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

John Steinbeck

JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968  "CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN  CALIFORNIA IS A POEM, A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE, A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE GATHERED...

  • monterey
  • california
  • steinbeck
  • cannery row

Saint Vincent de Paul

 THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT de PAUL IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ORGANIZED HERE AT THIS VENERABLE CATHEDRAL ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE DELEGATES OF THE SOCIETY...

  • missouri
  • st louis
  • saint vincen...

In Memory of Happy Days on the Campus

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • cal
  • 1923
  • bridge

Graff House

THE GRAFF HOUSE IN WHICH THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1975 WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE INDEPENDENCE HALL...

  • philadelphia
  • pennsylvania
  • graff
  • jefferson
  • declaration ...

Horse Watering Trough

Submitted by Sheila Paske

  • lincoln
  • california
  • trough
  • horse watering
  • railroad depot
  • fancy circul...

Beermann Plaza

BEERMANN PLAZA  Fritz Beermann and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln's Town Treasurer...

  • lincoln
  • california
  • 1880
  • plaza

Fleming Building

FLEMING BUILDING    ERECTED IN 1863 – 1864 BY JOHN ZIEGENBEIN AS A GENERAL STORE   SOLD TO HERMAN LOHSE 1879; TO GEORGE ALDRICH 1881; TO A.C. FLEMING (& ALEX HEMPHILL) IN 1888   BANK OF LINCOLN,...

  • lincoln
  • california
  • 1863

Emmada Building

EMMADA BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1863 AS GOOD TEMPLARS HALL ORIGINAL BUILDING, 30' WIDE, 2 STORIES (537 G)   EXPANDED SOUTH IN 1913 BY WILLIAMSON & INGRAM (THEIR WIVES, EMMA AND ADA, ="EMMADA")  ...

  • lincoln
  • california
  • 1863
  • templars
  • grammar school
  • granger hall

New Hoppert Building

"NEW HOPPERT BUILDING"  OWNED BY HOPPERT FAMILY SINCE 1870'S (DESCENDANT CATHERYN GATES HAS TITLE IN 2002)   Submitted by Sheila Paske.

  • lincoln
  • california
  • attorney
  • saloon
  • bakery
  • meat mountain
  • soda fountain
  • barber shop

Retreat of the Union Troops

Retreat of the Union Troops    1863   During the Civil War, in 1863, Union troops occupied Knoxville.  They held a series of earthen forts, some of which were on a hill to the south.  A pontoon...

  • knoxville
  • civil war
  • 1863
  • union
  • confederate
  • pontoon bridge