Queens Gallery

1929: portrait of Marie Bard, poster girl for the Red Cross

1929: portrait of Marie Bard, poster girl for the Red Cross. The caption of time read 'Marie Bard, 22, who is the model for the 1930 Red Cross poster and US postage stamp illustrated by artist Lawrence Wilbur. She doesn't smoke, doesn't stay up late, and cooks and cleans for her mother, a pharmacist, and her father, a coffee and tea importer, in Astoria, Queens.' New York, New York, USA

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A deceased beached whale lies on a beach with the skyline of New York rising behind it in

A deceased beached whale lies on a beach with the skyline of New York rising behind it in the Queens borough region of Breezy Point, New York, December 27, 2012. A 60-foot finback whale that washed up on a beach in New York City on Wednesday has died, a marine rescue official said on Thursday. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The new Houses of Parliament

The current Palace of Westminster in London, more commonly known as the Houses of Parliament, was built in the Gothic Perpendicular style between 1840-70 to replace the former building which was destroyed by fire in 1834. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From a??The Life of Victoria - Our Queen and Empress - Simply Told for Childrena?? by Mrs L Valentine. Published in London and New York by Frederick Warne & Co in 1897, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoriaa??s accession to the throne. The building would still have been considered a??newa?? when this book was published

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