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Great 1909 Auto Race

GREAT 1909 AUTO RACE From this point in front of The Tampa Daily Times Building on Nov. 23, 1909, was started the Tampa - to - Jacksonville "endurance run" to promote good roads for Florida....

GREAT 1909 AUTO RACE From this point in front of The Tampa Daily Times Building on Nov. 23, 1909, was started the Tampa - to - Jacksonville "endurance run" to promote good roads for...

    In This House Jane Austen Lived Her Last Days And Died 18th July 1817

    Submitted by @theoldstationuk

    Submitted by @theoldstationuk

      Transportation Encouraged Development

        Dr. Lawrence F. Flick

        DR. LAWRENCE F FLICK Pioneer in antituberculosis campaign and among first to recognize this disease was communicable. Organized first American tuberculosis society 1892. Founded White Haven...

        DR. LAWRENCE F FLICK Pioneer in antituberculosis campaign and among first to recognize this disease was communicable. Organized first American tuberculosis society 1892. Founded White...

          The First Telegraph Office in the Southern Hemisphere

          Submitted by @_marty_k

          Submitted by @_marty_k

            Hess v. Indiana

            Hess v. Indiana An Indiana University student protest led to a landmark First Amendment case. In response to the National Guard's killing of four students demonstrating against the Vietnam War at...

            Hess v. Indiana An Indiana University student protest led to a landmark First Amendment case. In response to the National Guard's killing of four students demonstrating against the Vietnam War...

              Fruit Jar High

              A two-story red brick building that housed Berea's elementary and high schools stood on this corner until demolished in 1972. The high school was nicknamed, "Fruit Jar High" after an Incident in...

              A two-story red brick building that housed Berea's elementary and high schools stood on this corner until demolished in 1972. The high school was nicknamed, "Fruit Jar High" after an Incident...

                John Goodricke

                From a window in Treasurer's House near this tablet. the young deaf and dumb astronomer JOHN GOODRICKE 1764 -1786 who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 21, observed the...

                From a window in Treasurer's House near this tablet. the young deaf and dumb astronomer JOHN GOODRICKE 1764 -1786 who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 21, observed...

                  Benedict Arnold House

                  HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD, FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, PROMINENT MERCHANT AND TRADER 1787 TO 1791 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Submitted by @bthubbard

                  HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD, FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, PROMINENT MERCHANT AND TRADER 1787 TO 1791 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Submitted by @bthubbard

                    The Vanderhorst Allee of Oaks

                      Canadian Westinghouse Building

                      Submitted by @GreenlandCanada

                      Submitted by @GreenlandCanada

                        The Old Exchange

                        THE OLD EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED IN 1767 BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETED IN 1771 DEEDED IN 1917 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA...

                        THE OLD EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED IN 1767 BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETED IN 1771 DEEDED IN 1917 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH...

                          Benjamin Franklin Court

                            Sunsweep, New Brunswick

                            Submitted by @bthubbard

                            Submitted by @bthubbard

                            • sunsweep

                            Bettis Family Cemetery

                            Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

                            Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

                            • shelby county
                            • tennessee

                            In Memory of William Heath Robinson

                            Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

                            Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

                              The Old Rotation at Auburn University

                              ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd oldest...

                              ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd...

                                Second Bank of the United States

                                • that war
                                • the war of 1861-1865
                                • one of the v...

                                Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

                                Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

                                Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

                                  Boston Temple Bell

                                  Submitted by @sethlkap.

                                  Submitted by @sethlkap.