A public market in downtown Portland in July 1936
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Laura Secord, c. 1865
Laura Secord (née Ingersoll; 13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack. Her contribution to the war was little known during her lifetime, but since her death she has been frequently honoured in Canada. Though Secord had no relation to it, most Canadians associate her with the Laura Secord Chocolates company, named after her on the centennial of her walk.
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and a state trooper before the official ceremony commemorating the joining of the Portland–Montreal Pipe Line 1 August 1941
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Anonymous caricature depicting the treatment given to the Brunswick Manifesto by the French population, 1792
Library of Congress description: “Print shows four figures representing foreign nations responding unfavorably to the manifesto issued by the Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg on July 25 1792. A fifth figure representing Fame (an angel with trumpet) flies overhead holding a sign labeled ‘République Française’.” The Brunswick Manifesto was a proclamation issued by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, commander of the Allied Army (principally Austrian and Prussian), on August 1st 1792 to the population of Paris, France during the French Revolutionary Wars. The Brunswick Manifesto threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed. It was a measure intended to intimidate Paris, but rather helped further spur the increasingly radical French Revolution and finally led to the war between revolutionary France and counter-revolutionary monarchies.
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Europa regina in Sebastian Münster’s “Cosmographia”, 1570
Europa regina, Latin for Queen Europe, is the map-like depiction of the European continent as a queen. Introduced and made popular during the mannerist period, Europe is shown standing upright with the Iberian Peninsula forming her crowned head, and Bohemia her heart.
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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-287 “Maiden Voyager” G-VIRG. Operated the first Virgin Atlantic scheduled service, flying from Gatwick to Newark on 22 June 1984
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Helmet with Mask Visor, c. 1515
Helmets fitted with mask-like visors were a popular German and Austrian fashion from about 1510 to 1540. Often worn in tournaments held during the exuberant Shrovetide festivals, akin to the modern Mardi Gras. Substitute visors of more conventional type were often provided for everyday use.
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