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The Wea Plains

The Wea Plains Granville cemetery was once part of the great Wea Plains and still contains many species of the original prairie vegetation. This is one of the last remnants of the Indiana prairies...

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• granville cemetery
• prairie
• tippecanoe county
• indians
• settlers
• grasses

Guinness Tower

This stone was laid by Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness The Earl of Iveach to commemorate the construction of Guinness Tower   October 1969     Submitted by: Jennie Eggleston

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• british columbia
• canada
• guinness tower
• west hastings
• 1969
• building

The Olympic Cauldron (Vancouver)

The Olympic Cauldron Following the longest national torch relay in Olympic history, the Olympic Cauldron was lit on February 2010 marking the official opening of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and...

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• olympics
• cauldron

Alexander "John" MacDonald

This plaque is on a bench on the SLO Railroad Safety Trail, located at the connection between Boulevard Del Campo and the trail.  In Loving Memory of ALEXANDER "JOHN" MACDONALD "Keep Smiling" ...

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• smiling
• trail

Nike (Vancouver Olympics)

NIKE Ancient Greek Goddess of Victory by Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis Presented to the City of Vancouver by the City of Ancient Olympia, Greece, site of the original Olympic Games and source of the...

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• british columbia
• canada
• city of vancouver
• statue
• nike
• olympics
• west cordova
• coal harbour
• convention centre
• 2010

Portal Park (and the wrong sign!)

“Laurel Street Land Bridge The Laurel Street land bridge was part of Phase I of the development of the south shore of False Creek in the mid-1970s, an innovative, imaginative project that set...

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• west hastings
• mistake

Ice Cream Sundae

  ICE CREAM SUNDAE In 1881, George Hallauer asked Edward C. Berner, the owner of a soda fountain at at 1404 ~ 15th Street, to top a dish of ice cream with chocolate sauce hitherto used only for...

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• wisconsin
• ice cream
• sunday
• sundae

Lorenz Lueck City Band Director 1921 - 1961

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF LORENZ LUECK  CITY BAND DIRECTOR 1921 - 1961 IN APPRECIATION OF 41 YEARS OF THURSDAY NIGHT SUMMER BAND CONCERTS

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• wisconsin
• band director
• concerts
• thursday night

Philadelphia PD "Roll of Honor"

ROLL OF HONOR POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY   99 names listed, dated Feb 1941-Nov 2001. Located in the SE...

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• police
• roll of honor
• city hall
• pennsylvania

Philadelphia's First Water Works

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK 1801                     1815 PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM HERE AT CENTRE SQUARE STOOD PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST WATER WORKS THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER...

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• steam pumping
• 1801
• 1815

Philadelphia City Hall

CITY HALL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1978 HERITAGE CONSERVATION...

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• pennsylvania

"To the Memory Five of its Members...Who Signed the Declaration of Independence"

TO THE MEMORY OF FIVE OF ITS MEMBERS JAMES WILSON THOMAS McKEAN GEORGE ROSS JOHN WITHERSPOON PHILIP LIVINGSTON WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1776 THE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY...

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• mckean
• ross
• witherspoon
• livingston

Center Square

  The site of this City Hall was originally Center Square, one of the five Squares given by William Penn to the City when he founded Philadelphia.During the Revolution, Regiments of Patriots...

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• city hall
• william penn
• rochambeau
• yorktown
• washington
• cornwallis

Alison Gourdie (Felagie)

These trees were planted in memory of Alison Gourdie who loved this place and the [unclear]   Felagie Cottage is a small house, just outside of Braemar in Scotland, used by the 1st Cults...

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• girl guides
• scotland
• braemar
• trees
• memorial

If You Work Hard Good Things Will Happen

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• petco
• gwynn

A war memorial

The original 'scramble' bell at RAF Kirmington is maintained by the door of it's modern incarnation, Humberside Airport. It is a heartbreaking little memorial that tugs at my strings every time I...

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• defence
• military
• memorial
• bell
• ww2 relic
• geograph
• raf war memorial
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• air transport

Ceperley Rounsefell Building (848 W Hastings)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Ceperley Rounsefell Building   Architects: Sharp & Thompson   Built in 1921, this was the headquarters of one of the province’s largest insurance and...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• west hastings street
• ceperley rou...
• 1921

BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines (840 W Hastings)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines   Architect: John C. Day   This was built in 1926 as the corporate offices for the Royal Financial Trust Co., in Classical and...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• west hastings street
• bc & yukon c...
• 1926

Canadian Bank of Commerce Building (448 Granville St)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Canadian Bank of Commerce Building   Architects: Darling and Pearson   In the early 20th century, bank buildings were designed to recall classical temples...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• granville
• birks building
• canadian ban...
• 1906

Credit Foncier Building (850 W Hastings)

CITY OF VANCOUVER   HERITAGE BUILDING   Credit Foncier Building   Architects: H.L. Stevens and Company   The Credit Foncier Franco-Canadien Company of Montreal chose this prominent location for...

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• city of vancouver
• heritage building
• west hastings
• credit fonci...
• 1913