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Wheeler's Cav. at Decatur

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Elizabeth Thomsen, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Shire Oak

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Tim Green aka atoach, full page.License is Attribution License

Allegheny Arsenal

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by sportsedit15224, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Town Hall Clock Repairs

Town Hall Clock Repairs 2015 Funded by a kind donation from the DENT-BROCKLEHURST FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST Submitted by @caddickbrown

Queen Anne Cottage

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

Mojave Road

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

CHL# 156 Los Angeles Plaza (Olvera Street)

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

Long Sands Historic Marker

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by InAweofGod'sCreation, full page.License is Attribution License

Blue Star Memorial Highway

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Memphis and Shelby County Council of Garden Clubs...

• shelby county
• tennessee
• blue star

Modern Movie Making In Memphis

On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Water Wheel

WATER WHEEL  TAKEN FROM A GRIST MILL BUILT IN OLD TOWN OF OAKLAND BY DR. DORREY[?] S. BAKER[?] IN 1861. IT TURNED THE GRINDING STONE THAT GROUND THE GRAIN TO MEAL AND FLOUR SHIPPED BY BOAT...

• in the olden days
• shipped by b...
• grist

Face-off

U.S. Marshal Orville Webster and Memphis police detective Will Smiddy, who was a bootlegger, shot each other outside Smiddy's saloon in a face-off during the early days of Prohibition....

• shelby county
• tennessee

Plaza Substation

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

Justus H. Schwab

Justus H. Schwab, 1847 - 1900An extraordinary figure in the socialist and anarchist movements of the late 19th century, German-born Justus H. Schwab lived with his family and operated a saloon at...

• justus h. schwab
• east first street
• east village
• lower east side
• emma goldman
• ambrose bierce
• samuel gompers
• labor activi...
• social and p...

Robie Street Reservoir

National Historic Civil Engineering Site Robie Street Reservoir The 48 m diameter x 7.5 m deep concrete reservoir was originally build in 1913. It was one of the few structures in the area...

• halifax
• nova scotia
• halifax explosion
• civil engineering
• water reservoir
• construction
• dome

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 The first African America woman to write a play performed on Broadway, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry bought her Greenwich Village home...

• lorraine hansberry
• waverly place
• greenwich village
• the ladder
• to be young ...
• the daughter...
• robert nemiroff
• a raisin in the sun

The Penny Farthing

The Penny. Where a young Joni Mitchell get her start.  Submitted by @ScenesFromACity

• joni mitchell
• toronto
• farthing

William J. Battle, Professor of Latin and Greek

Submitted by @pkmonaghan

• austin
• texas
• co-op
• founder
• 1896

Arnold Bakery

Submitted by @pkmonaghan

• 1906
• austin
• texas

Hugo Reid Adobe CHL# 368

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License