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Mass Trespass Onto Kinder Scout

THE MASS TRESPASS ONTO KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932 Submitted by @DamoBell

THE MASS TRESPASS ONTO KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932 Submitted by @DamoBell

    Ludington Car Ferries / S. S. Badger

    Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry service...

    Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry...

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    LAPD’s first fully- staffed Kōban

    “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

    “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

      The Pinelli Building

      Sonoma City Landmark No. 4 The Pinelli Building Constructed OE Native Stoue ln 1891 By Augostino Pinelli

      Sonoma City Landmark No. 4 The Pinelli Building Constructed OE Native Stoue ln 1891 By Augostino Pinelli

        Indesign

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        Submitted by @jqmcd

          San Francisco Mining Exchange

            Murder in the Cathedral

            The spot in Canterbury Cathedral at which Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by supporters of King Henry II in 1170 CE.

            The spot in Canterbury Cathedral at which Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by supporters of King Henry II in 1170 CE.

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            • pope john paul ii
            • robert runcie

            EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

            HONORING OUR RETIREES RELAX AND ENJOY, DEDICATED MARCH 2002 EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

            HONORING OUR RETIREES RELAX AND ENJOY, DEDICATED MARCH 2002 EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

              Maj. Charles Lee Tilden

                Nimitz Way

                  Rainbow Bridge Bench

                    Dr. Jose P. Rizal

                      Andrea Brenta

                        Bertha Ryland

                        A plaque in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery marking the spot where in 1914 suffragette Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in support of votes for women.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                        A plaque in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery marking the spot where in 1914 suffragette Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in support of votes for women.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

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                        • votes for women
                        • bertha ryland

                        Help Given to German Children by the Irish People after World War II

                          Glorious Kingdom Primitive Baptist Church

                            Lifeboats

                              The Forgotten Irish

                                The Proclamation of Korean Independence

                                  Hayley Elena Horn