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G. Grant Brown Building

G. Grant Brown Building   This building is dedicated to honor the memory of G. Grant Brown (1910-2001).   Throughout his long and active life, Grant consistently served the citizens of the City of...

G. Grant Brown Building   This building is dedicated to honor the memory of G. Grant Brown (1910-2001).   Throughout his long and active life, Grant consistently served the citizens of the City of...

    Bryan's Air Mail Field

    Ohio Historical Marker   Bryan's Air Mail Field   Here, on September 6, 1918, Bryan's Air Mail Field began operations as one of Ohio's first official airfields with the arrival of a survey flight...

    Ohio Historical Marker   Bryan's Air Mail Field   Here, on September 6, 1918, Bryan's Air Mail Field began operations as one of Ohio's first official airfields with the arrival of a survey flight...

      Woodstock Manual Labor Institute

      Michigan Registered Historic Site   Woodstock Manual Labor Institute   Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school "in the woods" in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated.  Designed to...

      Michigan Registered Historic Site   Woodstock Manual Labor Institute   Prior Foster, an Ohio Negro, began this school "in the woods" in 1844 and four years later it was incorporated.  Designed to...

        Bicentennial trees

        These Trees Honoring the Bicentennials of the Northwest Ordinance and the U.S. Constitution were Sponsored by Ohio's: Dept. of Natural Resources Nurserymen's Association Daughters of the American...

        These Trees Honoring the Bicentennials of the Northwest Ordinance and the U.S. Constitution were Sponsored by Ohio's: Dept. of Natural Resources Nurserymen's Association Daughters of the...

          Father of American Cavalry

          Ohio Historical Marker   Casimir Pulaski Father of American Cavalry   Pulaski and Pulaski Township in Williams County are named for Casimir Pulaski, a Polish cavalry officer who died to win...

          Ohio Historical Marker   Casimir Pulaski Father of American Cavalry   Pulaski and Pulaski Township in Williams County are named for Casimir Pulaski, a Polish cavalry officer who died to win...

            South Melbourne Water Fountain

            Plaque reads: 'Presented to the citizens of South Melbourne by Councillor John Cockbill Mayor, 1898-9, 1899-00, 1909-10. Jany. 20, 1910 Submitted by: @IanThorp

            Plaque reads: 'Presented to the citizens of South Melbourne by Councillor John Cockbill Mayor, 1898-9, 1899-00, 1909-10. Jany. 20, 1910 Submitted by: @IanThorp

            • melbourne
            • australia
            • water fountain
            • drinking fountain
            • mayor

            Esther Redel and Lee Marsh

            In Honor of Esther RedelAnd Lee Marsh Together with many other Volunteers who Founded the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center  1978

            In Honor of Esther RedelAnd Lee Marsh Together with many other Volunteers who Founded the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center  1978

            • berkeley
            • california
            • bay area
            • jcc

            A Legacy of Winning

            A LEGACY OF WINNING LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF HEAD COACH FOOTBALL 1947 - 1957 PRESENTED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT BY PAPPY'S BOYS PETE SCHARBARUM PROJECT CHAIR1994

            A LEGACY OF WINNING LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF HEAD COACH FOOTBALL 1947 - 1957 PRESENTED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT BY PAPPY'S BOYS PETE SCHARBARUM PROJECT CHAIR1994

            • berkeley
            • california
            • bay area
            • cal
            • pappy
            • football

            Fought Its Way From Savage Isolation

            • berkeley
            • california
            • bay area
            • cal
            • holmes

            Shore Whalers

            1854  Monterey Shore Whalers  Captain J. P. Davenport organized the first shore whaling company which was followed in 1855 by seventeen Portuguese fishermen who started the "Old Company." Between...

            1854  Monterey Shore Whalers  Captain J. P. Davenport organized the first shore whaling company which was followed in 1855 by seventeen Portuguese fishermen who started the "Old Company." Between...

            • monterey
            • california
            • 1854
            • whaling
            • whales

            John Wayne's Gravestone

            Tomorrow is the most Important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday...

            Tomorrow is the most Important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from...

            • california
            • john wayne
            • tomorrow

            Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

            Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Houston TX. Astronauts swim in 6.2 million gallons of water to simulate microgravity.Submitted by @Alka009er

            Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Houston TX. Astronauts swim in 6.2 million gallons of water to simulate microgravity.Submitted by @Alka009er

            • nasa
            • texas
            • neutral buoyancy
            • carter

            Gravlagi I Kristkerken

            Submitted by @caddickbrown

            Submitted by @caddickbrown

              In Loving Memory

              IN LOVING MEMORY OF  CONNIE MARY LEWIS 1926 TO 2006  AND EVAN LEWIS 1922 TO 2013 Submitted by @caddickbrown

              IN LOVING MEMORY OF  CONNIE MARY LEWIS 1926 TO 2006  AND EVAN LEWIS 1922 TO 2013 Submitted by @caddickbrown

                Kristkerken

                Submitted by @caddickbrown

                Submitted by @caddickbrown

                  Transamerica Redwood Park

                  TRANSAMERICA REDWOOD PARK  PROVIDED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, TENANTS AND FRIENDS

                  TRANSAMERICA REDWOOD PARK  PROVIDED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, TENANTS AND FRIENDS

                  • transamerica
                  • san francisco
                  • california
                  • bay area

                  Anderson Building

                  Anderson Building   Constructed ca. 1866 to house Sutliff Clothier. This typical commercial block held Hutson Bakery 1886–1893, Anderson Confectionary 1893–1913   Facade altered in early 20th...

                  Anderson Building   Constructed ca. 1866 to house Sutliff Clothier. This typical commercial block held Hutson Bakery 1886–1893, Anderson Confectionary 1893–1913   Facade altered in early 20th...

                  • anderson
                  • building
                  • sutliff
                  • hutson

                  Eldridge House Hotel

                  National Register of Historic Places The Eldridge House Hotel 7th and Massachusetts Street Built c. 1925 The Lawrence Preservation Alliance   Submitted by: @shinton  

                  National Register of Historic Places The Eldridge House Hotel 7th and Massachusetts Street Built c. 1925 The Lawrence Preservation Alliance   Submitted by: @shinton

                  • eldridge
                  • hotel
                  • nrhp
                  • lawrence
                  • kansas

                  825-827 Massachusetts Street

                  825–827 Massachusetts Street   Site of various Lawrence bakeries 1860s–1931 J.A. Keeler Stationery and Book Shop 1886–1909 Montgomery Ward Department Store 1931–1968 Wards combined 825 and 827...

                  825–827 Massachusetts Street   Site of various Lawrence bakeries 1860s–1931 J.A. Keeler Stationery and Book Shop 1886–1909 Montgomery Ward Department Store 1931–1968 Wards combined 825 and 827...

                  • massachusetts
                  • street
                  • lawrence
                  • kansas

                  Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank

                  Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank   Richardsonian Romanesque style building, designed by Cobb and Frost, architects, erected in 1888 for Lawrence financier, Jabez B. Watkins.  ...

                  Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank   Richardsonian Romanesque style building, designed by Cobb and Frost, architects, erected in 1888 for Lawrence financier, Jabez B. Watkins.  ...

                  • watkins
                  • bank
                  • lawrence
                  • kansas
                  • city hall
                  • nrhp
                  • romanesque