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2730-2734 Cherokee Street

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St. Louis, Missouri.
Designed by architect O. J. Popp, 2730-34 Cherokee Street was constructed in 1921 on land purchased by Harry and Bertha Horowitz from the St. Louis Brewing Association. In 1922 Levy Shoe Store and Walter J. Wolf's ladies' . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2728 Cherokee Street

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St. Louis, Missouri.
Henry Becker was hired in 1895 by H.E. Pfeifer to construct a two story dwelling and store. Becker had recently completed a building employing similar stylistic elements for Jeremiah Thompson at the northwest corner of . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry A. Hartbauer

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Washington, Missouri.
In Memory of Henry A. Hartbauer 1916 - 2004 Founder 1953 Community Chest, United Fund and United Way

(Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

3354 Iowa Avenue

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St. Louis, Missouri.
The northeast corner of Cherokee Street and Iowa Avenue was the location of the Cinderella Airdome, which opened in 1921. The Airdome, which was an outdoor theater, was operated by Harry and Eugene Freund. The Freunds had . . .

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Hewitt

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, United Kingdom.
John Hewitt Irish Poet Art Director At This Gallery 1957 – 72 Coventry Heritage Plaques

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Council House

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, United Kingdom.
The Council House Built 1913-17. The red sandstone facing and early tudor styling was chosen by a competition to be in keeping with nearby St Mary’s Hall. The large porch is flanked by guilded armorial decoration under . . .

(Government • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Donald Gibson CBE

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, United Kingdom.
‘He was ahead of his time. What he did astonished the world. Coventry desperately needed his inspiration’ Gibson, Sir Donald Evelyn Edward, C.B.E., D.C.L., M.A., P.P.R.I.B.A., D.I.S.T., T.P., M.T.P.I., T.P.I. Born 11th . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Architect’s Vision

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, United Kingdom.
‘One of the finest shopping centres in the world’ The shopping precinct in Coventry has been recognised as a model for a number of similar centres throughout the world. It was the world's first large scale pedestrianised . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial Building

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Dickson, Tennessee.
In 1929, the Tennessee State Legislature authorized a memorial building to honor sons and daughters of Dickson County who served in World War I and other wars. A Colonial Revival style structure designed by architect E. H. . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lincoln Avenue Businesses

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Auburn, California.
When the mines closed in Gold Run, a local entrepreneur named Paul Webber moved his business to Auburn. He began with the purchase of this Lincoln Avenue building. Two saloons and three dry goods stores were the first to . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2701-2703 Cherokee Street

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St. Louis, Missouri.
The unimproved property located at this corner was purchased by brothers, Harry and Eugene Freund during the Spring of 1909. Three days later, the Freund's were granted a building permit to construct a one-story brick odeon . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fontella Bass

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University City, Missouri.
Fontella Bass, daughter of Gospel great Martha Bass, was born and raised in St. Louis. She played piano and sang with R&B stars Little Milton and Oliver Sain, and launched her solo career in 1965 with the electrifying . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II 1940-1946

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Dickson, Tennessee.
1940-1946 Sacred to the Memory of the Men of Dickson County, Tennessee who died that Freedom might live Adams, Carl Adcock, Curtis Ashworth, Fred W. Baker, William N. Bellar, Robert Black, James L. Bone, Thomas Bradford, . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Archaeology at Fort Pierre Chouteau

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Fort Pierre, South Dakota.
Archaeology is the study of past human cultures. It teaches us about past events and ways of life. Archaeology also reveals how people lived day-to-day and how they dealt with changes in their environment. Excavation - the . . .

(Anthropology • Forts, Castles • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Smiths Falls, Ontario.
To the honoured memory of those who fought & fell in the Great War 1914 — 1918 [Battles] 1915 Ypres·Festubert·Givenchy 1916 Somme·Sanctuary Wood·Courcelette 1917 Vimy Ridge·Hill 70·Lens·Passchendaele 1918 . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 12 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Virginia Soto Rodríguez

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, Mexico.
Srta. Virginia Soto Rodriguez Nacio en esta Ciudad de Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de Independencia Nacional, el 15 de octubre de 1924 en la casa, en ese entonces número 27 de la Calle de Don Juan Manuel (hoy Calle Chiapas). Fueron . . .

(Politics • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Eastpointe, Michigan.
Erin Township's German immigrants first worshipped together in a log church amid an oak forest in 1846. The following year the Reverend John Friedrich Winkler helped organize St. Peter's church as a "country church" near . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Adath Israel Synagogue

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Woodbridge, New Jersey.
Adath Israel Synagogue Congregation Adath Israel Synagogue served Woodbridge’s Jewish community from 1907 until its 2006 merger with Congregation Neve Shalom of Metuchen. The Conservative congregation first High Holy Days . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2646 Cherokee Street

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St. Louis, Missouri.
The original building constructed as a dwelling circa 1883, received several layers of additions as the years progressed. The Bogard family first inhabited the home and lived at this address for over twenty years. Musical . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I 1917-1919

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Dickson, Tennessee.
This Tablet is erected in appreciation of the patriotism valor and fidelity of the boys of Dickson County who served their county in the World War 1917-1919 And To the scared memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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