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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...

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                          • sutter county
                          • agriculture history
                          • thompson see...

                          Ramona Street Architectural District

                            The Gates of Hell