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Electrical Department

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF OAKLAND A.D. 1911

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF OAKLAND A.D. 1911

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • electricity

Millennium Children's Park

  • galway
  • ireland
  • park

The Creagh Tomb

  • creagh
  • ennis
  • ireland
  • 1843
  • 1470
  • alabaster
  • tomb

Ennis Friary

  • ennis
  • ireland
  • franciscans
  • 1284
  • 1570
  • thomond
  • 1314
  • friary

Lime Kiln

Lime Kiln - restored 2006 Built c. 1820 in response to cholera outbreak  Lime used in building Fever Hospital at adjacent site, in mortared walls and to sanitize structures  Other uses included...

Lime Kiln - restored 2006 Built c. 1820 in response to cholera outbreak  Lime used in building Fever Hospital at adjacent site, in mortared walls and to sanitize structures  Other uses included...

  • galway
  • ireland
  • fever
  • cholera
  • whitewash
  • lime

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association

  • dublin
  • ireland
  • drinking fountain
  • cattle trough

Palazzi Comunali

    Los Feliz Pumping Station

    • los angeles
    • california
    • water and power
    • pumping

    Bear From Berlin

    To the people of the United States of America in gratitude for their aid, friendship and protection. Presented to our sister city, Los Angeles, by the people of Berlin

    To the people of the United States of America in gratitude for their aid, friendship and protection. Presented to our sister city, Los Angeles, by the people of Berlin

    • los angeles
    • california
    • bear
    • berlin
    • park

    Organized Conservation of Trees In Los Angeles

    THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO MRS. ROLLIN B. LANE IN RECOGNITION OF HERE WORK IN ORGANIZED CONSERVATION OF TREES IN LOS ANGELES DECEMBER 17, 1937 BY THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AUXILIARY OF THE LOS...

    THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO MRS. ROLLIN B. LANE IN RECOGNITION OF HERE WORK IN ORGANIZED CONSERVATION OF TREES IN LOS ANGELES DECEMBER 17, 1937 BY THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AUXILIARY OF...

    • los angeles
    • california
    • tree
    • conservation
    • women's auxiliary

    A Gabrielino Indian Site

    A GABRIELINO INDIAN SITE  ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT INDIAN VILLAGES WERE LOCATED IN FERNDELL CANYON  DECLARED  HISTORIC CULTURAL MONUMENT NO. 112  BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE...

    A GABRIELINO INDIAN SITE  ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT INDIAN VILLAGES WERE LOCATED IN FERNDELL CANYON  DECLARED  HISTORIC CULTURAL MONUMENT NO. 112  BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE...

    • los angeles
    • california
    • indian
    • gabrielino
    • no. 112

    50th Anniversary Tree

    This Tree Presented By The American Legion Auxiliary # 1 Honoring the 50th Anniversary of The American Legion March 15, 1969 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    This Tree Presented By The American Legion Auxiliary # 1 Honoring the 50th Anniversary of The American Legion March 15, 1969 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    American Flag Raised

    1846  AMERICAN FLAG RAISED AT MONTEREY  With the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico, Commodore John Drake Sloat, as commander of the Pacific fleet, raises the American flag at the Custom House...

    1846  AMERICAN FLAG RAISED AT MONTEREY  With the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico, Commodore John Drake Sloat, as commander of the Pacific fleet, raises the American flag at the Custom House...

    • monterey
    • california
    • 1846
    • mexico
    • annexation
    • pacific fleet
    • sloat

    City of Livermore Water Reclamation Plant, Phase V. Expansion

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • livermore
    • california
    • water reclamation
    • phase v

    Let Peace Blossom

    LET PEACE BLOSSOM CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE APRIL 1990 

    LET PEACE BLOSSOM CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE APRIL 1990 

    • laguna woods
    • california
    • park

    Lief Erikson in Los Angeles

    LEIF ERIKSON EXPLORER LANDED IN AMERICA YEAR 1000

    LEIF ERIKSON EXPLORER LANDED IN AMERICA YEAR 1000

    • los angeles
    • california
    • park
    • leif erikson
    • statue

    Buffalo Bill Museum

    Buffalo Bill Museum Built in 1970 THE BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM HOUSES BUFFALO BILL MEMORABILIA, PROFESSOR JAMES RYAN EXHIBIT, THE GREEN TREE AND RIVER HISTORY MEMORABILIA. ADJACENT TO THE MUSEUM IS THE...

    Buffalo Bill Museum Built in 1970 THE BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM HOUSES BUFFALO BILL MEMORABILIA, PROFESSOR JAMES RYAN EXHIBIT, THE GREEN TREE AND RIVER HISTORY MEMORABILIA. ADJACENT TO THE MUSEUM IS...

      Buffalo Bill

      LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846 SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS.  HIS...

      LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846 SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS....

        Lone Star Steamer

        THE STEAMER  LONE STAR BUILT 1868   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  THIS VESSEL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOOD-HULL DREDGES AND POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN...

        THE STEAMER  LONE STAR BUILT 1868   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  THIS VESSEL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOOD-HULL DREDGES AND POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE...

          The Only Service Station Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

          Took a side trip with @apocryphile to gas up at the only station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Cloquet, MN). And @readtheplaque of course.  Tweet Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt

          Took a side trip with @apocryphile to gas up at the only station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Cloquet, MN). And @readtheplaque of course.  Tweet Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt

          • 99pi
          • cloquet
          • minnesota
          • frank lloyd wright
          • gas station