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Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1746 - 1817

TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

    The Traffic Jam

    The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the children...

    The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the...

      Coeur d' Alene Mining District

      Submitted by @larrycebula.

      Submitted by @larrycebula.

        Brooklyn Bridge National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

          Site of the Bowling Green 1700

            New Croton Aqueduct

            • croton

            Brooklyn Bridge Reconstruction

              Power System of Boston's Rapid Transit, 1889

                Boston Common: America's First Subway

                  The Spiders from Mars

                  Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                  Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                  • bowie
                  • ronson
                  • bolder
                  • woody
                  • woodmansey

                  William Dean Howells

                    Brookland Ferry Landing

                      Naval Yard Granite Wall

                        World's First Successful Long Distance Telephone Call

                        On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by the...

                        On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by...

                          Dedicated to the Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

                            The Saxony

                            The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                            The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                            • emery roth
                            • architect

                            WWII Bomb Strike Marker

                            Submitted by @cyclingtiger.

                            Submitted by @cyclingtiger.

                              Old Ironsides in Dry Dock 1

                                Pale Male

                                Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk, is the P.S. 6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York CIty and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and one...

                                Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk, is the P.S. 6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York CIty and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and one...

                                • hawk
                                • bird
                                • elementary school

                                Chester Harding House