Abraham Lincoln
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON FEBRUARY 28, 1860, SPOKE IN RAILROAD HALL LOCATED ON THIS SITE. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT HE HAD DELIVERED HIS FAMOUS ADDRESS AT COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK. TO PLEASE NEW...
- abraham lincoln
- providence
- rhode island
- lincoln
SHAKESPEARE'S HEAD
SHAKESPEARE'S HEAD Built by publisher John Carter in 1772 to house the printing press of the Providence Gazette, the post office and a bookshop,as well as Carter's growing family, this is one of...
- providence i...
Bath School Disaster
From Bath Township Police Department: May 18 marks the 89th annual observance of the school massacre in Bath, Michigan. We would like everyone to take a moment out of their day to reflect on...
- bath
- michigan
- massacre
- attack
- 1927
Anheuser-Busch Beer Depot 1887
This building is in the historical Old Market district in Omaha, NE and serves as the offices of The New BLK -- a creative ad agency.
- omaha
- nebraska
- budweiser
- six teems of horses
- finial
- anheuser-busch
- voss
- vault and icehouse
John Denver
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- snowmass
- canyons
- heavens
- denver
- hawk
Fraunces Tavern
- new york
- nyc
- fraunces
- revolutionary war
- george washington
- sons of liberty
This Tablet Dedicated to the Memory of the Men of the American Merchant Marine
- new york
- nyc
- hamilton
- merchant marine
- harding
- bowling green
Bowling Green
- new york
- nyc
- bowling green
- park
- 1733
Austin's Moonlight Towers
Austin's Moonlight Towers This is one of the 31 original moonlight towers installed in Austin in 1895. Seventeen remain. Each tower illuminated a circle of 3000 feet using 6 carbon arc lamps...
- austin
- towers
- texas
- lighting
- historic
- 99pi
- moonlight
Culver City
- culver
- california
- 1928
- boone
- kinkead
- cooms
- houck
- los angeles
Eric Kashino Memorial Plaque
The plaque is a memorial to Eric Kashino. He was struck and killed by a charter bus at the intersection of 4th Ave and Pike Street in Downtown Seattle in Feburary of 2001. Eric was crossing the...
- memorial
- pedestrian fatality
- seattle
- pike
- bus
- wheel chair
P. L. James Government Building
The plaque struck me as interesting because the Federal Building in Victoria is named after the Architect who designed the building. Not a politician.
- architects
- federal gove...
- victoria
- architecture
- james
- percy
- leonard
The Celebrity Club
THE CELEBRITY CLUB Near this site at 54 Randall Street stood The Celebrity Club, New England's first integrated Jazz and rhythm & blues venue. Founded by Paul Filippi in 1949, the world-class club...
- jazz
- louis armstrong
- duke ellington
- charlie parker
- billie holiday
- ella fitzgerald
- coleman hawkins
- stan getz
- george shearing
- ray charles
- fats domino
- rhode island
- providence
Pinkie the Pink Elephant
This pink elephant makes a bold statement outside a little Shell gas station near DeForest, Wisconsin, just off of I-94. It has many fans and photos too (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1645)....
- pink
- elephant
- advertising
- shell gas station
- sculptures
Baby Head Cemetery
Dr. Edwin Herbert Land
In Commemoration of Dr. Edwin Herbert Land 1909-1991 "Don't do anything that someone else can do." "Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible." Humanist...
- cambridge
- massachusetts
- invention
- photography
- polaroid
First Two-Way Long Distance Telephone Conversation
From this site on October 9, 1876 the first two- way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours. From here in Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to...
- cambridge
- massachusetts
- telephone
- technology
- invention
- boston
Site of Original Campus of University of California
Site of College of California Original Campus of University of California University of California, Chartered March 23, 1863. Located between Franklin and Harrison, 12th and 14th Streets, from...
- cal
- university o...
- berkeley
- oakland
- college
- history
- california
Live Oak Park
BERKELEY HISTORY LIVE OAK PARK 1914 Live Oak Park was created in 1914 when the City of Berkeley purchased four acres from landowners R. S. Penniman and Michael O’Toole. Mr. Penniman’s...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- live oak
- codornices
Commemorative stone, Hampstead, London NW3
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