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Opera House at Napa Creek

    First Street Bridge over Napa Creek and Bypass

      Amhitheatre

      AMPHITHEATRE DEDICATED FEBRUARY 22, 1992 TELEPHONE PIONEERS OF AMERICA ANSWERING THE CALL OF THOSE IN NEED ACTIVE AND RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF PACIFIC BELL AND A.T.&T.

      AMPHITHEATRE DEDICATED FEBRUARY 22, 1992 TELEPHONE PIONEERS OF AMERICA ANSWERING THE CALL OF THOSE IN NEED ACTIVE AND RETIRED EMPLOYEES OF PACIFIC BELL AND A.T.&T.

      • answering the call
      • telephone pioneers

      Lee-Fitch Adobe

        Batto Building

          Salvadore Vallejo Adobe

            Site of the El Dorado Hotel

              The Somona Index- Tribune

                Gen Mariono Guadalupe Vallejo Sonoma Plaza

                  Rimbaud

                  JEAN NICOLAS ARTHUR  RIMBAUD  POETE ET EXPLORATEUR  EST NE DANS CETTE MAISON  LE 20 OCTOBRE 1854 Submitted by @FabriqueFc

                  JEAN NICOLAS ARTHUR  RIMBAUD  POETE ET EXPLORATEUR  EST NE DANS CETTE MAISON  LE 20 OCTOBRE 1854 Submitted by @FabriqueFc

                    Stephens-Townsend- Murphy Party of 1844

                      Ford Anglia

                        Sr. Juan Jose Venta Corrales

                          The Ford Airport / Ford Tri-motor -- William B. Stout: 1880-1956

                          At this airport, built by Henry Ford in 1924, world and national history was made, ushering in a new era of flight embracing the all-metal airliner, radio control devices, airmail, scheduled...

                          At this airport, built by Henry Ford in 1924, world and national history was made, ushering in a new era of flight embracing the all-metal airliner, radio control devices, airmail, scheduled...

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                          • michigan his...

                          21 June 1621: 27 Bohemian nobles executed in Prague for rebellion

                          21 June 1621: 27 Bohemian nobles executed in Prague for rebellion. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/czechs/aftermath-the-executions-on-the-old-town-square Submitted by @CitizenWald

                          21 June 1621: 27 Bohemian nobles executed in Prague for rebellion. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/czechs/aftermath- the-executions-on-the-old-town-square Submitted by @CitizenWald

                            The Law Society of Upper Canada

                            The Law Society of Canada 1797 Following the introduction of English civil law into this province in 1792, legislation was passed in 1797 authorizing the establishment of the Law Society of Upper...

                            The Law Society of Canada 1797 Following the introduction of English civil law into this province in 1792, legislation was passed in 1797 authorizing the establishment of the Law Society of Upper...

                            • lawsociety
                            • upper canada
                            • ontario
                            • law

                            Public Broadcasting

                            PUBLIC  BROADCASTING  IN 1949, WILBUR SCHRAMM ORGANIZED A  CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, WHICH  LAID THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC  BROADCASTING IN THE...

                            PUBLIC  BROADCASTING  IN 1949, WILBUR SCHRAMM ORGANIZED A  CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, WHICH  LAID THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC  BROADCASTING IN THE...

                              Eklutna Project 1950-1955

                              Submitted by @knapjack

                              Submitted by @knapjack

                                Olympic Memorial Hospital

                                OLYMPIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL  Olympic Memorial Hospital is located on property that was originally set aside  for hospital purposes by President Abraham Lincoln on June 10, 1862  The land-was...

                                OLYMPIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL  Olympic Memorial Hospital is located on property that was originally set aside  for hospital purposes by President Abraham Lincoln on June 10, 1862  The land-was...

                                • lincoln
                                • truman
                                • lincoln
                                • clallam
                                • existing to ...

                                Olympic Memorial Hospital

                                Submitted by @Ritterton

                                Submitted by @Ritterton

                                • lincoln
                                • 1862
                                • clallam
                                • hospital dis...