A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

1918 Anti-Greek Riots

1918 ANTI-GREEK RIOTS In August 1918, over 50,000 people participated in riots that injured hundreds and caused significant property damage. Many of the rioters were war veterans, already...

  • toronto
  • ontario
  • canada
  • greek
  • wwi
  • yonge

F.E. Anderson & Co. Cotton Yard

This plaque is located on the northwest corner of the old Elks Building in downtown Jackson, across from M.D. Anderson Plaza. It reads: F.E. ANDERSON & CO. COTTON YARD CIRCA 1890 At this...

  • tennessee
  • jackson
  • madison county
  • cotton

Michael W.Leibert

MICHAEL W. LEIBERT 1940 - 1984  FOUNDER * BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE  THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HIS CREATIVE SPIRIT AND STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS VISION.

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • theatre

U.S. Military Personnel from the City of Berkeley Who Died in the Vietnam War, 1957-1986

U.S. Military Personnel from  the City of Berkeley  Who Died in the Vietnam War, 1957-1986 as of 29 May 1986 (Including Missing & Captured Declared Dead)     PAUL BOWMAN JR.       SP4    ARMY...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • vietnam
  • military

First Home of the California College of Arts and Crafts

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • studio building
  • 1905
  • 1906
  • 1982

Monroe Dunaway Anderson

This plaque is located at M.D. Anderson Plaza in downtown Jackson, Tennessee. It reads: "MONROE DUNAWAY ANDERSON 1873-1939. Monroe Dunaway Anderson is known as the 'father' of the Texas Medical...

  • tennessee
  • jackson
  • madison county
  • monroe dunaw...
  • texas history

Golden Sheaf Bakery Annex

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1978 GOLDEN SHEAF BAKERY ANNEX Clinton Day, Architect, 1905 Jim Novosel, Architect, 2000 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places In 1877, English...

  • berkeley
  • bakery
  • california
  • bay area
  • earthquake
  • loaves
  • horse-drawn
  • baker's union

S. H. Kress Co. Store

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1981 S. H. KRESS CO. STORE Edward F. Sibbert, Architect, 1933 Samuel H. Kress began his chain of retail stores around 1900 and soon these...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • kress
  • store
  • five and dime

Heywood Building

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993 HEYWOOD BUILDING James W. Plachek, Architect, 1917, Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects, 1994 This small commercial building was built for William Heywood,...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • plachek
  • library
  • terra-cotta
  • paramount

David Crockett

This is one of several plaques located on the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse in downtown Jackson. DAVID CROCKETT On this site in 1831 Con-gressman Crockett, defeated for reelection told...

  • tennessee
  • jackson
  • madison county
  • david crockett
  • you can go to hell
  • i am going to texas
  • where he died