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Emlen Tunnell Field

EMLEN TUNNELL FIELD  EMLEN TUNNELL  Class of 1942 Radnor High School  New York Giants defensive End 1948 - 1962  BORN AND RAISED IN GARRETT HILL  When you walk on this field, know that you...

EMLEN TUNNELL FIELD  EMLEN TUNNELL  Class of 1942 Radnor High School  New York Giants defensive End 1948 - 1962  BORN AND RAISED IN GARRETT HILL  When you walk on this field, know that...

  • radnor
  • pennsylvania
  • tunnell
  • football
  • footsteps

Arnold Tavern

ARNOLD TAVERN  SITE OF COL. JACOB ARNOLD'S TAVERN. IT WAS USED AS WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS JAN - MAY, 1777. TROOPS WERE IN LOW ANTICA VALLEY. Submitted by @danmcd674

ARNOLD TAVERN  SITE OF COL. JACOB ARNOLD'S TAVERN. IT WAS USED AS WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS JAN - MAY, 1777. TROOPS WERE IN LOW ANTICA VALLEY. Submitted by @danmcd674

    Formerly the Texas School Book Depository Building

    This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. In 1894 the land was purchased by Phil L....

    This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. In 1894 the land was purchased by Phil...

    • dallas
    • texas
    • jfk
    • plow company
    • book depository
    • assasination

    Salvation Army

    THE SALVATION ARMY OAKLAND CHINATOWN CORPS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SERVICE OF MANKIND JUNE 28, 2008 BY COMMISSIONER PHILIP SWYERS TERRITORIAL COMMANDER

    THE SALVATION ARMY OAKLAND CHINATOWN CORPS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SERVICE OF MANKIND JUNE 28, 2008 BY COMMISSIONER PHILIP SWYERS TERRITORIAL COMMANDER

    • oakland
    • califorinia
    • bay area
    • salvation army
    • territorial ...

    William McGonagall

    William McGonagall / Poet and Tragedian Submitted by @slashdotat

    William McGonagall / Poet and Tragedian Submitted by @slashdotat

      The Crash of Flight 307

      The Crash of Flight 307 March 7, 1950 at 9:02PM During its approach through a blinding snowstorm, NWA Flight 307 clipped its left wing on a flagpole at Ft. Snelling Cemetery. Captain Donald Jones...

      The Crash of Flight 307 March 7, 1950 at 9:02PM During its approach through a blinding snowstorm, NWA Flight 307 clipped its left wing on a flagpole at Ft. Snelling Cemetery. Captain...

      • minneapolis
      • minesotoa
      • plane crash
      • cemetery

      Herman W. Cox, Jr.

      Herman W. Cox, Jr., life long resident of Collierville, was a 1939 graduate of Collierville High School. He served as an elected leader of Collierville, first as alderman in 1959 and Mayor in...

      Herman W. Cox, Jr., life long resident of Collierville, was a 1939 graduate of Collierville High School. He served as an elected leader of Collierville, first as alderman in 1959 and Mayor in...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Bryant Terrace 1906

      Spotted walking down Bryant Street, near the eastern edge of San Francisco's Mission District, after work. It's a non-official-type plaque, devised by someone devoted to the history of this one...

      Spotted walking down Bryant Street, near the eastern edge of San Francisco's Mission District, after work. It's a non-official-type plaque, devised by someone devoted to the history of this one...

      • san francisco
      • mission district
      • apartments blocks

      Interprovincial Bridge

      1900 INTERPROVINCIAL BRIDGE BUILT BY DOMINION BRIDGE C L LACHINE P O PONTIAC PACIFIC JR OTTAWA GATINUAU R H. J BEEMER CONTRACTOR GUY C. DUNN ENGINEER   Submitted by @bthubbard

      1900 INTERPROVINCIAL BRIDGE BUILT BY DOMINION BRIDGE C L LACHINE P O PONTIAC PACIFIC JR OTTAWA GATINUAU R H. J BEEMER CONTRACTOR GUY C. DUNN ENGINEER   Submitted by @bthubbard

      • ottawa
      • ontario
      • bridge

      Akin Hall

      AKIN HALL  BUILT AND DEDICATED IN 1881 BY A. J. AKIN. USED BY CHRIST CHURCH SINCE 1895. MOVED TO FORMER SITE OF MIZZENTOP HOTEL BY LOWELL THOMAS 1936.  AKIN HALL ASSOCIATION 1986

      AKIN HALL  BUILT AND DEDICATED IN 1881 BY A. J. AKIN. USED BY CHRIST CHURCH SINCE 1895. MOVED TO FORMER SITE OF MIZZENTOP HOTEL BY LOWELL THOMAS 1936.  AKIN HALL ASSOCIATION 1986

        Tanks Skole

        TANKS SKOLE "Skoleivet var meg dypt usympatisk, dets materialisme, barshel og kulde var min natur sa imot at jeg utponsket det utroligste for a bli det kvitt - om bar for en liten stund." Edvard...

        TANKS SKOLE "Skoleivet var meg dypt usympatisk, dets materialisme, barshel og kulde var min natur sa imot at jeg utponsket det utroligste for a bli det kvitt - om bar for en liten stund." Edvard...

          Between Downtown and the Railroad

          Triangular block bounded by Detroit, Fifth, and Kingsley, 1897   In 1845 the first St. Thomas Catholic Church, built on Kingsley Street east of Division, was Ann Arbor’s first brick church and its...

          Triangular block bounded by Detroit, Fifth, and Kingsley, 1897   In 1845 the first St. Thomas Catholic Church, built on Kingsley Street east of Division, was Ann Arbor’s first brick church and its...

          • detroit
          • michigan
          • railroad
          • barrel factory
          • apple-picking

          Industry on Detroit Street

          Miller’s Planing Mill, 529 Detroit Street, 1874 (Later the Treasure Mart)   Used cars were sold at 514 Detroit Streetin the last part of Andrew Schmidt’s carriage factory buildings, before it was...

          Miller’s Planing Mill, 529 Detroit Street, 1874 (Later the Treasure Mart)   Used cars were sold at 514 Detroit Streetin the last part of Andrew Schmidt’s carriage factory buildings, before it was...

          • detroit
          • michigan
          • universal bath
          • railroad
          • treasure mart

          Purgatory Hill

          Purgatory Hill  Named by the Continental  Army encamped here fall of  1778. Site of great barbecue celebrating anniversary of Burgoyne's defeat - Saratoga  

          Purgatory Hill  Named by the Continental  Army encamped here fall of  1778. Site of great barbecue celebrating anniversary of Burgoyne's defeat - Saratoga

          • barbecue
          • 1778
          • saratoga
          • akindale farms

          Colfax Riot

          This plaque marks what it calls the "Colfax Riot," what is now called the "Colfax Massacre." In the midst of political turmoil in 1873, White Supremacist paramilitaries killed over 100 blacks --...

          This plaque marks what it calls the "Colfax Riot," what is now called the "Colfax Massacre." In the midst of political turmoil in 1873, White Supremacist paramilitaries killed over 100 blacks --...

          • massacre
          • reconstruction
          • paramilitaries
          • racism

          Japanese American Remembrance Garden

          This set of plaques is located on the north edge of the Seattle University Campus. It's near Madison Street in the projection of the 11th Avenue right of way. It's on the east side of Hunthausen...

          This set of plaques is located on the north edge of the Seattle University Campus. It's near Madison Street in the projection of the 11th Avenue right of way. It's on the east side of Hunthausen...

          • seattle
          • nikkei
          • japanese
          • incarceration
          • seattle university

          Chrysler Building [Seattle]

          This plaque is on the north side of East Pine Street just east of Broadway in Seattle, Washington at 900 East Pine Street. Text: Chrysler Building B.1925 The Washburn-Haines Company built this...

          This plaque is on the north side of East Pine Street just east of Broadway in Seattle, Washington at 900 East Pine Street. Text: Chrysler Building B.1925 The Washburn-Haines Company built this...

          • seattle
          • history
          • auto row
          • capitol hill

          Gras-Devall Plaza

          Gras-Devall Plaza - These four corners were dedicated for public use in 1809 by Antonio Gras and Edith and Richard Devall. A market was to be in the center, and the corners used for the hitching...

          Gras-Devall Plaza - These four corners were dedicated for public use in 1809 by Antonio Gras and Edith and Richard Devall. A market was to be in the center, and the corners used for the hitching...

          • baton rouge
          • plaza
          • louisiana

          Van Nuys Grammar School

          Van Nuys Grammar School 1912 Los Angeles Board of Education 1935 Wm. Campbell D.M. Gibson Wm. E. Lane ~Trustees~ Submitted by: Jon G.

          Van Nuys Grammar School 1912 Los Angeles Board of Education 1935 Wm. Campbell D.M. Gibson Wm. E. Lane ~Trustees~ Submitted by: Jon G.

          • van nuys
          • grammar school
          • lausd

          Norumbega Tower

          AD 1000. AD 1889 Norumbega = Nor MBega Indian utterance of Norgega the ancient form of Nowega, Norway to which the region of Vinland was subject. . City. At and near Watertown where remain to-day...

          AD 1000. AD 1889 Norumbega = Nor MBega Indian utterance of Norgega the ancient form of Nowega, Norway to which the region of Vinland was subject. . City. At and near Watertown where remain...