A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Vera Mae Cowart

In Loving Memory of Vera Mae Cowart From her caring came her courage Submitted by: Abby

  • bull creek
  • austin
  • texas

Edison's Home, Glenmont

Edison's Home, Glenmont In 1886 Thomas Edison bought Glenmont as a gift for his bride, Mina Miller. After moving in, Edison said that the 23-room Victorian mansion was "a great deal too nice for...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • glenmont
  • thomas edison
  • 1886

Llewellyn Park

Llewellyn Park In 1853 New York merchant Llewellyn S. Haskell hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to transform an old farmhouse on the eastern slope of Orange Mountain. Impressed with the...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • glenmont
  • llewellyn park
  • 1853

Women's Heritage Trail - Mina Miller Edison

WOMEN'S Heritage Trail Mina Miller Edison was not content simply to be the wife of America's most famous inventor. As a devout Methodist, she firmly believed that each individual possesses the...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • glenmont
  • llewellyn park
  • mina edison
  • thomas edison

Thomas Edison, Chemist

ACS Chemistry for Life National Historic Chemical Landmark Thomas Edison, Chemist Thomas Edison National Historical Park National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior West Orange,...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • thomas edison
  • 1887
  • american che...
  • 2014

Garage

Garage Built in 1908 with Edison Portland Cement, construction of this garage gave Thomas Edison experience in using concrete as a building material. Although it was built with...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • thomas edison
  • henry ford
  • 1922
  • 1902

Replica of the Black Maria

THIS BUILDING IS A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL "BLACK MARIA", THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON THE FOUNDER OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY....

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • thomas edison
  • 1954

The Black Maria

The Black Maria Thomas Edison's interest in motion pictures began with an idea "for an instrument that does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear, which is the recording and...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • thomas edison
  • william heise
  • william k.l. dickson
  • 1893
  • 1903

Making Movies

Making Movies Edison National Historic Site New Jersey National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • thomas edison
  • black maria
  • 1893
  • 1903
  • 1954

Brendan Bryne

CATCH THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN West Orange WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BRENDAN BYRNE 1924-2018 BRENDAN BYRNE (1924-2018) GREW UP ON PROSPECT PLACE, ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT ST. JOHN'S...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • brendan byrne
  • 1924
  • 2018

New York Foundling Hospital

NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL FOUNDED 1869 Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • chelsea
  • hospital
  • 1869

"For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..."

"For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..." referring to the break with the Asbury Methodist Church of Wilmington, Reverend Peter Spencer The August Quarterly, originally known as the...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • underground railroad
  • peter spencer
  • august quarterly
  • big quarterly
  • 1814
  • 1885
  • 1950
  • 1971

The Underground Railroad: Tubman, Garrett

HARRIET TUBMAN THOMAS GARRETT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THOMAS GARRETT, JOHN HUNN, EZEKIEL JENKINS, SAMUAL D. BURRIE, AND MANY OTHER DELAWAREANS WERE PROMINENT ABOLITIONISTS OF PRE- CIVIL WAR DAYS....

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • thomas garrett
  • underground railroad
  • john hunn
  • harriet tubman
  • 1976

Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

On March 10, 1999, this site was officially proclaimed as the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park by the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware The Underground Railroad Memorial Plaque was...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • harriet tubman
  • thomas garrett
  • underground railroad
  • 1976

Riverfront Parking Deck

Riverfront Parking Deck Developed through the cooperation of State and City government in partnership with private business. Continuing the expansion and redevelopment of the CHRISTINA RIVERFRONT...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • christina river
  • 2003
  • ann minner
  • james baker
  • nathan hayward