Field of Hope
Marie Curie Cancer Care Field of Hope Sponsored by the Arundel House Hotel Planted by Cambridge City Council November 1995 Submitted by @Geograph_Bob © Copyright Bob Harvey and...
- marie curie
- cancer
- hope
- field
A City of Women
1770-1870 A City of Women Monterey's Women of all nationalities gathered and while doing wash provided a medium for information through the "Wash Tub Mail" at Washer Woman's Gulch. It...
- monterey
- california
- women
- washing
- gold fields
Golden Gate Bridge
Submitted by @Ritterton
- san francisco
- 3-d
- bridge
- golden gate
I-880 Cypress 'F' Picnic Area
I-880 CYPRESS 'F' PICNIC AREA AT ERNIE RAIMONDI PARK A GIFT OF AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE PARTNERING TEAM OF KIEWIT/KAISER AND CALTRANS FOR THE WEST OAKLAND COMMUNITY DEDICATED THIS 26TH DAY...
- 880
- kaiser
- a.d.
- park
- golf
Liberty Hall
LIBERTY HALL Built in 1877, Liberty Hall embodies the many layers of West Oakland history. It is an outstanding example of mid-Victorian commercial architecture, with octagonal turrets,...
- oakland
- bay area
- california
- liberty hal
Frank Furness (1839-1912)
Frank Furness (1839-1912) A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine...
- philadelphia
- architecture
James A. Garfield Death Site
I have a minor obsession with the assassinated President James A. Garfield. What drew my attention to him was one doleful fact about his passing: He lingered for 80 days after he was shot in July...
- presidents
- new jersey
- long branch
- james a. garfield
At this point, on the Old Concord Road, as it then was, ended the midnight ride of Paul Revere
Plaque marking the endpoint of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride. Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders)
- paul revere
- revolutionary war
- minutemen
Clover Hill
Maryland Historical Society plaque on the history of Clover Hill, near Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders)
AIDS Library of Philadelphia
History of the Philadelphia AIDS Library. Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders)
- philadelphia
- aids
- library
Free African Society
Free African Society Established in 1787 under the leadership of Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, this organization fostered identity, leadership, and unity among Blacks and became the...
- philadelphia
- black history
A Brief History of the Bone House and Graveyard
A Brief History of the Bone House & Graveyard (Spa Fields Park) During the 1780s the land was leased as a burial ground and provided space for 2,722 interments. Eventually housing was built...
- london
- spa fields park
- graveyard
- bone house
Lady Bird Johnson Grove
Lady Bird Johnson Grove Dedicated in honor of Mrs. Johnson by Richard Nixon President of the United States August 27, 1969 In recognition of her devoted service to the cause of...
- lbj
- nixon
- redwoods
- nature
- conservation
Big Diamond
"BIG DIAMOND," A CIRCUS ELEPHANT, EXPIRED NEAR HERE IN 1927. HIS SKINNED HULK WAS BURIED. YEARS LATER, BONES WERE UNEARTHED AND SPECULATION AROSE ABOUT A HUMBOLDT MASTODON UNTIL IN-...
- big diamond
- elephant
- mastodon
- humboldt
- ecv
Kitty Hawk
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF AN AIRPLANEWAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY ORVILLE WRIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1908, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT THIS TABLET WAS...
- kitty hawk
- wright brothers
- airplane
- flight
Hutchison School
Mary Grimes Hutchison (1872-1962), a pioneer in rigorous education for girls in Memphis, opened her school in the Wesley Halliburton home in 1902. By 1925, Hutchison School had become a...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Laid by the M. W. Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. of Washington
Trim, Matthew Flinders' Intrepid Cat
Trim MATTHEW FLINDERS INTREPID CAT Who Circumnavigated Australia With His Master 1801 - 1803 And Thereafter Shared His Exile On The Island Of Mauritius Where He Met His Untimely Death ...
Centennial Celebration
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S "GREAT WHITE FLEET" TO SEATTLE IN MAY OF 1908, FROM HERE THE FLEET CONTINUED ON THEIR FAMOUS ROUND THE WORLD...
- 1908
- round the world
- roosevelt
Bejamin Banneker
BENJAMIN BANNEKER (1731-1806) THE SELF-EDUCATED NEGRO MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER WAS BORN. LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND DIED NEAR HERE. HE ASSISTED IN SURVEYING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1791,...
- astronomer
- african-american
- 1791
- jefferson
- self-educated