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The Early Days, Juneau

    I was truly there and did my part to the end

      City Hall Apartment Building

      CITY HALL APARTMENT BUILDING BUILT IN 1914 BY MAYOR JOHN J. MCNAMARA, GEORGE J. WINKLEMAN AND JAMES E. MCNAMARA 1st APARTMENT BUILDING IN MARTINEZ. BUILT DURING REFINERY BOOM. UNIQUE BECAUSE IT...

      CITY HALL APARTMENT BUILDING BUILT IN 1914 BY MAYOR JOHN J. MCNAMARA, GEORGE J. WINKLEMAN AND JAMES E. MCNAMARA 1st APARTMENT BUILDING IN MARTINEZ. BUILT DURING REFINERY BOOM. UNIQUE BECAUSE IT...

        Peter J. Shields

        THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO PETER J. SHIELDS FOUNDER OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS PATRON OF ALL AGRICULTURE BENEFACTOR TO STUDENTS EMINENT JURIST HUSBANDMAN ADMIRER OF TREES FRIEND TO MAN IN HONORED...

        THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO PETER J. SHIELDS FOUNDER OF THE DAVIS CAMPUS PATRON OF ALL AGRICULTURE BENEFACTOR TO STUDENTS EMINENT JURIST HUSBANDMAN ADMIRER OF TREES FRIEND TO MAN IN HONORED...

          Marines Memorial Club

            Amazing Space Studio and Gallery

              Massif de Plantes Terre de Bruyere

                Carriage House

                CARRIAGE HOUSE The carriage was a major means of local transportation around the turn of the century. Muir never owned an automobile and preferred to walk whenever possible. The Muir/Strentzel...

                CARRIAGE HOUSE The carriage was a major means of local transportation around the turn of the century. Muir never owned an automobile and preferred to walk whenever possible. The Muir/Strentzel...

                  Benicia Arsenal

                    Claude Chana

                      Murphy WIndmill

                        W. W. Powers Building

                          W.W. Powers Building 209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story, twenty-room...

                          W.W. Powers Building 209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story,...

                          Baroque Column

                          This column typifies 17th century art and architecture. Ornamentation and textile designs cover  most of the twisted column shaft. It demonstrates that in spite of distractions and deviations,...

                          This column typifies 17th century art and architecture. Ornamentation and textile designs cover  most of the twisted column shaft. It demonstrates that in spite of distractions and deviations,...

                          • louisiana
                          • new orleans
                          • architecture

                          Boatbuilders by the Bay

                            Alaskan Hotel and Bar

                              The Mukilteo Research Station

                                Ferries and Freight on San Francisco Bay

                                  Earl K. Long State Park

                                  • louisiana
                                  • state park

                                  African Column

                                  In ancient Egyptian temples, the shape of a lotus or flower in symbolic of the integration of different aspects of a single being.

                                  In ancient Egyptian temples, the shape of a lotus or flower in symbolic of the integration of different aspects of a single being.

                                  • louisiana
                                  • new orleans
                                  • architecture

                                  Puuhonua

                                  THIS ANCIENT HAWAIIAN SANCTUARY (PUUHONUA WAS PRESERVED THROUGH THE FORESIGHT OF CHARLES R. BISHOP WHO ADDED IT TO THE BISHOP ESTATE. WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII, THE TRUSTEES OF...

                                  THIS ANCIENT HAWAIIAN SANCTUARY (PUUHONUA WAS PRESERVED THROUGH THE FORESIGHT OF CHARLES R. BISHOP WHO ADDED IT TO THE BISHOP ESTATE. WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII, THE TRUSTEES OF...