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Captain Edward Stamp

Here Captain Edward Stamp pioneer industrialist and legislator started lumbering operations; then, finding a better site, he moved elsewhere on Burrard Inlet, and founded in the wilderness, now...

Here Captain Edward Stamp pioneer industrialist and legislator started lumbering operations; then, finding a better site, he moved elsewhere on Burrard Inlet, and founded in the wilderness,...

  • captain edward stamp
  • vancouver
  • stanley park
  • then finding...
  • moved elsewhere

Logan Square

    Mr. & Mrs. E. K. Anderson Memorial Fountain

    Submitted by Darren Platt

    Submitted by Darren Platt

      Oregon Caves National Monument

      • taft
      • oregon
      • caves
      • 1909

      VFW Bicentennial Veterans' Memorial

      HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT OF...

      HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT...

      • vfw
      • bicentennial
      • veterans
      • memorial

      CN Fort Langley Rail Station

      Submitted by @robertdall

      Submitted by @robertdall

      • langley
      • canada
      • british columbia
      • railroad

      Como-Harriet Streetcar Line

      Submitted by @gkatz

      Submitted by @gkatz

      • streetcar
      • railway
      • minnesota
      • minneapolis
      • 1880
      • motor line

      Historic Cannons from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

      HISTORIC CANNONS FROM LOUISBOURG, NOVA SCOTIA On June 23, 1758, the British Navy besieged Louisbourg, capital and major settlement of the French colony of Cape Breton Island. Three of the French...

      HISTORIC CANNONS FROM LOUISBOURG, NOVA SCOTIA On June 23, 1758, the British Navy besieged Louisbourg, capital and major settlement of the French colony of Cape Breton Island. Three of the French...

      • cannons
      • university o...
      • louisbourg
      • seige of louisbourg
      • british navy

      Resurrection Bay at Seward, Alaska

      Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: On August 28th, 1903, the steamer “Santa Ana” arrived in Resurrection Bay and Seward was founded by the Alaska Central Railway Co. as the ocean terminus...

      Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: On August 28th, 1903, the steamer “Santa Ana” arrived in Resurrection Bay and Seward was founded by the Alaska Central Railway Co. as the ocean...

      • resurrection bay
      • seward
      • alaska
      • clear day

      Wendler Building, Anchorage

      Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: Built in 1915, this is the first permanent building constructed in Anchorage and is now the oldest building still standing here. It was erected to house...

      Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: Built in 1915, this is the first permanent building constructed in Anchorage and is now the oldest building still standing here. It was erected to house...

      • wendler
      • anchorage
      • victorian
      • architecture

      Anchorage City Hall

      City Hall, 524 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: The doors of city hall were first opened on November 15, 1936. The building, which originally contained the...

      City Hall, 524 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: The doors of city hall were first opened on November 15, 1936. The building, which originally contained...

      • anchorage
      • 1935
      • new deal
      • public works...

      Arch of Constantine

      Translation c/o wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Constantine#Inscriptions imp(eratori) · caes(ari) · fl(avio) · constantino · maximo · p(io) · f(elici) · avgusto · s(enatus) ·...

      Translation c/o wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arch_of_Constantine#Inscriptions imp(eratori) · caes(ari) · fl(avio) · constantino · maximo · p(io) · f(elici) · avgusto · s(enatus) ·...

      • rome
      • romans
      • history
      • arch
      • architecture

      Amphitheatre Flavium

      Submitted by: @IanThorp

      Submitted by: @IanThorp

      • rome
      • romans
      • colosseum
      • italy

      Campbell River Waterfront c. 1950s

      • campbell river
      • british columbia

      Liberation of the Netherlands, Thank You Canada

      • 1945
      • 2005
      • netherlands
      • liberation
      • thank you canada

      Humber Bay Promenade Dedication

      HUMBER BAY PROMENADE This Portion of HUMBER BAY PROMENADE is Dedicated to the CITY OF ETOBICOKE by CAMROST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION in Conjunction with the Development of MARINA DEL REY Official...

      HUMBER BAY PROMENADE This Portion of HUMBER BAY PROMENADE is Dedicated to the CITY OF ETOBICOKE by CAMROST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION in Conjunction with the Development of MARINA DEL REY...

      • dedication
      • etobicoke
      • humber bay promenade
      • toronto

      Duquesne Heights Incline

      The Society for Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline dedicates the restored Lower Section  In Memory of  JAMES PRESKEN  Mr. Presken worked for nearly 30 years to  PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN...

      The Society for Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline dedicates the restored Lower Section  In Memory of  JAMES PRESKEN  Mr. Presken worked for nearly 30 years to  PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN...

      • pittsburgh
      • pennsylvania
      • incline
      • duquesne

      Wesleyan Chapel, First Woman's Rights Convention

      On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel where the First Woman's Rights Convention in the World's history was held July 19 and 20 1848  Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved this resolution which was...

      On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel where the First Woman's Rights Convention in the World's history was held July 19 and 20 1848  Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved this resolution which...

      • 1848
      • woman's rights
      • voting

      Boston Common

      Boston Common  In or about the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty and four the then present inhabitants of the Town of Boston of Whom the Honble John Winthrop Esqr Govnr of the...

      Boston Common  In or about the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty and four the then present inhabitants of the Town of Boston of Whom the Honble John Winthrop Esqr Govnr of...

      • boston
      • massachusetts
      • 1634
      • blackstone

      First Convention for Woman's Right was Held on this Corner 1848

      • seneca fall
      • new york
      • woman's rights