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Solon Hannibal Borglum

Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

    Desoto Park Fort Prudhomme

    In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of the...

    In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Bronzeville, Illinois

    A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

    A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

      Emporium of the Valleys

        19th Century Architecture

        Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

        Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

          Parliament Fined the Town for its Negligence

          MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

          MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

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          Debbie Reynolds, Halloweentown

          Submitted by @Ritterton, photo by emmagraycetf

          Submitted by @Ritterton, photo by emmagraycetf

            NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent's Triangle

            Submitted by @Ritterton

            Submitted by @Ritterton

              Thomas M. Hartnett

              Submitted by @Ritterton

              Submitted by @Ritterton

                Battle of Collierville An Unexpected Guest

                Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun...

                Collierville's location on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad made it strategically important throughout the Civil War. Frequently occupied by Union forces, the town found itself in the gun...

                • shelby county
                • tennessee

                A Request From the Holiday Fellowship

                A Request From the Holiday Fellowship Friend, when you stray, or sit and take your ease On Moor , or Fell, or under spreading trees Pray, leave no traces of your wayside meal, No paper bag, no...

                A Request From the Holiday Fellowship Friend, when you stray, or sit and take your ease On Moor , or Fell, or under spreading trees Pray, leave no traces of your wayside meal, No paper bag,...

                  Alico Building

                  ALICO BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY SANGUINET & STAATS AND ROY E. LANE, THE 22-STORY HOME OFFICE OF THE AMICABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. WAS ERECTED IN 1911 AS PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW FIRM. THE...

                  ALICO BUILDING DESIGNED AND BUILT BY SANGUINET & STAATS AND ROY E. LANE, THE 22-STORY HOME OFFICE OF THE AMICABLE LIFE INSURANCE Co. WAS ERECTED IN 1911 AS PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW FIRM....

                    Holliwell Covered Bridge

                      Constructed by First Engineers 1933

                      These brick were brought from ENGLAND in the 17th CENTURY and used in the construction of LORD FAIRFAX MANSION, at BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, 1730 From...

                      These brick were brought from ENGLAND in the 17th CENTURY and used in the construction of LORD FAIRFAX MANSION, at BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, 1730...

                        Lake Washington Boulevard

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                        [location approximate]

                          Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9

                          Submitted by @Ritterton

                          Submitted by @Ritterton

                            The Society of West End Theatre Half Price Ticket Booth

                            Submitted by @GaspardWinckler

                            Submitted by @GaspardWinckler

                              A Day in the Canneries

                                1116 West Sixth

                                Submitted by @pkmonaghan

                                Submitted by @pkmonaghan