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  • Thumbnail for Carl Lindström Company
    Carl Lindström A.G. was a global record company founded in 1893 and based in Berlin, Germany. Founded by Carl Lindström (1869–1932), a Swedish inventor...
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  • Charles Henri Marie Flahault (3 October 1852 – 3 February 1935) was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology, and...
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  • Thumbnail for Barfüsserkloster
    The Barfüsserkloster in the old town of Zürich is a former Franciscan friary. It was first attested in the 1240s and was dissolved during the Reformation...
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    Old Neckar (dt. Alter Neckar) is a nature conservation area designated by decree of the Regional Council Stuttgart on the territory of the municipality...
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  • Thumbnail for Carina Rozenfeld
    Carina Rozenfeld (born 13 February 1972 in Paris) is a French author who writes children's books in the science-fiction and fantasy genres. In 2004, her...
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  • Adolf Gottlieb (also: Gottlob) Fiedler (1771 – 12 August 1850) was a German entrepreneur in Saxony and Poland. Born in Dresden as the son of Christian...
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  • The Kurenkahn (German plural Kurenkähne; Lithuanian: kurėnas) is a traditional wooden type of flat bottom boat that was used in Vistula lagoon and Curonian...
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  • Thumbnail for Jardin botanique des Cordeliers
    The Jardin botanique des Cordeliers is a botanical garden located at the Place des Cordeliers, Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte...
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  • Werner Flechsig (June 8, 1900 - October 12, 1981) was a German physicist and television pioneer. Werner Flechsig was born on June 8, 1900, in Cologne,...
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  • Thumbnail for John Gleich
    John Gleich (2 November 1879, Memel – c. 1927) was a Baltic-German merchant, painter and publicist; best known for Oriental and maritime scenes. After...
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  • Thumbnail for Anton Robert Leinweber
    Anton Robert Leinweber (7 February 1845, Böhmisch Leipa – 21 December 1921, Munich) was a Bohemian German painter and illustrator; known for his Orientalist...
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  • Thumbnail for Jules Migonney
    Jules Migonney (22 February 1876 – 5 July 1929) was a French painter and engraver known for his portraits and Orientalist scenes. He was born in Bourg-en-Bresse...
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  • Thumbnail for Abbey of St. Sergius, Angers
    The Abbey of St. Sergius, more fully the Abbey of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, in Angers (French: Abbaye Saint-Serge d'Angers or Abbaye des Saints Serge...
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  • Adolphe Hoffmann (1889-1967) was a French entomologist. From 1950 he was considered the European specialist in the families Curculionidae , Bruchidae and...
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    Louis Randavel (1869, Bône - 1947, Douéra) was a French-Algerian Orientalist painter. His family was originally from Nîmes. As a young man, he went to...
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