ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEYFOREMOST AMONG THOSE WHOSE GENIUSAND ENERGY ESTABLISHED IN...

    ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY BORN IN LAKEVILLE, CONN., JULY 20TH 1832DIED IN BROOKLYN N.Y., JANUARY 29TH 1882 IN HONOR OF ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEYFOREMOST AMONG THOSE WHOSE GENIUSAND ENERGY ESTABLISHED...

      Marie Sklodowska Curie

      Marie Sklodowska Curie From ThePolish American ChildrenOf New York city November 7th 1934 On The Sixty Seventh AnniversaryOf Her Birth   Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

      Marie Sklodowska Curie From ThePolish American ChildrenOf New York city November 7th 1934 On The Sixty Seventh AnniversaryOf Her Birth   Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

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      • scientist

      Five Liberty Poles

      HERE IN THE ANCIENT COMMONS OF THE CITYWHERE BEFORE THE TIME OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCEFIVE LIBERTY POLES WERE SUCCESSIVELY SET UPTHIS FLAG POLE OF 1921 IS PLACEDIN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL...

      HERE IN THE ANCIENT COMMONS OF THE CITYWHERE BEFORE THE TIME OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCEFIVE LIBERTY POLES WERE SUCCESSIVELY SET UPTHIS FLAG POLE OF 1921 IS PLACEDIN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL...

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      The Brown Building

      THE BROWN BUILDING THIS TEN-STORY NEO-RENAISSANCE LOFT BUILDING, DESIGNED BYNEW YORK ARCHITECT JOHN WOOLLEY, WAS BUILT IN 1900-01 FORJOSEPH J. ASCH. THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY OCCUPIEDTHE...

      THE BROWN BUILDING THIS TEN-STORY NEO-RENAISSANCE LOFT BUILDING, DESIGNED BYNEW YORK ARCHITECT JOHN WOOLLEY, WAS BUILT IN 1900-01 FORJOSEPH J. ASCH. THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY...

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      Tisch Fountain

      TISCHFOUNTAIN THE RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN AND PLAZAWAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FAMILIES OFLAURENCE A. TISCH AND PRESTON R. TISCH 2008 Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

      TISCHFOUNTAIN THE RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN AND PLAZAWAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FAMILIES OFLAURENCE A. TISCH AND PRESTON R. TISCH 2008 Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

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      Triangle Shirtwaist Factory (ASCH Building)

      TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY (ASCH BUILDING) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE,IN WHICH 146 WORKERS DIED,OCCURRED HERE ON MARCH 25, 1911. THIS...

      TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY (ASCH BUILDING) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE,IN WHICH 146 WORKERS DIED,OCCURRED HERE ON MARCH 25, 1911....

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      Triangle Fire

      TRIANGLE FIRE ON THIS SITE, 146 WORKERS LOST THEIR LIVES INTHE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST COMPANY FIRE ONMARCH 25, 1911. OUT OF THEIR MARTYRDOM CAMENEW CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ANDLABOR...

      TRIANGLE FIRE ON THIS SITE, 146 WORKERS LOST THEIR LIVES INTHE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST COMPANY FIRE ONMARCH 25, 1911. OUT OF THEIR MARTYRDOM CAMENEW CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY...

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      Chaim Gross

      Chaim Gross (1904-1991) From 1963 until his death, the renownedAmerican sculptor Chaim Gross lived andworked here. Born in the CarpathianMountains of Eastern Europe, Gross came toNew York City in...

      Chaim Gross (1904-1991) From 1963 until his death, the renownedAmerican sculptor Chaim Gross lived andworked here. Born in the CarpathianMountains of Eastern Europe, Gross came toNew York City in...

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      • barnett newman
      • alexander dobkin
      • milton avery
      • louise nevelson
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      • robert laurent
      • william zorach
      • gaston lachaise
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      David Ireland House

      “Art lets us make observations of things that were always there” - David Ireland Submitted by @plaidiguana

      “Art lets us make observations of things that were always there” - David Ireland Submitted by @plaidiguana

        The Raman Effect

        At this institute, Sir C. V. Raman discovered in 1928 that when a beam of coloured light entered a liquid, a fraction of the light scattered by that liquid was of a different color. Raman showed...

        At this institute, Sir C. V. Raman discovered in 1928 that when a beam of coloured light entered a liquid, a fraction of the light scattered by that liquid was of a different color. Raman showed...

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        • india
        • nobel prize

        23 Degree Angle

        Planet Earth spins at a 23 degree angle from its North-South axis.Submitted by @plaidiguana

        Planet Earth spins at a 23 degree angle from its North-South axis.Submitted by @plaidiguana

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        • axis
        • earth
        • san francisco

        Burnaby Civic Employees Union Memorial Fountain

        This granite drinking fountain is a monument to Burnaby's municipal employees who lost their lives in the First World War. It signifies an important connection with the early strength and...

        This granite drinking fountain is a monument to Burnaby's municipal employees who lost their lives in the First World War. It signifies an important connection with the early strength and...

          Phoenix Cenotaph

          Memorial to Phoenix miners killed in WW 1. Phoenix is an abandoned mining community that once housed 4,000 residents.Before it closed its doors, the town council sold the skating rink building for...

          Memorial to Phoenix miners killed in WW 1. Phoenix is an abandoned mining community that once housed 4,000 residents.Before it closed its doors, the town council sold the skating rink building...

            Winged Victory

            Monument and plaque to railway workers who were killed in World War 1 and World War 2.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

            Monument and plaque to railway workers who were killed in World War 1 and World War 2.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

              BC government workers killed in World War One

              Bronze plaque honouring BC government workers killed in World War One.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

              Bronze plaque honouring BC government workers killed in World War One.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

                British Columbia's Memorial to Spanish Civil War Veterans

                Monument and Plaque to British Columbians who served in the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps, a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the...

                Monument and Plaque to British Columbians who served in the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps, a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on...

                  Canada's WW1 Internment Operations, 1914-1920

                  Beginning in 1914, Canada interred 8,597 persons deemed to be ""enemy aliens"". They included immigrants from specified countries, merchant marines and military reservists.During the war, the...

                  Beginning in 1914, Canada interred 8,597 persons deemed to be ""enemy aliens"". They included immigrants from specified countries, merchant marines and military reservists.During the war, the...

                    Mackenzie Papineau Brigade Plaque, Cumberland

                    Plaque for Gordon and Moon Keenan, veterans of the Spanish Civil War.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

                    Plaque for Gordon and Moon Keenan, veterans of the Spanish Civil War.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

                      WWI memorial plaque, B.C. Telephone Company workers

                      The memorial plaque was dedicated to B.C. Telephone Company workers who participated in the First World War. The plaque indicates who was killed, wounded, wounded twice, wounded and prisoner, who...

                      The memorial plaque was dedicated to B.C. Telephone Company workers who participated in the First World War. The plaque indicates who was killed, wounded, wounded twice, wounded and prisoner, who...