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Master Lei Yixin, Stone of Hope - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument

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Master Lei Yixin, Stone of Hope - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Monument, National Park Service, 2011

"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of…

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Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning

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Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1888

Note the Gallery Media section to the left for the following two articles. - Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and…

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Tom Shaefer, Miami Freedom Tower

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Tom Shaefer, Miami Freedom Tower, National Parks Service, 2010

The Freedom Towers were designed by Schultze and Weaver. It hosted The Miami News newspaper headquarters and printing facility from 1925 to 1957. The…

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami Beach Venetian Causeway

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami Beach Venetian Causeway, Florida Department of State, 1926

The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on abarrier island in south Florida. The man-made Venetian…

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

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Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Florida Department of State, 1933

Located at 300 NE 1st Avenue in downtown Miami, FL. this U.S. Post Office and Courthouse three-story building was given a Mediterranean revival by…

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James Womer: Poster;, James Hoban, Public Architect and Developer. Architect of the White House.

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James Womer: Poster;, James Hoban, Public Architect and Developer. Architect of the White House., The White House, 1981: Poster

"Do nothing- Or, take history into our own hands and like few generations are given the chance, bend it, bend it in the service of a better day."  -…

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Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);, Hoover Dam

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Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);, Hoover Dam, Library of Congress, 1941: Completed (Photograph)

"Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a…

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Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida East Coast Railway Advert

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Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida East Coast Railway Advert, Lee Standiford, 1913

The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I…

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Glenna Goodacre, First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service

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Glenna Goodacre, First Memorial in the United States Capital Honoring Women's Military Service, US Library of Congress, November 11, 1993

This is the first memorial to be placed in the nation's capital in honor of the military service of women. It is on the grounds of the Vietnam…

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Jet Lowe: East Photograph; Staff Artist, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Completing a Great Work - The Brooklyn Bridge

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Jet Lowe: East Photograph; Staff Artist, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Completing a Great Work - The Brooklyn Bridge, Library of Congress, 1982: East; 1883: In Progress

"There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilization. By it we can readily measure an important part…

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