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Volta Cinema

On this site stood Ireland’s very first dedicated picture house, the Volta Cinema. It was opened on Monday 20th December 1909 and managed by James Joyce. The converted 420-seat venue was renamed...

On this site stood Ireland’s very first dedicated picture house, the Volta Cinema. It was opened on Monday 20th December 1909 and managed by James Joyce. The converted 420-seat venue was...

  • cinema
  • dublin
  • film
  • ireland
  • james joyce
  • movies
  • theatre

Old Slater Mill

The Old Slater Mill The Birthplace of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry in America Here in 1793, Samuel Slater, Moses Brown and William Almy Established the First Successful Cotton Factory in the...

The Old Slater Mill The Birthplace of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry in America Here in 1793, Samuel Slater, Moses Brown and William Almy Established the First Successful Cotton Factory in the...

  • 1793
  • birthplace
  • cotton
  • factory
  • first
  • industry
  • manufacturing
  • moses brown
  • pawtucket
  • rhode island
  • ri
  • samuel slater
  • slater mill
  • william almy

Plaza de George Orwell

  City council of Barcelona Video surveillance zone within 500 m. George Orwell Square  

  City council of Barcelona Video surveillance zone within 500 m. George Orwell Square

  • george orwel...

Hernando DeSoto viewed the Mississippi

  A simple plaque attached to a stone marking the approximate location of DeSoto’s discovery of the Mississippi in 1541. Located in Memphis, Tennessee.

  A simple plaque attached to a stone marking the approximate location of DeSoto’s discovery of the Mississippi in 1541. Located in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • memphis hern...

Monument to the first round-the- world flight

Plaque on an obelisk at the entrance to Warren G. Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to the U.S. Army Air Service officers who participated in the first round-the-world flight in 1924.

Plaque on an obelisk at the entrance to Warren G. Magnuson Park in Seattle, Washington, dedicated to the U.S. Army Air Service officers who participated in the first round-the-world flight in 1924.

  • airplane cir...

Father Pat Noise

  Father Pat Noise Located on O Connell Bridge in Dublin Ireland (53.34725,-6.259217) this must be my favourite plaque anywhere. In the lead up to Dublin’s millennium celebrations, It was decided...

  Father Pat Noise Located on O Connell Bridge in Dublin Ireland (53.34725,-6.259217) this must be my favourite plaque anywhere. In the lead up to Dublin’s millennium celebrations, It was...

  • priest
  • spoof
  • dublin
  • fake
  • ireland

Australia’s Highest Post Box

On the top of Australia’s highest building, the Eureka Skydeck (nearly 300 m tall, 91 floors), is Australia’s highest post box. From here you can send letters all across the world. There is a...

On the top of Australia’s highest building, the Eureka Skydeck (nearly 300 m tall, 91 floors), is Australia’s highest post box. From here you can send letters all across the world. There is...

  • australia
  • melbourne
  • post box

First Meeting of the New York State County Highway Superintendent Association

SITE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION HELD IN 1909 AT THE WORDEN HOTEL. ALL 57 COUNTIES PRESENT.ERECTED BY NEW YORK STATE COUNTY HIGHWAY...

SITE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION HELD IN 1909 AT THE WORDEN HOTEL. ALL 57 COUNTIES PRESENT.ERECTED BY NEW YORK STATE COUNTY...

    Metropolitan Association

      Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association 426. Lewisham High St. London SE13 Location: 51.518444, -0.101147

      Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association 426. Lewisham High St. London SE13 Location: 51.518444, -0.101147

    • cattle trough
    • drinking fountain
    • london
    • england

    Osram

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07 There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:   Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07 There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:   Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    • african cemetery
    • florida
    • higgs beach
    • key west

    Nyame Biribi Wo Soro

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but for...

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    • african cemetery
    • florida
    • higgs beach
    • key west

    Gye Nyame

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but for...

    African Cemetery, Higgs Beach, Key West, Florida 2011-02-07There are several plaques forming this memorial. Three of these are:Gye Nyame “Except God” Also translated as “Unless God,” “Be but...

    • african cemetery
    • florida
    • higgs beach
    • key west

    Asia – Europe border

    Asia – Europe border marker Ekaterinburg, Russia The Cyrillic is translated simply: Europe Asia   Notes: City name. The city is commonly spelled Ekaterinburg; the official spelling is...

    Asia – Europe border marker Ekaterinburg, Russia The Cyrillic is translated simply: Europe Asia   Notes: City name. The city is commonly spelled Ekaterinburg; the official spelling...

    • asia
    • ekaterinburg
    • europe
    • russia
    • sverdlovsk
    • yekaterinburg

    Asia – Europe border (wide view)

      Asia – Europe border marker Ekaterinburg, Russia The Cyrillic is translated simply: Europe Asia Notes: City name. The city is commonly spelled Ekaterinburg; the official spelling is...

      Asia – Europe border marker Ekaterinburg, Russia The Cyrillic is translated simply: Europe Asia Notes: City name. The city is commonly spelled Ekaterinburg; the official spelling...

    • asia
    • ekaterinburg
    • europe
    • russia
    • sverdlovsk
    • yekaterinburg

    Isaac Leroy

    Isaac Leroy, Old Hays Cemetery, Willington, McCormick County, South Carolina 2005-12-12Isaac Leroy 12-25-1799 – 1-14-1848Son of Philip LeRoy, Grandson of Pierre Michel LeRoy, Emigrees from St....

    Isaac Leroy, Old Hays Cemetery, Willington, McCormick County, South Carolina 2005-12-12Isaac Leroy 12-25-1799 – 1-14-1848Son of Philip LeRoy, Grandson of Pierre Michel LeRoy, Emigrees from...

    • isaac leroy
    • mccormick county
    • old hays cemetery
    • south carolina
    • willington

    Georgia’s First School of Medicine

    Georgia’s First School of Medicine, Augusta, Georgia 2013-11-30Georgia, 1776Georgia’s First School of MedicineThe property on which the Widows Home is located was the site of Augusta’s first City...

    Georgia’s First School of Medicine, Augusta, Georgia 2013-11-30Georgia, 1776Georgia’s First School of MedicineThe property on which the Widows Home is located was the site of Augusta’s first City...

    • augusta
    • georgia

    Washington’s Southern Tour

    Washington’s Southern Tour, Augusta, Georgia 2013-11-30Non Sibi, Sed Alais Georgia Historical SocietyWashington’s Southern TourDuring his Southern tour of 1971, President George Washington visited...

    Washington’s Southern Tour, Augusta, Georgia 2013-11-30Non Sibi, Sed Alais Georgia Historical SocietyWashington’s Southern TourDuring his Southern tour of 1971, President George Washington visited...

    • augusta
    • georgia

    Colonial Fort Augusta

    Colonial Fort Augusta, Augusta, Georgia 1901This stone marks the site of Colonial Fort AugustaBuilt by order of General Oglethorpe and the trustees in 1735, and known during the Revolution as Fort...

    Colonial Fort Augusta, Augusta, Georgia 1901This stone marks the site of Colonial Fort AugustaBuilt by order of General Oglethorpe and the trustees in 1735, and known during the Revolution as...

    • augusta
    • georgia

    Western Red Cedar

    Relic of a [Vanished] Forest Western Red Cedar [ ] [ ] [ at request of ] [A.D.] Arlington, Washington 1922

    Relic of a [Vanished] Forest Western Red Cedar [ ] [ ] [ at request of ] [A.D.] Arlington, Washington 1922

    • arlington
    • washington

    Reformed Protestant Dutch Church at Tiossiook

    Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Tiossiook, New York StateNew YorkReformed Protestant Dutch Church at TiossiookOrganized May 2, 1792Present Building Erected 1823First Pastor Rev. S. SmithState...

    Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Tiossiook, New York StateNew YorkReformed Protestant Dutch Church at TiossiookOrganized May 2, 1792Present Building Erected 1823First Pastor Rev. S....

    • new york
    • tiossiook