Hiroshima Bridge Newel
This inscription plate of the bridge’s name was formerly set into a newel post (shown on the right) of the Aioi Bridge when it was partially repaired in 1949. The black granite slates around this...
Tairo no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori Taira no Kiyomori (1118 – 1181) was a military leader of the late Heian period of Japan. After the Hougen no ran and the Heiji no ran (Short Rebellion War), he emerged as a top...
Sundial
PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BY THE FRIENDS OF GEORGE DONALD MEID Submitted by @jqmcd
Marcus Winchester
On this corner Marcus B. Winchester in 1819 set up the first store in Memphis, and in 1821 the first post office. Son of General James Winchester, he was agent for the original proprietors of the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Gustav Freiwald House, 1906
The Monarch Grove Sanctuary "Butteryfly Trees"
- winter storms
- pacific grove
- california
- monarchs
John Steinbeck
JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968 "CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN CALIFORNIA IS A POEM, A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE, A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE GATHERED...
- monterey
- california
- steinbeck
- cannery row
Saint Vincent de Paul
THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT de PAUL IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ORGANIZED HERE AT THIS VENERABLE CATHEDRAL ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE DELEGATES OF THE SOCIETY...
- missouri
- st louis
- saint vincen...
In Memory of Happy Days on the Campus
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- cal
- 1923
- bridge
Graff House
THE GRAFF HOUSE IN WHICH THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1975 WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE INDEPENDENCE HALL...
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- graff
- jefferson
- declaration ...
Horse Watering Trough
Submitted by Sheila Paske
- lincoln
- california
- trough
- horse watering
- railroad depot
- fancy circul...
Beermann Plaza
BEERMANN PLAZA Fritz Beermann and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln's Town Treasurer...
- lincoln
- california
- 1880
- plaza
Fleming Building
FLEMING BUILDING ERECTED IN 1863 – 1864 BY JOHN ZIEGENBEIN AS A GENERAL STORE SOLD TO HERMAN LOHSE 1879; TO GEORGE ALDRICH 1881; TO A.C. FLEMING (& ALEX HEMPHILL) IN 1888 BANK OF LINCOLN,...
- lincoln
- california
- 1863
Emmada Building
EMMADA BUILDING ERECTED IN 1863 AS GOOD TEMPLARS HALL ORIGINAL BUILDING, 30' WIDE, 2 STORIES (537 G) EXPANDED SOUTH IN 1913 BY WILLIAMSON & INGRAM (THEIR WIVES, EMMA AND ADA, ="EMMADA") ...
- lincoln
- california
- 1863
- templars
- grammar school
- granger hall
New Hoppert Building
"NEW HOPPERT BUILDING" OWNED BY HOPPERT FAMILY SINCE 1870'S (DESCENDANT CATHERYN GATES HAS TITLE IN 2002) Submitted by Sheila Paske.
- lincoln
- california
- attorney
- saloon
- bakery
- meat mountain
- soda fountain
- barber shop
Retreat of the Union Troops
Retreat of the Union Troops 1863 During the Civil War, in 1863, Union troops occupied Knoxville. They held a series of earthen forts, some of which were on a hill to the south. A pontoon...
- knoxville
- civil war
- 1863
- union
- confederate
- pontoon bridge
Rose Wave
ROSE WAVE COLIN LAMBERT & PETER ADAMS, 2007 This sculpture honors the Gill Family rose nursery that operated during the late 19th to early 20th century in the area extending west from San...
- albany
- california
- bay area
- when it was learned
- had been use...
- rose nursery
- ocean view
Jefferson Memorial Building Dedication
This beautiful, three-dimensional plaque is mounted at the entrance of the Jefferson Memorial Building at 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri. The building was designed by Isaac Taylor and...
- louisiana pu...
- 1904 world's fair
- st. louis
- forest park
- thomas jefferson
- louisiana purchase
- missouri his...
Village of Steinauer
Village of Steinauer Warnings to avoid "bloody Kansas" prompted the Steinauer brothers, Anton, Nicholas, and Joseph, to settle here in Pawnee County. They arrived in September, 1856, only...
- nebraska
- roadside marker
History of Union Pacific and Omaha
HISTORY OF UNION PACIFIC AND OMAHA The search for a transcontinental railroad route began in 1853, but regional partisanship between North and South prevented Congress from acting. In 1862,...
- railroad
- union pacific
- central pacific
- abraham lincoln
- golden spike