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Montblanc (UK: / ˌ m ɒ ˈ b l ɒ (k)/, US: / ˌ m ɑː n (t) ˈ b l ɑː ŋ k /) is a German manufacturer and distributor of luxury goods, founded in Berlin in 1906, and currently based in Hamburg. The company is most known for its luxury pens; it also designs and distributes bags, perfumes, small leather goods, and watches.
Henriette d'Angeville. Henriette d'Angeville (10 March 1794 in Semur-en-Auxois – 13 January 1871 in Lausanne) was the second woman to climb Mont Blanc, and the first to do so unaided (meaning that, although male guides showed her the way up the mountain and carried her supplies, they did not carry her.
Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas January 25, 1839 State coat of arms: Coat of arms of Texas: 1993 National guard crest Crest of the Texas National Guard: February 18, 1924 Flower: Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus) [1] March 1901 [3] Tree: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis ...
Upon joining the United States in 1845, the state of Texas retained its national flag and seal as emblems of the new state, but there were no provisions for a state coat of arms. The three main elements of the 1839 act, the five pointed white star and olive and live oak branches, remained the basic emblems of Texas as represented in the state ...
The Spirt of Ecstasy also called Emilie Sculptured by Charles Robinson Sykes. The Spirit of Ecstasy, also called "Emily", "Silver Lady" or "Flying Lady", carries with it a story about a secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu after 1905, a pioneer of the automobile movement, and editor of ''The Car'' magazine from 1902) and his secret ...
Statue of Barbara Jordan (University of Texas at Austin) Statue of Cesar Chavez; Statue of Christopher Columbus (San Antonio) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of Dan Moody; Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of George Washington (Austin, Texas) Statue of Jim Hogg; Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Austin ...
Location of Williamson County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Williamson County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Williamson County, Texas. There are eight districts, 66 individual properties, and one ...
La Marque (/ l ə ˈ m ɑːr k / lə MARK) is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States, south of Houston.The city population in 2020 was 18,030. La Marque experienced considerable growth in the 1950s, during which the city provided a general administrative and trades and crafts workforce helping to support the petrochemical complex in adjoining Texas City.