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Seven Days Battle Malvern Hill

    The Founders of Mohonk

    ERECTED BY THEIR GUESTS TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WEDDING OF ALBERT KIETH SMILEY AND ELIZA PHELPS SMILEY THE FOUNDERS OF MOHONK 1857 JULY 8TH 1907 QUAERE MONUMENTUM CIRCUMSPICE

    ERECTED BY THEIR GUESTS TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WEDDING OF ALBERT KIETH SMILEY AND ELIZA PHELPS SMILEY THE FOUNDERS OF MOHONK 1857 JULY 8TH 1907 QUAERE MONUMENTUM CIRCUMSPICE

      This is the Stern of the Pressure Hull

      Submitted by @alisa_stephens

      Submitted by @alisa_stephens

      • torpedo
      • hydroplanes
      • ducks arse
      • submarine

      Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden

      Submitted by @kevl42

      Submitted by @kevl42

        STRATFORD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

        STRATFORD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 2. W, STRATFORD HIGH BECAME THE FIRST RACIALLY INTEGRATED SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA. THE LONG BATTLE TO INTEGRATE VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOLLOWED THE U.S....

        STRATFORD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 2. W, STRATFORD HIGH BECAME THE FIRST RACIALLY INTEGRATED SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA. THE LONG BATTLE TO INTEGRATE VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOLLOWED THE U.S....

          1854 Courthouse

          Sketched in 1871 by A. R. Waud of Harper's Weekly, this drawings is the only known full sketch of the 1854 Courthouse. Built at a cost of $2,750 under the supervision of T. J. 0. Morrison, the...

          Sketched in 1871 by A. R. Waud of Harper's Weekly, this drawings is the only known full sketch of the 1854 Courthouse. Built at a cost of $2,750 under the supervision of T. J. 0. Morrison, the...

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          U. S. Color Troops Army of the James and the Potomac

          IN MEMORY OF THE VALOROUS SERVICE OF REGIMENTS AND COMPANIES OF THE US COLORED TROOPS ARMY OF THE JAMES AND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC SIEGE OF PETERSBURG 1864 - 65

          IN MEMORY OF THE VALOROUS SERVICE OF REGIMENTS AND COMPANIES OF THE US COLORED TROOPS ARMY OF THE JAMES AND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC SIEGE OF PETERSBURG 1864 - 65

            Cork Plain Bridge

            This Contoocook River crossing was established by the Second New Hampshire Turnpike Corporation, chartered in 1799 to build a toll highway sixty miles from Amherst to Claremont.Opened in 1801 and...

            This Contoocook River crossing was established by the Second New Hampshire Turnpike Corporation, chartered in 1799 to build a toll highway sixty miles from Amherst to Claremont.Opened in 1801...

              Chapman Hall, 1947

              Submitted by aallen65

              Submitted by aallen65

                Press Herald Building

                Submitted by @bthubbard

                Submitted by @bthubbard

                  Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses

                  Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses These five Almshouses were built and endowed in 1856 as a memorial of the Holmfirth Flood of 1852. The funds, raised by public subscription and a Ladies'...

                  Holmfirth Monumental Almshouses These five Almshouses were built and endowed in 1856 as a memorial of the Holmfirth Flood of 1852. The funds, raised by public subscription and a...

                    La Castense 1760 - 1859

                      Harrisburg Giants

                      HARRISBURG GIANTS Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across the...

                      HARRISBURG GIANTS Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across...

                        Winchester Mystery House Model

                        Submitted by @JimStLeger

                        Submitted by @JimStLeger

                          Old Scituate Lighthouse

                          Submitted by @ferryfaerie

                          Submitted by @ferryfaerie

                            Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle

                            Submitted by @HWpath

                            Submitted by @HWpath

                              Manly Hydraulics Laboratory

                              Submitted by @littlebobbyplaqueson

                              Submitted by @littlebobbyplaqueson

                                So-Called Temple of Romulus

                                Submitted by JMRobilliard

                                Submitted by JMRobilliard

                                  AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE

                                  AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE, CHE IN DATA 9 SETTEMBRE 1943, ANIMATO DALL’AMOR DI PATRIA, CON ALTO SENSO DEL DOVERE E DELL’ONORE MILITARE SI OPPOSE AL FUOCO TEDESCO,...

                                  AL SOTTOTENENTE UGO DELLA MONICA DEL 56° REG. MARCHE, CHE IN DATA 9 SETTEMBRE 1943, ANIMATO DALL’AMOR DI PATRIA, CON ALTO SENSO DEL DOVERE E DELL’ONORE MILITARE SI OPPOSE AL FUOCO...

                                    Detective Martin J. McFadden

                                    Detective Martin J. McFadden On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop and...

                                    Detective Martin J. McFadden On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop...