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      Hossein Modarressi

      Hossein Modarressi Your passion and love made it all possible.Epiqurious Garden

      Hossein Modarressi Your passion and love made it all possible.Epiqurious Garden

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          Black Sox Scandal

          It was here at the Boston Hotel Buckminster on September 18, 1919, in one of the hotel's guest rooms that the Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and bookmaker-gambler Joseph "Sport"...

          It was here at the Boston Hotel Buckminster on September 18, 1919, in one of the hotel's guest rooms that the Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and bookmaker-gambler Joseph...

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          From https://twitter .com/dbwilldo/status /1005317538476158976

          Submitted by @dbwilldo

          Submitted by @dbwilldo

            SFO Boarding Area A

              First Public Telegraph Office

              SAMUEL F.B. MORSEARTIST AND INVENTOROPENED AND OPERATEDON THIS SITE UNDER THEDIRECTION OF THEPOST OFFICE DEPARTMENTTHE FIRST PUBLIC TELEGRAPH OFFICEIN THE UNITED STATES APRIL 1ST 1845"WHAT HATH...

              SAMUEL F.B. MORSEARTIST AND INVENTOROPENED AND OPERATEDON THIS SITE UNDER THEDIRECTION OF THEPOST OFFICE DEPARTMENTTHE FIRST PUBLIC TELEGRAPH OFFICEIN THE UNITED STATES APRIL 1ST 1845"WHAT HATH...

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              • morse
              • telegraph
              • what hath go...
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              The Boston Tea Party

              The Boston Tea PartyIn the late 1960s, as the club The Boston Tea Party, thiswas a gathering place for a wildly diverse mix ofpeople who joined together to listen to live music and to bepart of...

              The Boston Tea PartyIn the late 1960s, as the club The Boston Tea Party, thiswas a gathering place for a wildly diverse mix ofpeople who joined together to listen to live music and to bepart...

                Railroad Parking

                  Purvis Tornado, 1908

                  In Remembrance of those who perished and those who struggled through the tornado that struck Purvis at 2:13 P.M. April 24, 1908.Dedicated at 2:13 P.M. April 24, 2008.Lamar County Historical Society

                  In Remembrance of those who perished and those who struggled through the tornado that struck Purvis at 2:13 P.M. April 24, 1908.Dedicated at 2:13 P.M. April 24, 2008.Lamar County Historical Society

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                  By Appointment to Her Majesty

                  By Appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Supplier of Tabasco Sauce McIlhenny Company, USA

                  By Appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Supplier of Tabasco Sauce McIlhenny Company, USA

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                  Wall Street of the Rockies

                  Submitted by @AscendingNode

                  Submitted by @AscendingNode

                    Alfred Packer

                    ALFRED PACKER "Stand up you man-eatin' son of a bitch, stand up. They wuz seven Demmy-crats in Hinsdale County, and you et five of em. I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are dead,...

                    ALFRED PACKER "Stand up you man-eatin' son of a bitch, stand up. They wuz seven Demmy-crats in Hinsdale County, and you et five of em. I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you are...

                      Roberts Schoolhouse

                      This schoolhouse was established in the Arena community of Jackson County by Richard Roberts in the 1890s. Serving grades one through twelve, the curriculum consisted of reading, writing and...

                      This schoolhouse was established in the Arena community of Jackson County by Richard Roberts in the 1890s. Serving grades one through twelve, the curriculum consisted of reading, writing...

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                      Hi-Hat Club

                      The Hi-Hat Club, which was built at this site in the 1950s, was once an important stop on the “chitlin circuit” for African American blues and soul performers. B. B. King, James Brown, Otis...

                      The Hi-Hat Club, which was built at this site in the 1950s, was once an important stop on the “chitlin circuit” for African American blues and soul performers. B. B. King, James Brown,...

                      • mississippi
                      • blues
                      • music

                      The Hub Where Buffett Met “Fingers”

                      The Hub has been just that, the center of campus and campus life, since its construction as the Dining Hall in 1930. By the 1960s, it housed the bookstore, post office, and coffee shop and grill...

                      The Hub has been just that, the center of campus and campus life, since its construction as the Dining Hall in 1930. By the 1960s, it housed the bookstore, post office, and coffee shop and...

                      • mississippi
                      • blues
                      • music

                      Bayou Carlin Cove

                      Delcambre is a small seaport linked to Lake Peigneur and the Gulf of Mexico by the Delcambre Canal, also known as Bayou Carlin. Constructed in 1906, the canal has a spur connection to Avery Island...

                      Delcambre is a small seaport linked to Lake Peigneur and the Gulf of Mexico by the Delcambre Canal, also known as Bayou Carlin. Constructed in 1906, the canal has a spur connection to Avery Island...

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                      Lake Peignuer

                      More than 140 years ago, Lake Peigneur was described as the most beautiful lake in the South. The present-day lake and adjacent Jefferson Island are located on an ancient salt dome that was the...

                      More than 140 years ago, Lake Peigneur was described as the most beautiful lake in the South. The present-day lake and adjacent Jefferson Island are located on an ancient salt dome that was...

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                      East 6th Street USO Club

                      Organized in 1882 in a wood frame structure on the present site. In 1926, the original building was damaged in a storm. The present structure was built in 1930. The congregation provided food and...

                      Organized in 1882 in a wood frame structure on the present site. In 1926, the original building was damaged in a storm. The present structure was built in 1930. The congregation provided food...

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