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B.C. Electric Building

City of Vancouver Heritage Building B.C. Electric Building Architects: Sharp and Thompson Berwick Pratt This landmark building, completed in 1957 as the head office for the BC Electric Company, is...

City of Vancouver Heritage Building B.C. Electric Building Architects: Sharp and Thompson Berwick Pratt This landmark building, completed in 1957 as the head office for the BC Electric Company, is...

  • vancouver
  • british columbia
  • canada
  • heritage building
  • bc electric building
  • heritage horns

Terry Pratchett

ANKH-MORPORK CONSULATE - WINGCANTON  TERRY PRATCHETT (EQUAL RITES, 1987)  'OFTEN THERE IS NO MORE THAN A LITTLE PLAQUE TO REVEAL THAT, AGAINST ALL GYNAECOLOGICAL PROBABILITY, SOMEONE VERY FAMOUS...

ANKH-MORPORK CONSULATE - WINGCANTON  TERRY PRATCHETT (EQUAL RITES, 1987)  'OFTEN THERE IS NO MORE THAN A LITTLE PLAQUE TO REVEAL THAT, AGAINST ALL GYNAECOLOGICAL PROBABILITY, SOMEONE VERY FAMOUS...

    Passages Jouffroy et Verdeau

    • paris
    • france
    • jouffroy

    George Orwell

    GEORGE ORWELL 1903 - 1950 NOVELIST & POLITICAL ESSAYIST LIVED HERE

    GEORGE ORWELL 1903 - 1950 NOVELIST & POLITICAL ESSAYIST LIVED HERE

    • orwell
    • london
    • england

    Herman Melville

    ENGLISH HERITAGE  HERMAN MELVILLE 1819 - 1891 Author of Moby Dick lived here in 1849

    ENGLISH HERITAGE  HERMAN MELVILLE 1819 - 1891 Author of Moby Dick lived here in 1849

    • melville
    • london
    • england
    • moby dick
    • 1849

    Berkeley Fire Station No. 2

    • berkeley
    • fire
    • fire department
    • 1961
    • 1998
    • california
    • bay area

    First Latin School of New Amsterdam

    THE FIRST LATIN SCHOOL OF NEW AMSTERDAM WAS FOUNDED ON THIS SITE IN 1659 BY DR. ALEXANDER-CAROLUS CURSIUS-CURTIUS. LITHUANIAN NOBLEMAN AND SCHOLAR WHO CAME TO THE DUTCH COLONY AS LATIN SCHOOL...

    THE FIRST LATIN SCHOOL OF NEW AMSTERDAM WAS FOUNDED ON THIS SITE IN 1659 BY DR. ALEXANDER- CAROLUS CURSIUS-CURTIUS. LITHUANIAN NOBLEMAN AND SCHOLAR WHO CAME TO THE DUTCH COLONY AS LATIN SCHOOL...

    • new york
    • nyc
    • new amsterdam
    • latin school
    • stuyvesant
    • lithuania

    Hotel Woodland

    Submitted by Sheila Paske.

    Submitted by Sheila Paske.

    • woodland
    • california
    • hotel
    • 1928

    Tremaine Nature Preserve

    Conservation of this 64 acre preserve was made possible by a grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation in honor of Burton G. Tremaine 1901 – 1991 and the generosity of the community of Hunting...

    Conservation of this 64 acre preserve was made possible by a grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation in honor of Burton G. Tremaine 1901 – 1991 and the generosity of the community of Hunting...

    • nature-preserve
    • hunting-valley
    • ohio

    20 French Soldiers

    "In Memory of Twenty French Soldiers Who, Serving Under Lafayette, Died While in Camp at Norwich Town 1778."   Submitted by: Tim Malone

    "In Memory of Twenty French Soldiers Who, Serving Under Lafayette, Died While in Camp at Norwich Town 1778."   Submitted by: Tim Malone

    • memorial
    • lafayette
    • revolutionary war
    • france
    • soldiers

    Dr. William Beaumont (and the gastric fistula)

    In memory of Dr. Beaumont, the subject of the Radiolab episode titled "Guts". http://www.radiolab.org/story/197112-guts/ He is known for performing experiments on a man who was shot in the...

    In memory of Dr. Beaumont, the subject of the Radiolab episode titled "Guts". http://www.radiolab.org/story/197112-guts/ He is known for performing experiments on a man who was shot in the...

    • medicine
    • science
    • fistula
    • radiolab
    • beaumont
    • alexis
    • experiment

    In Memory of Horace Wells (the blessings of anaesthesia)

    A very ornate plaque across from the Old State House in Hartford. The font is hard to read, but i think i got it. "In memory of Horace Wells, dentist, who upon this spot December 11, 1844...

    A very ornate plaque across from the Old State House in Hartford. The font is hard to read, but i think i got it. "In memory of Horace Wells, dentist, who upon this spot December 11,...

    • medical
    • anaesthesia
    • science
    • surgery
    • hartford
    • discovery
    • blessings

    The Class of 1897 Gateway

    The Class of 1897 Gateway Beginning in the early 1890s, the taller pillars you see before you marked the one-lane gateway to the campus from State Street. Purdue's class of 1897 paid to enlarge...

    The Class of 1897 Gateway Beginning in the early 1890s, the taller pillars you see before you marked the one-lane gateway to the campus from State Street. Purdue's class of 1897 paid to enlarge...

    • pillars
    • gateway
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana

    Fort Flora

    Fort Flora Built on this site by civilians to protect approximately ten families during the War of 1812. Named for landowner David Flora. Ten such forts were built circa 1811-1813 in area that...

    Fort Flora Built on this site by civilians to protect approximately ten families during the War of 1812. Named for landowner David Flora. Ten such forts were built circa 1811-1813 in area...

    • fort flora
    • washington
    • indiana

    Abraham Lincoln addressed the citizens of Washington, Indiana on October 26, 1844

    Near this site Abraham Lincoln addressed the citizens of Washington, Indiana on October 26, 1844 This plaque erected by the Daviess County Bicentennial Committee 1976   Submitted by: Charles...

    Near this site Abraham Lincoln addressed the citizens of Washington, Indiana on October 26, 1844 This plaque erected by the Daviess County Bicentennial Committee 1976   Submitted by: Charles...

    • abraham lincoln
    • washington
    • indiana

    In Memory Of The Pioneer Men and Women

    In memory of the pioneer men and women who passed this way in covered wagons 1830-1930 Erected by John Bell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1931   Submitted by David Kolenda

    In memory of the pioneer men and women who passed this way in covered wagons 1830-1930 Erected by John Bell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1931   Submitted by David Kolenda

    • pioneer
    • covered wagon
    • madison

    Theoretical Half Way Point

    LATITUDE 45 N THEORETICAL HALF WAY PIONT NORTH POLE --> 3117.55 MILES EQUATOR <-- 3097.39 MILES  THE SPHEROIDAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH MAKES DEGREES OF LATITUDE IN THE NORTH LONGER THAN IN THE SOUTH....

    LATITUDE 45 N THEORETICAL HALF WAY PIONT NORTH POLE --> 3117.55 MILES EQUATOR <-- 3097.39 MILES  THE SPHEROIDAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH MAKES DEGREES OF LATITUDE IN THE NORTH LONGER THAN IN THE...

    • wisconsin
    • latitude 45
    • theoretical ...
    • noyes

    Pony Express Ferry Carquinez

    • martinez
    • carquinez
    • california
    • pony express

    ASEA Vasteras Suecia

    ASEA  VASTERAS SUECIA REPRESENTANTES GENERALES PARA BOLIVIA COMPANIA SKP DE BOLIVIA  LA PAZ [Location approximate]

    ASEA  VASTERAS SUECIA REPRESENTANTES GENERALES PARA BOLIVIA COMPANIA SKP DE BOLIVIA  LA PAZ [Location approximate]

    • bolivia
    • la paz
    • skp

    Story of Dry Falls

    STORY OF DRY FALLS  THESE CLIFFS ARE SKELETAL REMAINS OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE WORLD'S LARGEST WATERFALL. THEY BEAR STARK WITNESS TO THE TREMENDOUS POWER OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODS THAT SWEPT OVER EASTERN...

    STORY OF DRY FALLS  THESE CLIFFS ARE SKELETAL REMAINS OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE WORLD'S LARGEST WATERFALL. THEY BEAR STARK WITNESS TO THE TREMENDOUS POWER OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODS THAT SWEPT OVER EASTERN...

    • washington
    • falls
    • coulee
    • floods
    • canyon