Dinosaur BBQ in Rochester, NY Formerly Lehigh Valley Railroad Station
Bomb damage at number 21 Queen Victoria Street, 1941
Picture from: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/photos-of-londons-past-blended-with-its-present
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Source: http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx
The original map drawn by Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a British physician who is one of the founders of medical epidemiology, showing cases of cholera in the London epidemics of 1854, clustered around the locations of water pumps.
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North Carolina Family Records Online
http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/dimp/digital/ncfamilyrecords/location.html
North Carolina Civil War Soldiers: Follow Them Through the Conflict
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm4/timemap/civil_war/index.php
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Where do patrons of the Pawlin Free Library Live? Google Fusion Tables
Google Goes Indoors Reynolds Arcade and Galleria Pizza
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