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Buckingham Hospital

In the waiting room of Buckingham Hospital which is based around a former nursing home: TO THE GREAT PHYSICIAN OF SOULS AND OF BODIES OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND IN THANKFUL...

In the waiting room of Buckingham Hospital which is based around a former nursing home: TO THE GREAT PHYSICIAN OF SOULS AND OF BODIES OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND IN...

  • hospital
  • buckingham
  • egerton
  • uk
  • england

Floyd Bjornstjerne Olson

IN MEMORIAM 1891 1936 FLOYD BJORNSTJERNE OLSON TWENTY-SECOND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA  BORN IN NEAR POVERTY SCHOOLED IN ADVERSITY INTIMATE WITH HUNGER AND WANT  OUT OF THIS CRUCIBLE CAME...

IN MEMORIAM 1891 1936 FLOYD BJORNSTJERNE OLSON TWENTY-SECOND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA  BORN IN NEAR POVERTY SCHOOLED IN ADVERSITY INTIMATE WITH HUNGER AND WANT  OUT OF THIS CRUCIBLE CAME...

  • minnesota
  • olson
  • governor
  • font
  • builded
  • wrought
  • poverty

James Henry Greathead

  J.H. Greathead, chief engineer, City and South London Railway, inventor of the travelling shield that made possible the cutting of the tunnels of London's deep level tube system.   Submitted by...

  J.H. Greathead, chief engineer, City and South London Railway, inventor of the travelling shield that made possible the cutting of the tunnels of London's deep level tube system.   Submitted...

  • london
  • england
  • railway
  • engineer

Collierville, Tenn.

Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd,...

Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd,...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Germaine Necker

1813 - 1814 GERMAINE NECKER BARONNE DE STAEL-HOLSTEIN  LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE DURING THE LAST OF HER TEN YEARS OF EXILE  Submitted by benhammersley

1813 - 1814 GERMAINE NECKER BARONNE DE STAEL- HOLSTEIN  LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE DURING THE LAST OF HER TEN YEARS OF EXILE  Submitted by benhammersley

  • london
  • england
  • necker

Edward Hull Crump

[On the seats] To The Great Public Benefactor Edward Hull Crump Memphis Dedicates This Tribute [On the statue base] Erected By The People Of The City Of Memphis In Memory Of Edward Hull Crump...

[On the seats] To The Great Public Benefactor Edward Hull Crump Memphis Dedicates This Tribute [On the statue base] Erected By The People Of The City Of Memphis In Memory Of Edward Hull...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Dominic DiMaggio

  • san francisco
  • california
  • di

Dominic Paul DiMaggio

  • bespectacled
  • san francisco
  • california
  • dimaggio

Coblentz Concourse, SFO

COBLENTZ CONCOURSE DEDICATED TO WILLIAM K. COBLENTZ  IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN FOUNDING THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSION AND HIS 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, FOR HIS...

COBLENTZ CONCOURSE DEDICATED TO WILLIAM K. COBLENTZ  IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN FOUNDING THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSION AND HIS 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, FOR...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • airport

Shedo S. "Buck" Russo

SHEDO S. "BUCK" RUSSO "CITIZEN OF MONTEREY"  MAYOR - 1959 - 1961 COUNCILMAN - 1941 - 1959  THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEREY PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATES TO THE MEMORY OF SHELDON S. "BUCK"...

SHEDO S. "BUCK" RUSSO "CITIZEN OF MONTEREY"  MAYOR - 1959 - 1961 COUNCILMAN - 1941 - 1959  THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEREY PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATES TO THE MEMORY OF SHELDON S. "BUCK"...

  • monterey
  • california
  • 1971