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Ontario's First Parliment Buildings

Ontario's First Parliment Buildings, 1798 In 1793 it was decided to move the capital of Upper Canada from Niagara to York (now Toronto). Two single-storey brick parliment buildings were...

Ontario's First Parliment Buildings, 1798 In 1793 it was decided to move the capital of Upper Canada from Niagara to York (now Toronto). Two single- storey brick parliment buildings were...

  • ontario
  • parliment
  • fire
  • "parliment building"
  • york
  • "upper canada"

Captain James Cook Monument - Fort Needham Memorial Park

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Before the voyages that brought him world fame as Captain Cook, this British Royal Navy officer compiled navigational charts for the coasts of Quebec and Nova...

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Before the voyages that brought him world fame as Captain Cook, this British Royal Navy officer compiled navigational charts for the coasts of Quebec and Nova...

  • halifax
  • nova scotia
  • historic person
  • captain james cook
  • fort needham park

Eating and Drinking in Ann Arbor

Eating and Drinking in Ann Arbor   Sugar Bowl Restaurant, 109 South Main Street, 1927   In the 1930s Greek immigrants William Skinner, behind bar, and his wife Andriana, at the table far left,...

Eating and Drinking in Ann Arbor   Sugar Bowl Restaurant, 109 South Main Street, 1927   In the 1930s Greek immigrants William Skinner, behind bar, and his wife Andriana, at the table far...

    Great Cambridge Junction

    GREAT CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION  THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE NAMING OF THIS TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENT [illegible] MICHAEL PORTILLO MP MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND INNER CITES ON 27th JULY 1990 ON...

    GREAT CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION  THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE NAMING OF THIS TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENT [illegible] MICHAEL PORTILLO MP MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND INNER CITES ON 27th JULY 1990 ON...

    • cambridge
    • england
    • trunk road i...

    Oakley Store

    S.A. Oakley established his mercantile and grocery store here in 1938. Oakley sold hardware, canned goods, feed, kerosene and candy. After Oakley's death in 1941, his son Minor Oakley, operated...

    S.A. Oakley established his mercantile and grocery store here in 1938. Oakley sold hardware, canned goods, feed, kerosene and candy. After Oakley's death in 1941, his son Minor Oakley, operated...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Collierville Fort/Stockade

    Collierville was occupied by Union forces from 1862 until the end of the war in 1865. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    Collierville was occupied by Union forces from 1862 until the end of the war in 1865. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Barken Elieser

    BARKEN ELIESER  Der Norske Misjonsselskaps misjonsskip ELIESER av Bergen ble bygget ved Jacob Trumpys Verk her pa Bradbenken.  Det var Louise Olsen (1817-1872) som tok initiative til innsamling og...

    BARKEN ELIESER  Der Norske Misjonsselskaps misjonsskip ELIESER av Bergen ble bygget ved Jacob Trumpys Verk her pa Bradbenken.  Det var Louise Olsen (1817-1872) som tok initiative til innsamling og...

    • elieser
    • trumpys
    • olsen
    • africa
    • madagascar

    United Nations Plaza

    UNITED NATIONS PLAZA UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005 ACCESSIBLE FORMAT AVAILABLE SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY (415) 557-4400

    UNITED NATIONS PLAZA UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005 ACCESSIBLE FORMAT AVAILABLE SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY (415) 557-4400

    • san francisco
    • bay area
    • united nations
    • library
    • accessible format
    • environment day

    First Vessels Direct from Europe to Chicago

    HERFRA DIREKTE TIL CHICAGO SEILTE DISSE SKUTENE SOM APNET EUROPEISK TRAFIKK PA LANKENE.  SKONNERTBRIGG SLEIPNER 150 REGISTER-TONN DROB 23 MAI 1862 EMIGRANTER OG LAST.  JAKT SKJOLDMOEN 55...

    HERFRA DIREKTE TIL CHICAGO SEILTE DISSE SKUTENE SOM APNET EUROPEISK TRAFIKK PA LANKENE.  SKONNERTBRIGG SLEIPNER 150 REGISTER-TONN DROB 23 MAI 1862 EMIGRANTER OG LAST.  JAKT SKJOLDMOEN...

    • norway
    • bergen
    • chicago
    • 1863
    • skonnertbrig...
    • montreal

    Camp Henry C. Drewes

    JANUARY, 1944THE SECOND AM TRAC BN., U.S. MARINES, ESTABLISHED CAMP HENRY C. DREWES ON THIS SITE; HERE THEY TRAINED UNTIL MAY, 1944  HERE WE RESTED FROM BATTLE... PREPARED FOR ANOTHER... AND...

    JANUARY, 1944THE SECOND AM TRAC BN., U.S. MARINES, ESTABLISHED CAMP HENRY C. DREWES ON THIS SITE; HERE THEY TRAINED UNTIL MAY, 1944  HERE WE RESTED FROM BATTLE... PREPARED FOR ANOTHER......

    • wwii
    • 1944
    • hawaii
    • marines
    • alligator marines

    Here Worshiped George Washington

      Trethewey Airfield

      • toronto
      • airfield
      • farm
      • 1910

      William Walker

      WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

      WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

      • nashville
      • destiny
      • republic of ...
      • hondouras
      • nicaragua
      • mexico

      Ship's Bell From S. S. Cape May

      SHIP'S BELL FROM S. S. CAPE MAY BUILT 1943    RETIRED 1969 LENGTH 417'9" BEAM 60 DRAFT 27'6" CREW 49 PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN 1974 SEVERED IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE IN...

      SHIP'S BELL FROM S. S. CAPE MAY BUILT 1943    RETIRED 1969 LENGTH 417'9" BEAM 60 DRAFT 27'6" CREW 49 PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN 1974 SEVERED IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE IN...

      • bell
      • ship
      • wwii
      • 1943
      • commerce

      Latham Square

      • oakland
      • latham
      • california
      • bay area

      First Ship Into San Francisco Bay

      First Ship Into San Francisco Bay On August 5 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A month...

      First Ship Into San Francisco Bay On August 5 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A...

        Thomas Jefferson

        By François de Dijon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...

        By François de Dijon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...

        • thomas jefferson
        • france
        • dijon
        • 1785

        First Baptist Church (Collierville)

        By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was...

        By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        First "Talkies"

        Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed in...

        Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        First Methodist Church

        Organized 1826, the first building was of frame, with split log benches, built 1832. A new building was erected in 1845. During Federal occupation, a minister detailed by the Union commander...

        Organized 1826, the first building was of frame, with split log benches, built 1832. A new building was erected in 1845. During Federal occupation, a minister detailed by the Union commander...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee