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Shanghai "Bund", ca. 1860
caption reads: Centre of the "Bund", Shanghai
The Bund is an embankment along the Huangpu River in Shanghai settled and developed by Europeans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is now primarily a financial district.
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Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal, Agra, India, built 1632-1648 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
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Mariners' Church, Boston, MA. image of Mariners' Church in Boston, ca. 1843 originally printed in the 1843 Boston Almanac as part of a catalog of the churches in Boston at that time The building was destroyed in the 1852 "conflagration" in the North End. The congregation merged with Salem Street Church in 1867, and disbanded in 1879.