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Whaler's Court

Submitted by @GaelFC WHALER'S COURT THE LAST COMMERCIAL WHALING COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES HAD TS WINTER HOME ON BELLEVUE'S MEYDENBAUER BAY UNTIL 1942. FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER THE SEVEN BOAT...

Submitted by @GaelFC WHALER'S COURT THE LAST COMMERCIAL WHALING COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES HAD TS WINTER HOME ON BELLEVUE'S MEYDENBAUER BAY UNTIL 1942. FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER THE SEVEN...

    Harrodsville

    Submitted by @DreadTower

    Submitted by @DreadTower

      Central Park, Gonzales CA

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL

        SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL 1925 - 1995 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SKEELS HOTEL, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY HARRY AND CYNTHIA SKEELS AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT FROM 1925 TO 1948. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING...

        SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL 1925 - 1995 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SKEELS HOTEL, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY HARRY AND CYNTHIA SKEELS AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT FROM 1925 TO 1948. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING...

          Sister City Program, Livermore

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            Conception Memorial

              Robert L. Howard Memorial

              Robert L. Howard Memorial This Howard replica clock (c. 1900), was Installed in the fll of 1995 as a memorial for Robert L. Howard - owner of Livermore Cyclery and member of Livermore Main Street,...

              Robert L. Howard Memorial This Howard replica clock (c. 1900), was Installed in the fll of 1995 as a memorial for Robert L. Howard - owner of Livermore Cyclery and member of Livermore Main Street,...

                Oakshade Town Center

                  The History of a City Block

                  THE HISTORY OF A CITY BLOCK THIS SITE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S PERFORMING ARTS HISTORY 1850-1868 THE (COL TOM) HAYES HOME AND GARDENS 1868-1872 HAYES PARK AND PAVILION...

                  THE HISTORY OF A CITY BLOCK THIS SITE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S PERFORMING ARTS HISTORY 1850-1868 THE (COL TOM) HAYES HOME AND GARDENS 1868-1872 HAYES PARK AND...

                    Home Stretch

                      FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUILDING

                        Victoria Hughes

                        Victoria Hughes 1897-1978 Who befriended and cared for prostitutes when she worked here as a lavatory attendant from 1929 to 1963 Submitted by @yokelbear

                        Victoria Hughes 1897-1978 Who befriended and cared for prostitutes when she worked here as a lavatory attendant from 1929 to 1963 Submitted by @yokelbear

                          Peak District National Park Footpath to Open Country

                          PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK FOOTPATH TO OPEN COUNTRY PLEASE KEEP TO THE PATH UNTIL SIGN IS REACHED MARKING BOUNDARY OF OPEN COUNTRY PEAK PARK PLANNING BOARD D. G. GILMAN, ALDERN HOUSE, BAKEWELL,...

                          PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK FOOTPATH TO OPEN COUNTRY PLEASE KEEP TO THE PATH UNTIL SIGN IS REACHED MARKING BOUNDARY OF OPEN COUNTRY PEAK PARK PLANNING BOARD D. G. GILMAN, ALDERN HOUSE, BAKEWELL,...

                          • footpath
                          • open country
                          • peak_chair

                          Drs Ian and Sheree Ahwah and Family

                            Earle Brown and the Brooklyn Farm

                            Submitted by @gkatz

                            Submitted by @gkatz

                              The KIng's Daughter's Hospital

                              Organized by ten dedicated women in 1892 and chartered nationally as The King's Daughters and Sons Circle No. 2 in 1894, it has served the Delta from this site since 1905. The present...

                              Organized by ten dedicated women in 1892 and chartered nationally as The King's Daughters and Sons Circle No. 2 in 1894, it has served the Delta from this site since 1905. The...

                              • mississippi
                              • hospital
                              • nursing school
                              • washington county

                              Sharkey County Courthouse

                              Sharkey County, formed in 1876, was named for Mississippi Gov. William L. Sharkey, who served in 1865. Designed by architect William Sharkey Hull, this three- story courthouse was built in 1902...

                              Sharkey County, formed in 1876, was named for Mississippi Gov. William L. Sharkey, who served in 1865. Designed by architect William Sharkey Hull, this three- story courthouse was built in 1902...

                              • mississippi
                              • courthouse
                              • sharkey county

                              Waltersville

                              First known Dayton's Cowpen, Waltersville is one of Warren County's oldest settlements. In 1798, a copy of "The Galley Slave,” the first printing in the Mississippi Territory, was printed in this...

                              First known Dayton's Cowpen, Waltersville is one of Warren County's oldest settlements. In 1798, a copy of "The Galley Slave,” the first printing in the Mississippi Territory, was printed in...

                              • mississippi
                              • settlement
                              • warren county

                              Kings School

                              In 1920-21, the Sandy Bottom School (the original name for Kings School) was built with funding assistance from the Rosenwald Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to building schools...

                              In 1920-21, the Sandy Bottom School (the original name for Kings School) was built with funding assistance from the Rosenwald Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to building schools...

                              • mississippi
                              • african-american
                              • education
                              • rosenwald school

                              Lakefront "Seawall"

                              In the 1930's the Orleans Levee Board completed a levee protection and land development project along Lake Pontchartrain's south shore. A stepped seawall was built and behind it 2000 acres of land...

                              In the 1930's the Orleans Levee Board completed a levee protection and land development project along Lake Pontchartrain's south shore. A stepped seawall was built and behind it 2000 acres of...

                              • louisiana
                              • new orleans
                              • waterway. fl...