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Benicia Arsenal Building

BENICIA ARSENAL 1850-1964 FIRST FOUR PERMANENT STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED AT BENICIA ARSENAL 1853-57 AS POWDER MAGAZINE. ENGINE HOUSE, TWO LARGE STORAGE BUILDINGS AU U.S. ARM'S PACIFIC COAST SUPPLY...

BENICIA ARSENAL 1850-1964 FIRST FOUR PERMANENT STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED AT BENICIA ARSENAL 1853-57 AS POWDER MAGAZINE. ENGINE HOUSE, TWO LARGE STORAGE BUILDINGS AU U.S. ARM'S PACIFIC COAST SUPPLY...

    The Jimmy Doolittle Pier

      Mass Trespass Onto Kinder Scout

      THE MASS TRESPASS ONTO KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932 Submitted by @DamoBell

      THE MASS TRESPASS ONTO KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932 Submitted by @DamoBell

        Ludington Car Ferries / S. S. Badger

        Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry service...

        Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry...

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        LAPD’s first fully- staffed Kōban

        “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

        “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

          The Pinelli Building

          Sonoma City Landmark No. 4 The Pinelli Building Constructed OE Native Stoue ln 1891 By Augostino Pinelli

          Sonoma City Landmark No. 4 The Pinelli Building Constructed OE Native Stoue ln 1891 By Augostino Pinelli

            Indesign

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              San Francisco Mining Exchange

                Murder in the Cathedral

                The spot in Canterbury Cathedral at which Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by supporters of King Henry II in 1170 CE.

                The spot in Canterbury Cathedral at which Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by supporters of King Henry II in 1170 CE.

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                • pope john paul ii
                • robert runcie

                EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

                HONORING OUR RETIREES RELAX AND ENJOY, DEDICATED MARCH 2002 EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

                HONORING OUR RETIREES RELAX AND ENJOY, DEDICATED MARCH 2002 EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

                  Maj. Charles Lee Tilden

                    Nimitz Way

                      Rainbow Bridge Bench

                        Dr. Jose P. Rizal

                          Andrea Brenta

                            Bertha Ryland

                            A plaque in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery marking the spot where in 1914 suffragette Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in support of votes for women.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                            A plaque in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery marking the spot where in 1914 suffragette Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in support of votes for women.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

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                            • votes for women
                            • bertha ryland

                            Help Given to German Children by the Irish People after World War II

                              Glorious Kingdom Primitive Baptist Church

                                Lifeboats

                                  The Forgotten Irish