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Funland

Submitted by @talllguy.

Submitted by @talllguy.

    Vega y Coca Sisters, Doña Rosa Bustamonte

    Submitted by @AnjaTEAgle.

    Submitted by @AnjaTEAgle.

      The Motion Picture Research

      IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN 1878 AND 1879 AT THE PALO ALTO FARM NOW THE SITE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY THIS EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENT PORTRAYING THE ATTITUDES...

      IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN 1878 AND 1879 AT THE PALO ALTO FARM NOW THE SITE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY THIS EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENT PORTRAYING THE...

        Stanford Volunteers Spanish-American War 1898-1899

          James Grant Fergusson

            Robert Edouard Pellissier

            ROBERT EDOUARD PELLISSIER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH KILLED AT THE SOMME AUGUST 29 1916 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY

            ROBERT EDOUARD PELLISSIER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH KILLED AT THE SOMME AUGUST 29 1916 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY

              Memorial Arch

              MEMORIAL ARCH. TO THE MEMORY OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR. BORN TO MORTALITY, MAY 14, 1868. PASSED TO IMMORTALITY, MARCH 13, 1884, ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, 1899

              MEMORIAL ARCH. TO THE MEMORY OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR. BORN TO MORTALITY, MAY 14, 1868. PASSED TO IMMORTALITY, MARCH 13, 1884, ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, 1899

                Restoration of the Stanford Campus

                  Memorial Church

                  MEMORIAL CHURCH ERECTED BY JANE LATHROP STANFORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND LELAND STANFORD

                  MEMORIAL CHURCH ERECTED BY JANE LATHROP STANFORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND LELAND STANFORD

                    The Burghers of Calais

                      Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless Grape

                      Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

                      Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

                      • california
                      • highway 20
                      • sutter county
                      • agriculture history
                      • thompson see...

                      Ramona Street Architectural District

                        The Gates of Hell

                          Payton Jordan Plaza

                            John I. Danielson

                            GIFT OF THE FRIENDS OF JOHN 1. DANIELSON DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID, EMERITUS 1968 - 1982 STOP AND STAY A WHILE FOR TOMORROW'S JOURNEY REQUIRES YOU BE RESTED

                            GIFT OF THE FRIENDS OF JOHN 1. DANIELSON DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID, EMERITUS 1968 - 1982 STOP AND STAY A WHILE FOR TOMORROW'S JOURNEY REQUIRES YOU BE RESTED

                              F Street Bridge

                              Plaque noting the construction of the concrete bridge over the Arkansas River in Salida, ColoradoERECTED AD 1900BY THE CITY OF SALIDALOUIS WENZMAYORJ.W. LODGEV.C. DAVENPORTJ.U. MOCKF.B....

                              Plaque noting the construction of the concrete bridge over the Arkansas River in Salida, ColoradoERECTED AD 1900BY THE CITY OF SALIDALOUIS WENZMAYORJ.W. LODGEV.C. DAVENPORTJ.U....

                              • bridge
                              • colorado
                              • salida
                              • arkansas river
                              • 1900

                              Woolworth's Sit-In, Jackson MS

                              Woolworth’s Sit-in“Woolworth’s variety store was the scene of a pivotal event in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement on May 28, 1963. When three black Tougaloo College students sat down at the...

                              Woolworth’s Sit-in“Woolworth’s variety store was the scene of a pivotal event in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement on May 28, 1963. When three black Tougaloo College students sat down at...

                              • woolworth's
                              • sit-in
                              • civil rights
                              • integration
                              • jackson
                              • mississippi ...
                              • tougaloo college
                              • 1963

                              Charles Evans Hughes

                              New York, Home of Distinguished Americans Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862 - August 7, 1948 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1930-1941 Governor of New York,...

                              New York, Home of Distinguished Americans Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862 - August 7, 1948 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1930-1941 Governor of New York,...

                              • charles evans hughes
                              • supreme court
                              • secretary of state
                              • governor
                              • court of int...

                              Japanese Pillbox White Beach, San Jose, Tacloban City

                              Submitted by JMatthewLara

                              Submitted by JMatthewLara

                                Vlad the Impaler

                                Submitted by @reporterjoe.

                                Submitted by @reporterjoe.