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31 March 2008

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Eastern Cape Blue Cycad (E. horridus)


  • 14:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Zygmunt Szendzielarz


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Mahendranath Gupta


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Pico & Sepulveda

30 March 2008

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Interior of the Hofkirche, Innsbruck


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An early Estonian stamp


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Murrays' Mills

29 March 2008

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Matterhorn


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Dunning House


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Bourbon County Confederate Monument


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The original U-Drop Inn (circa 1936)

28 March 2008

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Confederate Monument in Cynthiana


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Catalyst museum


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Captain Philip Beaver

27 March 2008

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Haulotte working platform


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Coin featuring Maximian


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Hathor, mistress of the west

26 March 2008

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Seven Deadly Sins wall painting


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F.W. Lumsden


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Father Patrick McLaughlin

25 March 2008

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Bromus interruptus


  • 11:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Signor Brocolini


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HMS Codrington and King George VI

24 March 2008

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Dragon Bridge


  • 12:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Columbus Breaking the Egg


  • 00:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Ferdinand Verbiest

23 March 2008

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Coat of arms attributed to Jesus, 15th Century


  • 08:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

The Old Plantation


  • 01:19, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Division of Cone Mills with mill village 1914

22 March 2008

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Revanta


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Da-ming-hun-yi-ti map


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Stuart Pigott

21 March 2008

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Easter Eggs


  • 11:52, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Femme nue couchée


  • 02:41, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

20 March 2008

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Meeker's Hardware, Danbury, Connecticut


  • 08:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Alvin T. Smith House, Oregon


  • 00:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Dictyosperma (Hurricane Palm)

19 March 2008

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St Alkmund's Church, Whitechurch


  • 07:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Phillips (from a painting with two Admirals)


  • 01:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The Cone sisters with Gertrude Stein

18 March 2008

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Crewe Hall


  • 03:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Jimmy Archer baseball card

17 March 2008

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Ireland's Presidential Standard


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The Limerick area of Louisville


  • 01:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Emancipation Memorial, Washington, DC

16 March 2008

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Carved stone elephant in Peckforton


  • 11:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Shambles Square, Manchester


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Lady Florence Dixie

15 March 2008

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Michigan logging wheels


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Jonathan Swift

14 March 2008

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Chamunda


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Tjängvide image stone


  • 08:19, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Howmet TX


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Chester Castle

13 March 2008

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Southampton Corporation Tram No.45


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The Bathers, by Paul Cézanne


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Lafayette Square

12 March 2008

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Double flower variety of impatiens


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Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church


  • 02:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Channel-billed Cuckoo

11 March 2008

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Christ taking leave of his Mother


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10 March 2008

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Mamadou Diabaté


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San Joaquin Kit Fox


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Original cover of Tate's adaptation of King Lear

9 March 2008

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Dr. Demento


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Giovanni Faber


  • 08:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Monks entering the shedra at Namdroling


  • 01:35, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

40-foot (12 m) tall milk bottle at the Museum Wharf in Boston

8 March 2008

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Old Church of Banagher, County of Londonderry


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Lady Louisa Stuart by George Hayter


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7 March 2008

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John Benbow


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6 March 2008

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Inserted eye wire heddles


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Peckforton Castle

5 March 2008

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Le Bénédicité by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin


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John McCauley

4 March 2008

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John Forbes

3 March 2008

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Bucentaur


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Chester Cathedral


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Dr. William Penny Brookes

2 March 2008

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Ray Fox-prepared Pontiac


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Rear Admiral Patrick H. Brady


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Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni

1 March 2008

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Mother Frances Siedliska


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Reichstag dome


  • 05:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Pot-de-fer