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WPA Sanitation Project

In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens and...

In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens...

    Longstreet at Gettysburg

      Paid in Fish

        Chaplain Walter Colton

          Monterey Captured

            The Holyoke Building

              The Port of Oakland

                Site of Don Bernardo Yorba Hacienda

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                  William Tecumseh Sherman

                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                    The Original New Hampshire State House

                    The Original New Hampshire State House Located in Market Square Seat of Colonial Government, 1758- 1776 The Declaration of Independence was read from the Building, July 18, 1776 President George...

                    The Original New Hampshire State House Located in Market Square Seat of Colonial Government, 1758- 1776 The Declaration of Independence was read from the Building, July 18, 1776 President...

                      Saint John City Market

                      SAINT JOHN CITY MARKET LE MARCHÉ DE SAINT JOHN Built between 1874 and 1876, the Saint John City market narrowly escaped the fire that swept through the town in 1877 and stands today as a rare and...

                      SAINT JOHN CITY MARKET LE MARCHÉ DE SAINT JOHN Built between 1874 and 1876, the Saint John City market narrowly escaped the fire that swept through the town in 1877 and stands today as a rare and...

                        Country Inn Roadhouse

                        GEORGETOWN HISTORIC SITE COUNTRY INN ROADHOUSE This is the last of several roadhouses that once lined this street. Patrons enjoyed drinking, dancing, and gambling downstairs and "hotel" rooms...

                        GEORGETOWN HISTORIC SITE COUNTRY INN ROADHOUSE This is the last of several roadhouses that once lined this street. Patrons enjoyed drinking, dancing, and gambling downstairs and "hotel"...

                          The First World Series

                          Submitted by @RNewengland

                          Submitted by @RNewengland

                            Solon Hannibal Borglum

                            Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

                            Bucky O'Neil cowboy statue by Solon Hannibal Borglum Submitted by @JimStLeger

                              Desoto Park Fort Prudhomme

                              In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of the...

                              In this section of the Clarendon Grant on the Chucaqua portion of the Mississippi River, LaSalle, the French explorer, built Fort Prudhomme in 1682. Erected by the Tennessee Society of...

                              • shelby county
                              • tennessee

                              Bronzeville, Illinois

                              A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

                              A monument to the erasure of Bronzeville for the Illinois Institute of Technology. Architecture is not neutral. Submitted by @blaservations

                                Emporium of the Valleys

                                  19th Century Architecture

                                  Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

                                  Center Lane alley is one of the best examples of what Memphis looked like in the late 19th century. Note the arched windows, the metal shutters, and the decorative cast iron columns, probably made...

                                  • shelby county
                                  • tennessee

                                  Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

                                    Parliament Fined the Town for its Negligence

                                    MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

                                    MRS. BLUNDEN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BLUNDEN, MALTSTER, WAS BURIED ALIVE IN THIS CEMETERY IN JULY 1674. PARLIAMENT FINED THE TOWN FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY Submitted by @Elephantgoesmoo

                                    • maltster