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The Buttonwood Agreement

THE BUTTONWOOD AGREEMENT IN 1792, RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE STANDING, THE BUTTONWOOD AGREEMENT WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED AND EXECUTED, ESTABLISHING THE FIRST EVER NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. AT THE TIME, THE...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • wall street
  • nyse
  • 1792

Corner of Confusion

In an effort to honor the sudden stress countless visitors experience in the burden of choice upon arriving at this junction in Ærøskøbing on the island of Ærø, Denmark, I have created this...

  • corner
  • confusion
  • danmark
  • denmark
  • ærø

Nicasio St. Mary's

    Saint Bernard Church

      Abri de Cro-Magnon

      ABRI DE CRO-MAGNON ICI FURENT DE COUVERTS EN 1868 LES HOMMES, DE CRO-MAGNON PAR FRANÇOIS BERTHOUMEYROU

        New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative

          Clifton House Site

            Surveyor's Monument for Castro's Rancho - 1838

            SURVEYORS MONUMENT FOR CASTRO'S RANCHO 1838 - THIS BUCKEYE TREE WAS A SURVEY MONUMENT FOR GUILLERMO CASTRO'S 26.722 ACRE RANCHO SAN LORENZO. STONES IN THIS WALL CAME FROM THE FOUNDATION OF...

              John H. Finger, George S. Smith, Stan E. Sillerud

              IN LOVING MEMORY JOHN H. FINGER GEORGE S. SMITH STAN E. SILLERUD

                Le Plus Important Centre Francais de Rapatriement

                ENTRE AVRIL ET AOÛT 1945, UN GRAND NOMBRE DE RESCAPÉS DES CAMPS DE PRISONNIERS, DES CAMPS DE CONCENTRATION, DES CAMPS DE TRAVAIL FORCÉ, TOUS VICTIMES DU NAZISME, FURENT A LEUR RETOUR ACCUEILLIS...

                  Les Gravures et Peintures Prehistoriques

                  LES GRAVURES ET PEINTURES PREHISTORIQUES DE ROUFFIGNAC FURENT SCIENTIFIQUEMENT DÉCOUVERTES LE 26 JUIN 1956: PAR LE PROFESSEUR LOUIS-RENE NOUGIER DIRECTEUR DE CIRSTITUT D'ABT PREHISTORIQUE...

                    Grotte de Font-de- Gaume Painting

                      Caverne de Font-de- Gaume

                        Sanitas Quarries

                          C. Bruce Orvis II

                          C. Bruce Orvis II 1927-2010 Founder of Modern Bear Valley Cattleman Football Hero Visionary Bruce Orvis combined his love for the mountains with his prodigious energy to create the community of...