Rockport
ROCKPORT MY HOME FOR OVER 100 YEARS GERTRUDE (TARR) REED GIVEN ON MY 100TH BIRTHDAY JULY 5, 1995 SIT - RELAX - ENJOY Thanks to Jason Freedman for correcting the location on this plaque and for the...
- rockport
- gertrude
- tarr
- reed
- sit relax enjoy
CANADA’S FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC
CANADA’S FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC The first Family Planning Clinic in Canada, located in Hamilton, began in 1931 as The Advocates of Birth Control. Led by Mary (Chambers) Hawkins, the American...
Del Mar Canning Company
- cannery row
- steinbeck
- 1927
- fish & flour
- 1936
- fire
This British Carronade
THIS BRITISH CARRONADE WAS CAPTURED DURING THE REPULSE AT SANDY BAY OF A LANDING PARTY FROM HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE NYMPH IN THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 9, 1814
- 1814
- carronade
- nymph
- frigate
MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER
MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761. He is Michigan's first...
- michigan reg...
- mackinaw city
- michilimackinac
- jewish history
USCGC Mackinaw final crew commemoration
In commemoration and tribute to the historic preservation efforts of the final crew and to honor every Mackinaw sailor who ever chipped paint, wiped oil, or swabbed a deck throughout her sixty-two...
- us coast guard
- mackinaw
- foundation f...
MACKINAW CITY
MACKINAW CITY This site was the terminus of the Dixie Highway, the Mackinaw Trail, the East Michigan Pike and the West Michigan Pike. The East and West Pikes were mapped out in 1913 as gravel and...
- mackinaw city
- michigan reg...
- dixie highway
- mackinaw trail
- east michigan pike
- west michigan pike
Hon. Stanley Ronald Basford P.C., Q.C. 1932-2005
Hon. Stanley Ronald Basford P.C., Q.C. 1932-2005 Ron Basford was elected Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1963 and served as a Minister from 1967-1978. Advances in consumer...
Captain Edward Stamp
Here Captain Edward Stamp pioneer industrialist and legislator started lumbering operations; then, finding a better site, he moved elsewhere on Burrard Inlet, and founded in the wilderness,...
- captain edward stamp
- vancouver
- stanley park
- then finding...
- moved elsewhere
Logan Square
Mr. & Mrs. E. K. Anderson Memorial Fountain
Submitted by Darren Platt
Oregon Caves National Monument
- taft
- oregon
- caves
- 1909
VFW Bicentennial Veterans' Memorial
HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT...
- vfw
- bicentennial
- veterans
- memorial
CN Fort Langley Rail Station
Submitted by @robertdall
- langley
- canada
- british columbia
- railroad
Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
Submitted by @gkatz
- streetcar
- railway
- minnesota
- minneapolis
- 1880
- motor line
Historic Cannons from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
HISTORIC CANNONS FROM LOUISBOURG, NOVA SCOTIA On June 23, 1758, the British Navy besieged Louisbourg, capital and major settlement of the French colony of Cape Breton Island. Three of the French...
- cannons
- university o...
- louisbourg
- seige of louisbourg
- british navy
Resurrection Bay at Seward, Alaska
Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: On August 28th, 1903, the steamer “Santa Ana” arrived in Resurrection Bay and Seward was founded by the Alaska Central Railway Co. as the ocean...
- resurrection bay
- seward
- alaska
- clear day
Wendler Building, Anchorage
Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: Built in 1915, this is the first permanent building constructed in Anchorage and is now the oldest building still standing here. It was erected to house...
- wendler
- anchorage
- victorian
- architecture
Anchorage City Hall
City Hall, 524 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: The doors of city hall were first opened on November 15, 1936. The building, which originally contained...
- anchorage
- 1935
- new deal
- public works...
Arch of Constantine
Translation c/o wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arch_of_Constantine#Inscriptions imp(eratori) · caes(ari) · fl(avio) · constantino · maximo · p(io) · f(elici) · avgusto · s(enatus) ·...
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- romans
- history
- arch
- architecture