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Camp Pine Knot

Submitted by MrWilsonZ

Submitted by MrWilsonZ

    Charter Oak, Orange Connecticut

    [Location approximate] Submitted by @Todd_A_Richard

    [Location approximate] Submitted by @Todd_A_Richard

      The Japanese Community

        The Chestnut Avenue was give by friends in 1979 of Mark Dent-Brocklehurst 1932-1972

        Submitted by @caddickbrown

        Submitted by @caddickbrown

          Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit

          DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRST WORKING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THE TWENTIETH - CENTURY AGE OF ELECTRONICS CAN TRACE ITS ROOTS TO THE 1906 INVENTION OF THE TRIODE VACUUM TUBE, WHICH MARKED THE BIRTH OF...

          DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRST WORKING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THE TWENTIETH - CENTURY AGE OF ELECTRONICS CAN TRACE ITS ROOTS TO THE 1906 INVENTION OF THE TRIODE VACUUM TUBE, WHICH MARKED THE BIRTH...

            In Memory of Ann Davis

            Submitted by @prateekbuch

            Submitted by @prateekbuch

              C. B. "Bill" Miller Bridge

              Submitted by @SpencerWeather

              Submitted by @SpencerWeather

                The Saloon, San Francisco

                Submitted by _gb_br

                Submitted by _gb_br

                • 1858
                • fruit store

                Most Patriotic Village

                MOST PATRIOTIC VILLAGE ON JUNE 6, 1944, WHICH WAS D-DAY IN EUROPE, THE VILLAGE OF ARTHUR WITH A POPULATION OF 836, HAD 116 SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MANY OF WHOM WERE...

                MOST PATRIOTIC VILLAGE ON JUNE 6, 1944, WHICH WAS D-DAY IN EUROPE, THE VILLAGE OF ARTHUR WITH A POPULATION OF 836, HAD 116 SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MANY OF WHOM...

                • arthur
                • ontario
                • patriotic
                • enlistment
                • wwii

                Site of Launching of World's First Liquid Propellant Rocket By Dr Robert H. Goddard 16 March 1926

                Submitted by @RNewengland

                Submitted by @RNewengland

                  Bloody Monday

                  In the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and discrimination. On 10 June, two demonstrations...

                  In the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and discrimination. On 10 June, two...

                    New York City AIDS Memorial

                    Submitted by @Ritterton

                    Submitted by @Ritterton

                      Ford Building

                      Submitted by TopiOtter

                      Submitted by TopiOtter

                        Original Workshop of George Michell

                        THIS BUILDING (C1896) IS THE ORIGINAL WORKSHOP OF GEORGE MICHELL MCE FRS INVENTOR AND PATENTEE OF THE 'MICHELL THRUST BEARING & CRANKLESS ENGINE' [location approximate] Submitted by @_rebeccajackson

                        THIS BUILDING (C1896) IS THE ORIGINAL WORKSHOP OF GEORGE MICHELL MCE FRS INVENTOR AND PATENTEE OF THE 'MICHELL THRUST BEARING & CRANKLESS ENGINE' [location approximate] Submitted by @_rebeccajackson

                        • crankless engine
                        • thrust bearing

                        Peace Memorial Park Hamilton

                        PEACE MEMORIAL PARK Prior to the demolition of Peace Memorial School in 2005, plans were formulated to create a neighbourhood park on this site. This memorial arch relates to the ancient Romans,...

                        PEACE MEMORIAL PARK Prior to the demolition of Peace Memorial School in 2005, plans were formulated to create a neighbourhood park on this site. This memorial arch relates to the ancient Romans,...

                        • education
                        • school
                        • arch
                        • peace
                        • memorial
                        • park
                        • military

                        Gene Tunney Park

                        Submitted by @barnhq

                        Submitted by @barnhq

                          Joseph Bloor

                          Submitted by @Liza_Poulos

                          Submitted by @Liza_Poulos

                            STOOM DIAMANTSLIJPERLI

                            DE EERSTE STEEN DEZER STOOM DIAMANTSLIJPERIJ IS GELEGD DOOR DEN HEER H. J. BOAS 2 AUGUSTUS 1878

                            DE EERSTE STEEN DEZER STOOM DIAMANTSLIJPERIJ IS GELEGD DOOR DEN HEER H. J. BOAS 2 AUGUSTUS 1878

                              Colorado Avenue Viaduct

                              Submitted by @Ritterton

                              Submitted by @Ritterton

                                Clara's Climb

                                CLARA'S CLIMBWinnipeg-born cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes passed this lookout hundreds of times as she trained to become Canada's most accomplished Olympian. In 1991, at age 19, Hughes...

                                CLARA'S CLIMBWinnipeg-born cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes passed this lookout hundreds of times as she trained to become Canada's most accomplished Olympian. In 1991, at age 19,...

                                • clara hughes
                                • olympics
                                • sports
                                • olympian
                                • cycling
                                • speed skating
                                • athlete
                                • athletics