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Fernando del Paso

ORIZABA 15O  COLONIA ROMA  EL 1° DE ABRIL DE 1935 NACIÓ EN ESTA CASA  EL ESCRITOR MEXICANO  FERNANDO DEL PASO  MOVIMIENTO PRO-DIGNIFICACIÓN DE LA COLONIA ROMA, A.C  

ORIZABA 15O  COLONIA ROMA  EL 1° DE ABRIL DE 1935 NACIÓ EN ESTA CASA  EL ESCRITOR MEXICANO  FERNANDO DEL PASO  MOVIMIENTO PRO-DIGNIFICACIÓN DE LA COLONIA ROMA, A.C

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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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                Submitted by @dbwilldo

                Submitted by @dbwilldo

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                    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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                    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...

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                        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,...

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                            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...

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