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Mount Trumbull School

    Birthplace of Naval Aviation

    • coronado
    • california
    • aviation
    • san diego

    Mailbox Peak Trail

      Schooner Stephen Taber

      SCHOONER STEPHEN TABER LAUNCHED 1871 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

      SCHOONER STEPHEN TABER LAUNCHED 1871 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

        Fragiskos Sakellarides Field

        ΑΤΛΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΒΩΛΑΔΟΣΕΤΟΣ ΙΔΡΣΗΣ: 1924ΓΗΠΕΔΟ: ΦΡΑΓΚΙΣΚΟΣ ΣΑΚΕΛΛΑΡΙΔHΣ• Ο ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΣ ΒΩΛΑΔΙΩΤΩΝ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΑΓΙΟΙ ΑΝΑΡΓΗΡΟΙΧΡΗΜΑΤΟΔΟΤΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΙΚΟΥ ΓΗΠΕΔΟΥΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ...

        ΑΤΛΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΒΩΛΑΔΟΣΕΤΟΣ ΙΔΡΣΗΣ: 1924ΓΗΠΕΔΟ: ΦΡΑΓΚΙΣΚΟΣ ΣΑΚΕΛΛΑΡΙΔHΣ• Ο ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΣ ΒΩΛΑΔΙΩΤΩΝ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΗΣ ΑΓΙΟΙ ΑΝΑΡΓΗΡΟΙΧΡΗΜΑΤΟΔΟΤΗΣΕ ΤΗΝ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΙΚΟΥ ΓΗΠΕΔΟΥΗ...

          Dolly Pentreath

          HERE LIVED DOLLY PENTREATH ONE OF THE LAST SPEAKERS OF THE CORNISH LANGUAGE AS HER NATIVE TONGUE DIED DEC 1777 [location approximate] Submitted by @invertiert

          HERE LIVED DOLLY PENTREATH ONE OF THE LAST SPEAKERS OF THE CORNISH LANGUAGE AS HER NATIVE TONGUE DIED DEC 1777 [location approximate] Submitted by @invertiert

            Hartland Covered Bridge Details

            Submitted by @bthubbard

            Submitted by @bthubbard

              Appellate Division of the Supreme Court

                Sits By Her Crescent Bay

                  In Honor of Paul Cornell 1822 - 1904 Father of Hyde Park

                  Submitted by @HydeParkTrish

                  Submitted by @HydeParkTrish

                    Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

                    Submitted by @drewdaraabrams

                    Submitted by @drewdaraabrams

                    • gantt chart

                    William McGonagall / Poet and Tragedian

                    Submitted by @slashdotat

                    Submitted by @slashdotat

                      Pulses, Plants & Persistence

                        The San Gregorio House

                        Submitted by friscolex

                        Submitted by friscolex

                          Trevelyan House

                          THIS YOUTH HOSTEL IS ONE OF MANY, BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR CREED, MAY SPEND THE NIGHT. THE BUILDINGS ARE DIVERSE IN CHARACTER BUT THEY HAVE A...

                          THIS YOUTH HOSTEL IS ONE OF MANY, BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND ABROAD, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR CREED, MAY SPEND THE NIGHT. THE BUILDINGS ARE DIVERSE IN CHARACTER BUT THEY HAVE...

                            St. Williams College

                             Submitted by @slashdotat

                             Submitted by @slashdotat

                              Scow Villages

                              Submitted by normnode

                              Submitted by normnode

                                Business Men's Club

                                The "B-M-C" over the door of this 1910 building stood for the Business Men's Club, which became the Chamber of Commerce in 1913. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

                                The "B-M-C" over the door of this 1910 building stood for the Business Men's Club, which became the Chamber of Commerce in 1913. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

                                • shelby county
                                • tennessee

                                To The City of Weed From The People of Its Community

                                TO THE CITY OF WEED FROM THE PEOPLE OF ITS COMMUNITY THE ARCH IS THE STRONGEST FORM OF ARCHITECTURE KNOWN TO MAN THIS STEEL ARCH REPLACES THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE ARCH FIRST ERECTED ON THIS SITE IN...

                                TO THE CITY OF WEED FROM THE PEOPLE OF ITS COMMUNITY THE ARCH IS THE STRONGEST FORM OF ARCHITECTURE KNOWN TO MAN THIS STEEL ARCH REPLACES THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE ARCH FIRST ERECTED ON THIS SITE IN...

                                  Royal Coburg Theatre

                                  THIS FIRST STONE OF THE ROYAL COBURG THEATRE WAS LAID ON THE 14 DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR 1816 BY HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF...

                                  THIS FIRST STONE OF THE ROYAL COBURG THEATRE WAS LAID ON THE 14 DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR 1816 BY HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE...