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Big Orange Landmarks: No. 230 - Villa Maria

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Exploring the Landmarks of Los Angeles, One Monument at a Time. Thursday, April 23, 2009. No 230 - Villa Maria. 1908 – F.L. Roehrig. 2425 South Western Avenue – map. Ramsay then hired architect Frederick L. Roehrig. 1857 – 1948) to design this 9,000 square foot, forty-room mansion. Completed in the summer of 1908, the estate wouldn’t remain Ramsay’s home for long, as he died of “heart trouble” in early February the next year. In that summer of ‘08, the L.A. Times. Art glass, from the inside and out.

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How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict | Collectors Weekly

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Show and Tell Posts Today. How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict. Mdash; September 24th, 2012. You really have to work hard to get hooked on smoking opium. The Victorian-era form of the drug, known as chandu, is rare, and the people who know how to use it aren’t exactly forthcoming. But leave it to an obsessive antiques collector to figure out how to get to addicted to a 19th-century drug. Recently, Steven Martin. The Art of Opium Antiques. Top: Anti-opium propaganda poster from Ch...

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The New York Filming Locations of The Godfather, Then and Now | Scouting NY

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Scouting NY A Movie Location Scout's Guide To The Big Apple. The New York Filming Locations of The Godfather, Then and Now. January 26, 2014. On March 29, 1971,. Considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made,. Began principal photography in New York City. Because the film is a period piece,. Actually presents a fascinating record of what 1940s-era New York City locations still existed in the early-1970s. Sadly, many of them are now gone. What still remains? Let’s take a closer look. The we...

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Big Orange Landmarks: No. 229 - Westminster Presbyterian Church Building

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Exploring the Landmarks of Los Angeles, One Monument at a Time. Saturday, April 18, 2009. No 229 - Westminster Presbyterian Church Building. Westminster Presbyterian Church Building. 1931 – Quentin Scott. 2230 West Jefferson Boulevard – map. Historic-Cultural Monument No. 229 is a Romanesque church building that has served as headquarters for two Presbyterian congregations during its seventy-eight year history – St Paul’s. At the end of 1930, Southwest Builder and Contractor. Charles H. Crawford. Five mo...

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Historische Fakten – Nike Mangold

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Sehen und gesehen werden. Sehen und gesehen werden: Historische Fakten. Für Die Orangerie habe ich viel recherchiert. Wenn euch die Fakten hinter der Fiktion interessieren, könnt ihr hier einen Auszug aus meinen Notizen lesen. Ich habe jeweils Quellen verlinkt bzw. angegeben. Buden waren kleine Häuser in den Hinterhöfen der Gängeviertel. Getrennt durch einen Gang wurden sie in zwei Reihen an den Giebel des Vorderhauses gebaut und verfügten über einen oder zwei Räume im Erdgeschoss und einen Dachboden.

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Asian American Comparative Collection. Kam Wah Chung and Co. Museum. Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum. Chinese in Montana, University of Montana. Kwan Gung Shrine in Nevada City Museum. Apothecary shop in Nevada city Museum. Food jars and brick kiln in Australia. Interior of Chinese residence. An archaeological dig in Nevada. Chinese Camp, California. A study of brownware excavated in Sacramento. Stewart Culin Papers on Chinese Gaming. San Francisco's Old Chinatown.