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Andrews University

This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

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In Fond & Loving Memory of Anthony, Colleen & Vivien Wong

    Parque del Tepeyac

      Johnson & Wales University

        Sallie Rutherford Thaler

        Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

        Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

          Pastore e Padre Amatissimo

            Tony Forster

              POW Tree

                NO. 239 MISSION SAN LUÍS REY DE FRANCIA

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                  Centenario de la Constitucion

                    Yankees

                    "The Yankees are wonderful  people. If they emigrated to  hell itself, they would somehow  manage to change the climate." General Mariano Vallejo

                    "The Yankees are wonderful  people. If they emigrated to  hell itself, they would somehow  manage to change the climate." General Mariano Vallejo

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                    Keweenaw Bay

                    This region’s history is long and rich. Father Ménard, the Jesuit missionary, wintered near what is now L’Anse in 1660-61. Near here Father Baraga set up his mission in 1843. He and the head of...

                    This region’s history is long and rich. Father Ménard, the Jesuit missionary, wintered near what is now L’Anse in 1660-61. Near here Father Baraga set up his mission in 1843. He and the head of...

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                    Brent Moriwaki

                      The Giant Dipper

                      THE GIANT DIPPER  SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK

                      THE GIANT DIPPER  SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK

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                      Cornwallis

                      First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.   Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program and Flickr...

                      First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.   Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program and...

                        Brownsville Veterans

                          Croswell House / Governor Charles M. Croswell

                          Charles Croswell helped his guardian and uncle, Daniel Hicks, build this Greek Revival house. He and his first wife, Lucy Eddy, bought the 1840s building from his uncle’s estate in 1853. The house...

                          Charles Croswell helped his guardian and uncle, Daniel Hicks, build this Greek Revival house. He and his first wife, Lucy Eddy, bought the 1840s building from his uncle’s estate in 1853. The house...

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                          Site of the First Yolo County Public Library Branch

                          SITE OF THE FIRST YOLO COUNTY  PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH  CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIZENS FINANCED THE LOT  PURCHASE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DAVIS  LIBRARY, WHICH SERVED DAVIS AT THIS LOCATION ...

                          SITE OF THE FIRST YOLO COUNTY  PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH  CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIZENS FINANCED THE LOT  PURCHASE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DAVIS  LIBRARY, WHICH SERVED DAVIS AT THIS LOCATION ...

                            La Patria Agradecida

                              F.D. Chase Building

                              F. D. Chase Building   William Wharff, Architect, 1909 Renovated by Jim Novosel, The Bay Architects, 2001   During Berkeley’s early 20th Century development boom, the F.D. Chase Real Estate...

                              F. D. Chase Building   William Wharff, Architect, 1909 Renovated by Jim Novosel, The Bay Architects, 2001   During Berkeley’s early 20th Century development boom, the F.D. Chase Real...