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Galena, Illinois

    Route 66 start Chicago demarcation

      Huw Davies

      In loving memory of Huw Davies Used to sit here and shout 'Fuck off!' at the seagulls Submitted by @EquusontheBuses.

      In loving memory of Huw Davies Used to sit here and shout 'Fuck off!' at the seagulls Submitted by @EquusontheBuses.

      • seagulls

      California Hardware & Grocery Store

      Submitted by @jqmcd.

      Submitted by @jqmcd.

        Charlie Santana

        Submitted by @jqmcd.

        Submitted by @jqmcd.

          Henrietta K. Rosman

            By A Friend of the Sculptor

              San Francisco WWI and WWII Memorial

                American Bison

                  Caples House

                  Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

                  Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

                    Dr Charles Caples House Orchard

                    Submitted by @Ritterton.

                    Submitted by @Ritterton.

                      For The U.S Life- Saving Service

                      BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

                      BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

                        Ike & Marlene Dweck / Victor & Cheryl Azrak

                        THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן מאסו...

                        THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן...

                        • brooklyn
                        • gravesend
                        • cornerstone
                        • ike dweck
                        • marlene dweck
                        • victor azrak
                        • cheryl azrak

                        Kim's Video at the Alamo Drafthouse

                        Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

                        Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

                        • new york
                        • downtown manhattan
                        • kim's video
                        • alamo drafthouse
                        • salemi
                        • italy
                        • wall street

                        Soonae Tark - Have a Happy Day

                        Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

                        Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

                        • new york
                        • the bronx
                        • buhre avenue
                        • mta
                        • subway
                        • art
                        • soonae tark

                        Brooklyn Celebrity Path - William M. Gaines

                        Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

                        Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

                        • new york
                        • brooklyn
                        • brooklyn bot...
                        • celebrity path
                        • william m. gaines

                        Paddling Jamaica Bay

                        Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

                        Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

                        • new york
                        • brooklyn
                        • canarsie
                        • jamaica bay
                        • kayaking
                        • canoeing

                        Lee Shelley

                        Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these sites...

                        Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these...

                        • new york
                        • brooklyn
                        • canarsie
                        • jamaica bay
                        • shirley chis...
                        • lee shirley

                        Edward Drinker Cope

                        EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers describing...

                        EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers...

                          Norwalk, Conneticut

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