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Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

This light is opposite the turning point for ships making the difficult passage through the Straits of Mackinac, one of the business crossroads of the Great Lakes. McGulpin’s Point Light, two...

This light is opposite the turning point for ships making the difficult passage through the Straits of Mackinac, one of the business crossroads of the Great Lakes. McGulpin’s Point Light, two...

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Claremont Branch Library

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Julia Morgan

BUILT 1917 ARCHITECT JULIA MORGAN

BUILT 1917 ARCHITECT JULIA MORGAN

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Gene Farb

In Memory of Gene Farb Co-Founder Whole Earth Access

In Memory of Gene Farb Co-Founder Whole Earth Access

    Holy Cross Catholic Church

    Father Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) first landed on Beaver Island as a missionary in 1832. This church was built in 1860 and consecrated by Baraga, then Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie....

    Father Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) first landed on Beaver Island as a missionary in 1832. This church was built in 1860 and consecrated by Baraga, then Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie....

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    Old Fish Market

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

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

      The Queen's Hospital and the Birmingham Accident Hospital

      Submitted by @caddickbrown

      Submitted by @caddickbrown

        Royal William Victualling Yard

        ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD COMMISSIONED TO BE BUILT IN 1824 IN THE REIGN OF. KING GEORGE IV WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SUPPLYINC VICTUALS TO HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY COMPLETED IN THE REIGN OF KING...

        ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD COMMISSIONED TO BE BUILT IN 1824 IN THE REIGN OF. KING GEORGE IV WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SUPPLYINC VICTUALS TO HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY COMPLETED IN THE REIGN OF...

          September 3, 1935

          Remember September 3, 1935  During a doc strick, police arrsested 21 longshoremen picketing Pacific Coast Terminals. ILWU Local 502 still works the Fraser River.   Submitted by @WeBuildBC

          Remember September 3, 1935  During a doc strick, police arrsested 21 longshoremen picketing Pacific Coast Terminals. ILWU Local 502 still works the Fraser River.   Submitted by @WeBuildBC

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          St. Paul's Chapel

          ST PAUL'S CHAPEL THIS FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE, BUILT 1764-166, WITH SPIRE AID PORTICO ADDED 1794-1796 IS THE ONLY CHURCH STRUCTURE SURVIVING THE COLONIAL ERA OF NEW YORK CITY THE...

          ST PAUL'S CHAPEL THIS FAMOUS EXAMPLE OF GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE, BUILT 1764-166, WITH SPIRE AID PORTICO ADDED 1794-1796 IS THE ONLY CHURCH STRUCTURE SURVIVING THE COLONIAL ERA OF NEW YORK CITY THE...

            English Elm

            ENGLISH ELMULMUS PROCERA PLANTED 1906 DESIGNATED BY THE DAVIS CITY COUNCIL AS A LANDMARK TREE PLACED BY PACIFIC TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES OCTOBER 1969 Submitted by @jqmcd

            ENGLISH ELMULMUS PROCERA PLANTED 1906 DESIGNATED BY THE DAVIS CITY COUNCIL AS A LANDMARK TREE PLACED BY PACIFIC TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES OCTOBER 1969 Submitted by @jqmcd

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            William Davidson and Peter Mitchell

            WILLIAM DAVIDSON, 1740-1790 Born in Banffhire, Scotland, Davidson was the first English-speaking settler in Miramichi. As a pioneer in the fishing, masting, lumbering and ship-building indus-...

            WILLIAM DAVIDSON, 1740-1790 Born in Banffhire, Scotland, Davidson was the first English-speaking settler in Miramichi. As a pioneer in the fishing, masting, lumbering and ship-building indus-...

              Anthony J. Drexel

              ANTHONY J. DREXEL (1826 -1893) Entrepreneur and philan- thropist Drexel created the world's first trans- Atlantic banking network from an office first located here. It financed many U.S. railroads...

              ANTHONY J. DREXEL (1826 -1893) Entrepreneur and philan- thropist Drexel created the world's first trans- Atlantic banking network from an office first located here. It financed many U.S. railroads...

                Doug Wilson

                Doug Wilson March 9, 1947 April 26, 2013 Beloved Husband and Father May all who rest here be touched by his love, light, humor and smile  

                Doug Wilson March 9, 1947 April 26, 2013 Beloved Husband and Father May all who rest here be touched by his love, light, humor and smile

                  Boxcar

                  NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR FORTY & EIGHT FRENCH BOXCAR PAVILION HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICOo BRUCE KING, GOVERNOR NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR COMMISSION GILLE JARAMILLO, CHAIRMAN JIMMIE RANDALS, MICE...

                  NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR FORTY & EIGHT FRENCH BOXCAR PAVILION HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEW MEXICOo BRUCE KING, GOVERNOR NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR COMMISSION GILLE JARAMILLO, CHAIRMAN JIMMIE RANDALS,...

                    Valenzuela Adobe

                    SITE OF THE VALENZUELA ADOBE   Antonio Valenzuela, early ploneer of the town of San Juan Capistrano, built the adobe in the early 1840s, probably on the ruins of a mission Indian adobe dating to...

                    SITE OF THE VALENZUELA ADOBE   Antonio Valenzuela, early ploneer of the town of San Juan Capistrano, built the adobe in the early 1840s, probably on the ruins of a mission Indian adobe dating to...

                      Algiers Dry Dock

                      Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river, those...

                      Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river,...

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                      Algiers Courthouse

                      Erected in 1896To replace the Duverjé Plantation House which served as the courthouse from 1866 until it burned in the great Algiers Fire of 1895. Barthelmy Duverjé acquired title to the...

                      Erected in 1896To replace the Duverjé Plantation House which served as the courthouse from 1866 until it burned in the great Algiers Fire of 1895. Barthelmy Duverjé acquired title to the...

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                      Valena C. Jones Elementary School

                      Valena C. Jones School came largely through the efforts of Rev. Alfred Lawless, Beecher Congregational Church and the Seventh Ward Educational League. In 1904, they began a quest for an adequate...

                      Valena C. Jones School came largely through the efforts of Rev. Alfred Lawless, Beecher Congregational Church and the Seventh Ward Educational League. In 1904, they began a quest for an adequate...

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                      Fannie C Williams Pioneer in Public Education

                      As one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active civic leader, she was...

                      As one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active civic leader, she was...

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