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El Palo Nuevo

    ELAM AND MARGARET BROWN HOME-SITE

    ELAM AND MARGARET BROWN HOME-SITE The founder of Lafayette built his principal home in this vicin- ity in 1858. "Squire" Brown purchased the Rancho Acalanes in 1847, upon which he raised cattle...

    ELAM AND MARGARET BROWN HOME-SITE The founder of Lafayette built his principal home in this vicin- ity in 1858. "Squire" Brown purchased the Rancho Acalanes in 1847, upon which he raised cattle...

      Funland

      Submitted by @talllguy.

      Submitted by @talllguy.

        Vega y Coca Sisters, Doña Rosa Bustamonte

        Submitted by @AnjaTEAgle.

        Submitted by @AnjaTEAgle.

          The Motion Picture Research

          IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN 1878 AND 1879 AT THE PALO ALTO FARM NOW THE SITE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY THIS EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENT PORTRAYING THE ATTITUDES...

          IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MOTION PICTURE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN 1878 AND 1879 AT THE PALO ALTO FARM NOW THE SITE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY THIS EXTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENT PORTRAYING THE...

            Stanford Volunteers Spanish-American War 1898-1899

              James Grant Fergusson

                Robert Edouard Pellissier

                ROBERT EDOUARD PELLISSIER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH KILLED AT THE SOMME AUGUST 29 1916 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY

                ROBERT EDOUARD PELLISSIER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH KILLED AT THE SOMME AUGUST 29 1916 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY

                  Memorial Arch

                  MEMORIAL ARCH. TO THE MEMORY OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR. BORN TO MORTALITY, MAY 14, 1868. PASSED TO IMMORTALITY, MARCH 13, 1884, ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, 1899

                  MEMORIAL ARCH. TO THE MEMORY OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR. BORN TO MORTALITY, MAY 14, 1868. PASSED TO IMMORTALITY, MARCH 13, 1884, ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, 1899

                    Restoration of the Stanford Campus

                      Memorial Church

                      MEMORIAL CHURCH ERECTED BY JANE LATHROP STANFORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND LELAND STANFORD

                      MEMORIAL CHURCH ERECTED BY JANE LATHROP STANFORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND LELAND STANFORD

                        The Burghers of Calais

                          Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless Grape

                          Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

                          Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

                          • california
                          • highway 20
                          • sutter county
                          • agriculture history
                          • thompson see...

                          Ramona Street Architectural District

                            The Gates of Hell

                              Payton Jordan Plaza

                                John I. Danielson

                                GIFT OF THE FRIENDS OF JOHN 1. DANIELSON DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID, EMERITUS 1968 - 1982 STOP AND STAY A WHILE FOR TOMORROW'S JOURNEY REQUIRES YOU BE RESTED

                                GIFT OF THE FRIENDS OF JOHN 1. DANIELSON DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID, EMERITUS 1968 - 1982 STOP AND STAY A WHILE FOR TOMORROW'S JOURNEY REQUIRES YOU BE RESTED

                                  F Street Bridge

                                  Plaque noting the construction of the concrete bridge over the Arkansas River in Salida, ColoradoERECTED AD 1900BY THE CITY OF SALIDALOUIS WENZMAYORJ.W. LODGEV.C. DAVENPORTJ.U. MOCKF.B....

                                  Plaque noting the construction of the concrete bridge over the Arkansas River in Salida, ColoradoERECTED AD 1900BY THE CITY OF SALIDALOUIS WENZMAYORJ.W. LODGEV.C. DAVENPORTJ.U....

                                  • bridge
                                  • colorado
                                  • salida
                                  • arkansas river
                                  • 1900

                                  Woolworth's Sit-In, Jackson MS

                                  Woolworth’s Sit-in“Woolworth’s variety store was the scene of a pivotal event in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement on May 28, 1963. When three black Tougaloo College students sat down at the...

                                  Woolworth’s Sit-in“Woolworth’s variety store was the scene of a pivotal event in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement on May 28, 1963. When three black Tougaloo College students sat down at...

                                  • woolworth's
                                  • sit-in
                                  • civil rights
                                  • integration
                                  • jackson
                                  • mississippi ...
                                  • tougaloo college
                                  • 1963

                                  Charles Evans Hughes

                                  New York, Home of Distinguished Americans Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862 - August 7, 1948 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1930-1941 Governor of New York,...

                                  New York, Home of Distinguished Americans Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862 - August 7, 1948 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1930-1941 Governor of New York,...

                                  • charles evans hughes
                                  • supreme court
                                  • secretary of state
                                  • governor
                                  • court of int...