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The fun of being a child of mother Bengal!!
Koyra,Khulna,Bangladesh
02/15/2013
photograph | Bangladesh | Mud | Enjoy | Shundorban | Worlds_Largest_Mangrove_Forest | brother
document
Visa application
New York City
October 24, 1938
document | Visa | affidavit | World War II | refugee | immigration
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Thomas Edison created the first incandescent light bulb
New Jersey, USA
December 22nd, 1882
photograph | electricity | General Electric | Thomas Edison | light bulb | Christmas | Christmas tree | incandescence | science | technology | Edward H. Johnson | J. P. Morgan | onthisday | NYC | history
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The first game of "Basket Ball"
Canada
December 21st, 1891
photograph | basketball | Canada | sports | Olympic Games | history | onthisday | James Naismith | nba | ncaa | fiba | ymca
artwork
Publication of "Kinder und Hausmarchen" / "Children's and Household Tales"
Germany
December 20th, 1812
artwork | books | children's books | fairytales | literature | onthisday | history | Germany | menschlichkeit | folklore | scarytales | storytelling | culture | scholars | librarians | oral tradition
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"I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words"
Paris, France
December 19th, 1915
photograph | music | singer | musicians | Paris | sparrow | la mome | music hall | chanteuse | Belleville | Pigalle | vibrato | onthisday | history | Hymne a l'amour | tragedy | songwriting
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The world's first communications satellite, Project SCORE
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
December 18th, 1958
photograph | space | space race | satellite | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Cold War | peace | history | onthisday | sputnyc | sputnik | Cape Canaveral
writing
The sheet music to Beethoven's final complete symphony
Germany
December 17th, 1770
writing | music | classical music | music composition | musicians | beethoven | onthisday | Holy Roman Empire
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The Tea Act
England, Europe // Boston, Massachusetts, USA
December 16th, 1773
artwork | Boston Tea Party | destruction of tea | Thirteen Colonies | no taxation without representation | American Revolution | resistance | onthisday | history | US history
photograph
The Torre pendente di Pisa, or Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
December 15th, 2001
photograph | architecture | Italy | onthisday | marble | construction | history | preservation
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The famous Hitsville U.S.A. studios and Motown's first headquarters
Detroit, Michigan, USA
December 14th, 1968
photograph | music | musicians | writer | detroit | Hitsville USA | The Funk Brothers | hits | soul | R and B | onthisday | history | black history
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This US dollar coin honored a woman's face on US coins for the first time
United States of America
December 13th, 1978
photograph | currency | coin collections | voting | voting rights | Susan B Anthony | Women's rights | US Constitution | US history | Nineteenth Amendment | onthisday
map
The United Kingdom relinquishes control over the Colony of Kenya
Kenya, Africa
December 12th, 1963
map | geography | history | imperialism | colonialism | British Empire | kenya | Africa | independence | democracy | republic
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King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne 80 years ago
London, England
December 11th, 1936
photograph | kings and queens | abdication | United Kingdom | onthisday | royalty | England | monarchy
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Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite
Stockholm, Sweden and Sanremo, Italy
December 10th, 1901
photograph | Nobel Prize | onthisday | Alfred Nobel | history | dynamite | inventor | technology
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John Lennon assassinated in front of his apartment building
The Dakota, New York, NY, USA
December 9th, 1980
photograph | history | onthisday | music | musicians | John Lennon | murder | assassination
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Gabriel García Márquez receives Nobel Prize for Literature
December 8th, 1982
photograph | literature | Nobel Prize | onthisday | arts | humanities | writer | author | Gabo | thank you | magic realism | family history
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75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA
December 7th, 1941
photograph | onthisday | World War II | peace | war | US history | Pearl Harbor
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Mary Hill McAvoy
Fort Niagara, NY
circa 1950
photograph | vacation | historic sites
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The People's House, Heidelberg Project
USA, Detroit, Michigan
photograph | Heidelberg Project
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Pennsylvania Fish Commission 1982 LITTERBUG LAW
USA, Pennsylvania
1892
photograph | litterbug law
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My sons meet Knicks great Larry Johnson
March 4 2017
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Happy New Year from the bengali calendar
04/16/17
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Spring Verizon Design Challenge 2016
2474 Crotona Avenue,Bronx,NY,USA
Spring 2016
photograph | verizon | Design Challenge | BASE | computer science
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Haven't change a bit....
Koyra,Khulna,Bangladesh
2004
photograph | childhood
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bandits on a bench
Normandy, France
August 21, 2010
photograph | Wedding of Delphine and James
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Old picture of Pelham Parkway subway station
(Circa 1918)
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono
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The NYC Tech Fair 2017
Armory Track, NY
03/27/17
photograph | CS4ALL | CSNY | The Glass Files
artwork
Tiny Trump playing under the President's desk
Oval Office, The White House, Washington D.C., USA
February 2017
artwork | photograph | furniture | Donald Trump | Stephen K. Bannon | The White House | POTUS | Oval Office
artwork
Scale model of Hercule Poirot's apartment at Whitehaven Mansions
Smithfield, London, England
1989-2013
artwork | architecture | floorplan | architectural model | Hercule Poirot | Agatha Christie | murder mystery | London | detective | Art Deco | film | television
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A great guy who cares about our (students) future. He is Fred Wilson.
USA, New York, NY, The Armory Track, 216 Fort Washington Avenue
29th March 2017
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The High Bridge
40.8423° N, 73.9304° W
1848 Initial Construction. 1968 Documentation Compiled. 2017 Retrieved
photograph | bridges | New York | The Bronx | Aqueduct | Washington Heights
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The Commander-in-chief is ready for action
Mar-a-Lago Estate, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2009
photograph | Mar-a-Lago | National Historic Landmark | Trump family | Donald Trump | golf | gold | Winter White House
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The Mar-a-Lago Estate, a National Historic Landmark
Mar-a-Lago Estate, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
photograph | Winter White House | Mar-a-Lago | National Historic Landmark | estates | golf | Trump family | Donald Trump
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Trump family photo album from a different time
Mar-a-Lago Estate, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
sometime in the 1990s
photograph | family | Donald Trump | Trump family | Mar-a-Lago | National Historic Landmark | Michael Jackson | music | musicians | family album | children
document
Print magazine advertisement for the Kurzweil K250
Keyboard Magazine, pages 74-75
February 1985
document | advertisement | advertising | print | keyboard | synthesizer | innovation | musical instruments | music | Bob Moog | Ray Kurzweil | sound
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Dancer Fana Tesfagiorgis in an extraordinary dress
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, New York, NY, USA
2012
photograph | dance | theater | performing arts | performance | fashion | dresses | Fana Tesfagiorgis | backstage | Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
artwork
The first NFL quarterback to win 5 Super Bowls
NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas, USA
Sunday, February 5 2017, 6:30 PM
artwork | television | football | National Football League | Super Bowl | 2017 | sports | championship
photograph
who knows baseball cards
Montclair, NJ
2017-02-07
photograph | baseball | cards | statistics | magic
document
Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights
1948-02-02
document | history | American history | American Dream | politics | Civil Rights | Human Rights
photograph
Women's march in NYC
New York, NY
2017-01-21
photograph | democracy | Women's rights
photograph
Women's March - NYC
New York, NY, USA
2017-01-21
photograph | equality | justice | Human Rights | United States | Peaceful Protest | history | peace
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An exceptional view of New York Harbor and downtown Manhattan
New York, NY, USA - where else?
early 21st century
photograph | New York | New York City | NYC | aerial photography | Ellis Island | Statue of Liberty | Manhattan | travel | boats | architecture | urban | statues
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Interior of the Armenian Protestant Church of Ourfa
Ourfa, Turkey
1900
photograph | Houshamadyan | genocide | Armenia | Turkey
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From left: Ethel Nelson, Dorinda Bowman, and Anna Bowman
Sourp Sarkis, Hadjin, Turkey
circa 1911
photograph | genocide | Armenia | Turkey | Houshamadyan | school | education | teachers | women's history | Missionary | Mount Holyoke
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Children of the mission's staff
Hadjin, Turkey
circa 1913
photograph | orphans | Houshamadyan | genocide | farmers | Turkey
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A group of orphans
Hadjin, Turkey
circa 1909
photograph | orphans | Turkey | Houshamadyan | genocide | Armenia
photograph
This photograph appeared in the book "Hadjin and the Armenian Massacres"
Hadjin, Turkey
circa 1909
photograph | mountains | genocide | Armenia | Houshamadyan | Turkey | Islam | Muslim | US history | education | school | Mount Holyoke | mosque | architecture
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A group of local Kurds pay a visit to the small but adequate school
Toukh, 22 km (14 miles) from Bitlis,Turkey
circa 1911
photograph | school | Houshamadyan | genocide | Armenia | Turkey
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This view looks westward across the plateau that stretches from the bluff
Bitlis, Turkey
1911
photograph | genocide | Armenia | Turkey | Houshamadyan | mountains | village | vilayet
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Mount Holyoke Girls Seminary
Bitlis, Turkey
circa late 1800s
photograph | Houshamadyan | Turkey | genocide | Armenia | women's history | Missionary | seminary | education | teachers
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Mount Sindian
Bitlis, Turkey
1888
photograph | Turkey | mountains | genocide | Armenia | Houshamadyan | women's history | education | teachers | girls | Missionary | seminary | summer | school
document
Before this, Charlotte Ely had hand printed each diploma
Istanbul
circa 1883
document | Houshamadyan | genocide | Armenia | diploma | Istanbul | school | Mount Holyoke
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Four graduates of Mount Holyoke Girls Seminary at Bitlis
Bitlis, Turkey
circa 1880s
photograph | seminary | Turkey | genocide | Houshamadyan | Armenia | teachers | education | women's history | Missionary
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The first ever photograph taken of Bitlis - so far as we know
Bitlis, Turkey
circa mid-19th century
photograph | Turkey | genocide | Armenia | Houshamadyan | history | village | education | teachers | Missionary
photograph
Mary (Annie) Ely
Bitlis, Turkey
1789
photograph | Armenia | genocide | Houshamadyan
document
This is the backside of the photograph of Khachig Vartanian
Bitlis, Turkey
1890
document | Houshamadyan | genocide | Armenia | Turkey | history
photograph
Charlotte Ely, 1839-1915
Bitlis, Turkey
circa 1880
photograph | Houshamadyan | Armenia | genocide | Turkey | education | Missionary | teachers
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These women are probably teachers
Bitlis, Turkey
circa 1900s
photograph | Houshamadyan | Armenia | teachers | genocide | Turkey | education
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