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    Field of Hope

    Marie Curie Cancer Care Field of Hope Sponsored by the Arundel House Hotel Planted by Cambridge City Council November 1995   Submitted by @Geograph_Bob      © Copyright Bob Harvey and...

    • marie curie
    • cancer
    • hope
    • field

    A City of Women

    1770-1870 A City of Women Monterey's Women of all nationalities gathered and while doing wash provided a medium for information through the "Wash Tub Mail" at Washer Woman's Gulch. It...

    • monterey
    • california
    • women
    • washing
    • gold fields

    Golden Gate Bridge

    Submitted by @Ritterton

    • san francisco
    • 3-d
    • bridge
    • golden gate

    I-880 Cypress 'F' Picnic Area

    I-880 CYPRESS 'F' PICNIC AREA AT ERNIE RAIMONDI PARK  A GIFT OF AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE PARTNERING TEAM OF KIEWIT/KAISER AND CALTRANS FOR THE WEST OAKLAND COMMUNITY  DEDICATED THIS 26TH DAY...

    • 880
    • kaiser
    • a.d.
    • park
    • golf

    Liberty Hall

    LIBERTY HALL Built in 1877, Liberty Hall embodies the many layers of West Oakland history. It is an outstanding example of mid-Victorian commercial architecture, with octagonal turrets,...

    • oakland
    • bay area
    • california
    • liberty hal

    Frank Furness (1839-1912)

    Frank Furness (1839-1912) A nationally influential architect, his forceful designs and bold use of industrial materials helped shape American modernism. His works include the Pa. Academy of Fine...

    • philadelphia
    • architecture

    James A. Garfield Death Site

    I have a minor obsession with the assassinated President James A. Garfield. What drew my attention to him was one doleful fact about his passing: He lingered for 80 days after he was shot in July...

    • presidents
    • new jersey
    • long branch
    • james a. garfield

    At this point, on the Old Concord Road, as it then was, ended the midnight ride of Paul Revere

    Plaque marking the endpoint of Paul Revere's famous midnight ride.  Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders) 

    • paul revere
    • revolutionary war
    • minutemen

    Clover Hill

    Maryland Historical Society plaque on the history of Clover Hill, near Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus Submitted by Eli Anders (@elioanders)