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Owen Smith, 'An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders'

Owen Smith   An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders 1998   Ceramic mosaic   Fabricated by Peter Colombo Artistic Mosaics   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for ...

Owen Smith   An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders 1998   Ceramic mosaic Fabricated by Peter Colombo Artistic Mosaics Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for ...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • sunset park
  • subway
  • nyct
  • art
  • mosaic
  • owen smith
  • 1998

Natural Gas Network in Bashkortostan

The text is in two languages, Bashkir and Russian. It says:

The text is in two languages, Bashkir and Russian. It says:"Был йортkа Башkортостандағы тәүге селтәр газы килгән 21.07.1953 В этот дом пришел первый сетевой газ в ...

  • infrastructure
  • gas
  • resources

Nashville’s First Public School

Nashville's first pablic school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved to ...

Nashville's first pablic school, Hume School, opened here Feb. 26, 1855. A three story brick building, the school employed 12 teachers and served all grades. In 1874 high school classes were moved to ...

  • school
  • high school
  • nashville
  • tennessee

Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)

RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) A graduate of Hume-Fogg and Vanderbilt University, Randall Jarrell was a distinguished poet, critic, novelist, essayist, and teacher. Jarrell Joined the U.S. Army Air ...

RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) A graduate of Hume- Fogg and Vanderbilt University, Randall Jarrell was a distinguished poet, critic, novelist, essayist, and teacher. Jarrell Joined the U.S. Army Air ...

  • school
  • high school
  • vanderbilt univ...
  • vanderbilt
  • university
  • nashville
  • tennessee
  • poetry

James Wilson Growden Memorial Field

GROWDEN MEMORIAL FIELDin memory of JAMES WILSON GROWDENMarch 28, 1935 - March 27, 1964FATHER - TEACHER - ATHLETE - LATHROP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATEDIED WITH HIS TWO YOUNG SONS IN THE GREAT ALASKA ...

GROWDEN MEMORIAL FIELDin memory of JAMES WILSON GROWDENMarch 28, 1935 - March 27, 1964FATHER - TEACHER - ATHLETE - LATHROP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATEDIED WITH HIS TWO YOUNG SONS IN THE GREAT ALASKA ...

  • fairbanks
  • alaska
  • goldpanners
  • baseball

Pulaski Bridge

CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT F. WAGNER MAYOR JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN JAMES A. LUNDY PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF QUEENS PULASKI BRIDGE 1954 DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ...

CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT F. WAGNER MAYOR JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN JAMES A. LUNDY PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF QUEENS PULASKI BRIDGE 1954 DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT ...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • queens
  • greenpoint
  • long island cit...
  • bridge
  • robert wagner
  • john cashmore
  • james lundy

Gloria & Don LeVine

In loving memory. Gloria & Don LeVine Married 1946: Partners, Parents, Grandparents  

In loving memory. Gloria & Don LeVine Married 1946: Partners, Parents, Grandparents   "Those were the days..."Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • prospect park
  • bench

General William Booth

TO THE GLORY OF GOD   UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH   THE FOUNDER OF THE SALVATION ARMY COMMISSIONER GEORGE S. RAILTON AND SEVEN WOMEN OFFICERS UNFURLED THE FLAG OF THE SALVATION ARMY ...

TO THE GLORY OF GOD   UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH   THE FOUNDER OF THE SALVATION ARMY COMMISSIONER GEORGE S. RAILTON AND SEVEN WOMEN OFFICERS UNFURLED THE FLAG OF THE SALVATION ARMY ...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • battery park
  • the battery
  • william booth
  • salvation army

Riverview Homes Association

RIVERVIEW HOMES ASSOCIATION Incorporated 1 May, 1923   One of the earliest examples of not-for-profit housing cooperatives in the United States, Riverview Homes was established and constructed by ...

RIVERVIEW HOMES ASSOCIATION Incorporated 1 May, 1923   One of the earliest examples of not-for- profit housing cooperatives in the United States, Riverview Homes was established and constructed ...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • sunset park
  • finland
  • finntown
  • 1923

Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Wetlands Project

Submitted by @Victory4Oakland.

Submitted by @Victory4Oakland.

    Kiusala

    KIUSALA   Sunset Court Association, Inc. Built 1925 Eric O. Holmgren, Architect   This building is one of more than 30 cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park, that were either built ...

    KIUSALA   Sunset Court Association, Inc. Built 1925 Eric O. Holmgren, Architect   This building is one of more than 30 cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park, that were either built ...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • sunset park
    • finland
    • finntown
    • 1925

    Point Emery

    POINT EMERY A small shoreline park located on northwestern edge of Emeryville, Point Emery is a popular place for kiteboarding, kayaking and paddle-boarding access to the San Francisco Bay. ...

    POINT EMERY A small shoreline park located on northwestern edge of Emeryville, Point Emery is a popular place for kiteboarding, kayaking and paddle-boarding access to the San Francisco ...

      In Vicinity of French Trading Area

      In the mid-1700s, Indians of the region met at a trading ground near this site with Frenchmen who brought them manufactured goods, sometimes including guns and ammunition — products denied them by ...

      In the mid-1700s, Indians of the region met at a trading ground near this site with Frenchmen who brought them manufactured goods, sometimes including guns and ammunition — products denied them by ...

      • texas
      • native american...
      • colonial histor...

      Archer County Copper Mines

      (1/4 mile northeast and 5 miles to the south southeast)   The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River, about ...

      (1/4 mile northeast and 5 miles to the south southeast)   The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River, about ...

      • texas
      • archer county
      • mining
      • civil war

      Dad's Corner

      The result of a 1923 oil boom, development of a town at this site included some twenty-two businesses, including a food stand operated by a man with the nickname “Dad,” which provided a name for the ...

      The result of a 1923 oil boom, development of a town at this site included some twenty-two businesses, including a food stand operated by a man with the nickname “Dad,” which provided a name for the ...

      • texas
      • oil
      • boomtowns
      • ghost towns

      Camp Stonewall Jackson

      Area Confederate veterans officially formed the Stonewall Jackson Camp #249, United Confederate Veterans, in 1897. The group purchased 106 acres located south of Holliday, along Holliday Creek, as a ...

      Area Confederate veterans officially formed the Stonewall Jackson Camp #249, United Confederate Veterans, in 1897. The group purchased 106 acres located south of Holliday, along Holliday Creek, as a ...

      • texas
      • archer county
      • civil war
      • confederate vet...

      The Old Buffalo Road

      (About 100 yards to the west)   Named for its traffic in buffalo hides and bones, this North Texas road gave subsistence to pioneers while aiding in mass “harvest” of the American bison. As long as ...

      (About 100 yards to the west)   Named for its traffic in buffalo hides and bones, this North Texas road gave subsistence to pioneers while aiding in mass “harvest” of the American bison. As long as ...

      • texas
      • native american...
      • buffalo
      • bison

      A Jesse James Hideout

      (Located 2 blocks west and 2 blocks north)   Jesse James, celebrated 1860s-82 Missouri outlaw, used to visit in Archer City in house built by Stone Land & Cattle Company for its manager, Allen H. ...

      (Located 2 blocks west and 2 blocks north)   Jesse James, celebrated 1860s-82 Missouri outlaw, used to visit in Archer City in house built by Stone Land & Cattle Company for its manager, Allen ...

      • texas
      • archer county
      • archer city
      • jesse james
      • frank james
      • outlaws

      Archer County Discovery Well

      (Approximately 13 mi. SE)   M.P. Andrews No. 1, drilled in 1911, reached oil sands at 920 feet. Well first flowed oil, March 1912, at rate of 10 barrels a day.    Production in this shallow sand ...

      (Approximately 13 mi. SE)   M.P. Andrews No. 1, drilled in 1911, reached oil sands at 920 feet. Well first flowed oil, March 1912, at rate of 10 barrels a day.    Production in this shallow ...

      • texas
      • archer county
      • archer city
      • oil
      • petroleum

      Extinct Town of Anarene

       Landowner Charles E. Graham (1872-1937) in 1908 granted the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad a route across his property and platted a town at this site. Anarene was named for his wife Annie ...

       Landowner Charles E. Graham (1872-1937) in 1908 granted the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad a route across his property and platted a town at this site. Anarene was named for his wife ...

      • texas
      • archer county
      • anarene
      • ghost towns
      • last picture sh...

      The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon

      September 28, 1874 One of the most significant battles of 1874-75 Indian campaign; columns of troops converging from five directions harassed Indians on the Panhandle Plains for over six months.   ...

      September 28, 1874 One of the most significant battles of 1874-75 Indian campaign; columns of troops converging from five directions harassed Indians on the Panhandle Plains for over six months.   ...

      • palo duro canyo...
      • ranald mackenzi...
      • comanches
      • kiowas
      • native amiercan...

      The S.P. Hamblen Family

      Pioneered at this site, in dugout to the west. S.P. Hamblen (1846-1930) and wife Virginia (1861-1950) settled in Lakeview area (9 mi. S of Claude) in 1889. Hamblen helped establish Lakeview School, ...

      Pioneered at this site, in dugout to the west. S.P. Hamblen (1846-1930) and wife Virginia (1861-1950) settled in Lakeview area (9 mi. S of Claude) in 1889. Hamblen helped establish Lakeview School, ...

      • texas
      • s.p. hamblen fa...
      • prairie dog tow...

      William E. Schott

      Briscoe County pioneer William E. Schott (1870-1941) was born in Ohio and moved to North Texas in 1885. Still legally a minor, he came to this area in 1890 and filed a claim for the first of his ...

      Briscoe County pioneer William E. Schott (1870-1941) was born in Ohio and moved to North Texas in 1885. Still legally a minor, he came to this area in 1890 and filed a claim for the first of his ...

      • texas
      • briscoe county
      • palo duro canyo...
      • william e. scho...

      Hamblen Drive

      Named for William H. Hamblen (1878-1952), who in 1890s pioneered a crude road (about 6 mi. N) into Palo Duro Canyon along old Indian trails. This cut 120 miles off settlers' trips to the courthouse ...

      Named for William H. Hamblen (1878-1952), who in 1890s pioneered a crude road (about 6 mi. N) into Palo Duro Canyon along old Indian trails. This cut 120 miles off settlers' trips to the courthouse ...

      • texas
      • brisco county
      • palo duro canyo...
      • hamblen
      • highways

      Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway

      In 1852, years before the nations’s first transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869, the Texas Legislature chartered what would become the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. The Civil War halted ...

      In 1852, years before the nations’s first transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869, the Texas Legislature chartered what would become the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. The Civil War halted ...

      • texas
      • palo pinto coun...
      • parker county
      • mineral wells
      • railroads
      • resorts