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Federal Reserve Bank of New York

LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK  INSPIRED BY FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE PALACES AND COMPLETED IN 1924, THIS STRUCTURE OF INDIANA LIMESTONE AND OHIO SANDSTONE WITH IRONWORK BY...

• new york
• nyc
• bank
• bedrock
• subterranean
• renaissance

Cotting School

COTTING SCHOOL A TRADITION OF INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE  SINCE 1893 In 1893, two pioneering orthopedic surgeons, Drs. Augustus Thorndike and Edward Bradford founded The Industrial School...

• boston
• massachusetts
• school
• disabilities

Yolo County Marine Memorial

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN HONORED MEMORY OF EVERY MARINE WHO LIVED IN THE COUNTY OF YOLO  SEMPER FIDELIS [Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske.

• yolo
• california
• woodland
• marines

Freeway Revolt

  DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 TO HONORABLE SUSAN J. BIERMAN  THIS BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF TREES AND GREENERY HONORS A TRUE CHAMPION WHO BROUGHT THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER IN AN EIGHT YEAR STRUGGLE TO...

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• grove
• trees
• freeway
• panhandle

Key Route Terminal

KEY ROUTE TERMINAL This was the main terminal for the Key System Railway during World War II.  The Shipyard Railway – also known as the “Pass the Ammunition”  Railway – was built by the Key...

• oakland
• wwii
• kaiser
• railway
• san francisco
• san jose
• key route

Aviation Park Grand Reopening and Aviation Field Grand Opending

  Submitted by @zeroisme.

• redondo beach
• california
• park

Daniel Freeman Leased the Land

  Submitted by @zeroisme.

• redondo beach
• california
• park
• pollywog

Glen M. Anderson Park

Submitted by @zeroisme.

• redondo beach
• california
• park

Attacked by a Herd of Walruses

IN MEMORY OF SGT.No. 3566 R. M. L. DONALDSON DROWNED ON AUGUST 14, 1908, WHEN HIS POLICE BOAT WAS ATTACKED BY A HERD OF WALRUSES OFF MARBLE ISLAND, HUDSON BAY, NORTH WEST TERRITORIES Full story...

• churchill
• manitoba
• canada
• boat
• police boat
• walrus
• herd of walruses

The Last Hangings in Toronto

Submittted by @ScenesFromACity 

• jail
• hanging
• york
• toronto
• canada

Fred the Character and Shem the Gentleman

IN MEMORY OF FRED THE CHARACTER AND SHEM THE GENTLEMAN NOW FOREVER IN TRAPALANDA Submitted by @disastrophe 

• fred
• shem
• traplanda
• england
• uk

Disappearance of Albert J. Fountain and his son Henry

Albert Jennings Fountain was a Civil War veteran, New Mexico legislator and prominent lawyer. On February 1, 1896 Fountain and his eight-year-old son, Henry, were traveling home to Mesilla...

• new mexico
• civil war
• veteran
• cattle
• rustling
• legislator

Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB OAKLAND EST. 1957 Submitted by @3liz 

• motorcycle
• hells angels
• club
• oakland
• california
• bay area

Dedication plaque at Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

"This stone was laid by Her Majesty The Queen on the twelfth day of July 1970" In 1970, Queen Elizabeth II came to Canada to celebrate the Province of Manitoba's 100th anniversary as a member of...

• queen elizabeth ii
• qeii
• manitoba
• canada

Clara Barton

Submitted by @cv4nash.‏

• civil war
• washington dc
• harlowe
• barton
• nurse
• nursing
• geneva convention
• red cross

The Normal Schools of Alberta

Submitted by ‏@shawnbrackett  Located at: University of Calgary, 1340 Education Tower, 2750 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada  

• alberta
• canada
• schools

The First Successful Flight of an Airplane

THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF AN AIRPLANE WAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY ORVILLE WRIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT   THIS TABLET...

• wright brothers
• airplane
• north carolina

That Inhaling Ether Causes Insensibility to Pain

TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVER THAT THE INHALING OF ETHER CAUSES INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN FIRST PROVED TO THE WORLD AT THE MASS. GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BOSTON OCTOBER AD MDCCCXLVI Submitted by @thatmattwade 

• boston
• massachusetts
• medicine
• ether
• mgh

Canada Place

Canada Place Canada Place was the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Pier B-C ocean liner terminal in the 1920s. In 1982, the Government of Canada redeveloped it as the Canadian Pavilion for The Expo ’86...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• canada place
• sails
• expo 86

The Fathomless Richness of the Seabed

The Fathomless Richness of the Seabed Mural by Jordi Bonet In 1968 Jordi Bonet was commissioned to design this mural. By the abstract treatment of his subject the sea, with colour and texture,...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• art
• mural
• guinness tower
• office
• jordi bonet