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Quaker Meeting House

NEW YORK QUAKER MEETING HOUSE EASTERLY PART BUILT 1694 REMAINDER BUILT 1717. ALWAYS USED FOR WORSHIP EXCEPT 1776-83 WHEN OCCUPIED BY BRITISH AS PRISON, HOSPITAL AND STABLE STATE EDUCATION...

NEW YORK QUAKER MEETING HOUSE EASTERLY PART BUILT 1694 REMAINDER BUILT 1717. ALWAYS USED FOR WORSHIP EXCEPT 1776-83 WHEN OCCUPIED BY BRITISH AS PRISON, HOSPITAL AND STABLE STATE EDUCATION...

  • new york
  • queens
  • quaker
  • quaker meeting house
  • 1694
  • 1717
  • 1776
  • 1783

Thomas Edison Statue

Thomas Edison National Historical Park US. Department of the Interior Thomas Edison Statue This statue, sculpted by Ohio artist Alan Cottrill in 2017, is substantially similar to the one displayed...

Thomas Edison National Historical Park US. Department of the Interior Thomas Edison Statue This statue, sculpted by Ohio artist Alan Cottrill in 2017, is substantially similar to the one displayed...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • thomas edison
  • alan cottrill
  • 2017

Friends Meeting House, Queens

FLUSHING FREEDOM MILE benvenuto 환영합니다 欢迎 velkommen ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ Friends Meeting House The Friends Meeting House was the first house of worship in the village of Flushing. It is New York City's...

FLUSHING FREEDOM MILE benvenuto 환영합니다 欢迎 velkommen ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ Friends Meeting House The Friends Meeting House was the first house of worship in the village of Flushing. It is New York...

  • new york
  • queens
  • flushing
  • friends meet...
  • freedom mile
  • quaker
  • 1694

Park Board 1933

    Albany High School

      Gate of the Virgin (ΠΥλΗ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑC)

        Miriam's Bench In Memory of Miriam Gershenson

          CUT. OFF CIRCA LATE 1850's

          CUT OFF CIRCA LATE 1850'S TRACES OF A"CUT OFF" CANAL LINKING BAYOU LAFOURCHE WITH LAKE SALVADOR CAN BE SEEN TODAY. THOUGH NEVER SERVING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AS A SHORT CUT TO NEW ORLANS, THE CANAL...

          CUT OFF CIRCA LATE 1850'S TRACES OF A"CUT OFF" CANAL LINKING BAYOU LAFOURCHE WITH LAKE SALVADOR CAN BE SEEN TODAY. THOUGH NEVER SERVING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AS A SHORT CUT TO NEW ORLANS, THE CANAL...

            Vera Mae Cowart

            In Loving Memory of Vera Mae Cowart From her caring came her courage Submitted by: Abby

            In Loving Memory of Vera Mae Cowart From her caring came her courage Submitted by: Abby

            • bull creek
            • austin
            • texas

            Edison's Home, Glenmont

            Edison's Home, Glenmont In 1886 Thomas Edison bought Glenmont as a gift for his bride, Mina Miller. After moving in, Edison said that the 23-room Victorian mansion was "a great deal too nice for...

            Edison's Home, Glenmont In 1886 Thomas Edison bought Glenmont as a gift for his bride, Mina Miller. After moving in, Edison said that the 23-room Victorian mansion was "a great deal too nice for...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • glenmont
            • thomas edison
            • 1886

            Llewellyn Park

            Llewellyn Park In 1853 New York merchant Llewellyn S. Haskell hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to transform an old farmhouse on the eastern slope of Orange Mountain. Impressed with the...

            Llewellyn Park In 1853 New York merchant Llewellyn S. Haskell hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to transform an old farmhouse on the eastern slope of Orange Mountain. Impressed with the...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • glenmont
            • llewellyn park
            • 1853

            Women's Heritage Trail - Mina Miller Edison

            WOMEN'S Heritage Trail Mina Miller Edison was not content simply to be the wife of America's most famous inventor. As a devout Methodist, she firmly believed that each individual possesses the...

            WOMEN'S Heritage Trail Mina Miller Edison was not content simply to be the wife of America's most famous inventor. As a devout Methodist, she firmly believed that each individual possesses the...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • glenmont
            • llewellyn park
            • mina edison
            • thomas edison

            Thomas Edison, Chemist

            ACS Chemistry for Life National Historic Chemical Landmark Thomas Edison, Chemist Thomas Edison National Historical Park National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior West Orange, New...

            ACS Chemistry for Life National Historic Chemical Landmark Thomas Edison, Chemist Thomas Edison National Historical Park National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior West Orange,...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • thomas edison
            • 1887
            • american che...
            • 2014

            Garage

            Garage Built in 1908 with Edison Portland Cement, construction of this garage gave Thomas Edison experience in using concrete as a building material. Although it was built with conventional...

            Garage Built in 1908 with Edison Portland Cement, construction of this garage gave Thomas Edison experience in using concrete as a building material. Although it was built with...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • thomas edison
            • henry ford
            • 1922
            • 1902

            Replica of the Black Maria

            THIS BUILDING IS A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL "BLACK MARIA", THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON THE FOUNDER OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY....

            THIS BUILDING IS A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL "BLACK MARIA", THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON THE FOUNDER OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY....

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • thomas edison
            • 1954

            The Black Maria

            The Black Maria Thomas Edison's interest in motion pictures began with an idea "for an instrument that does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear, which is the recording and...

            The Black Maria Thomas Edison's interest in motion pictures began with an idea "for an instrument that does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear, which is the recording and...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • thomas edison
            • william heise
            • william k.l. dickson
            • 1893
            • 1903

            Making Movies

            Making Movies Edison National Historic Site New Jersey National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a motion...

            Making Movies Edison National Historic Site New Jersey National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • thomas edison
            • black maria
            • 1893
            • 1903
            • 1954

            Brendan Bryne

            CATCH THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN West Orange WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BRENDAN BYRNE 1924-2018 BRENDAN BYRNE (1924-2018) GREW UP ON PROSPECT PLACE, ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT ST. JOHN'S...

            CATCH THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN West Orange WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BRENDAN BYRNE 1924-2018 BRENDAN BYRNE (1924-2018) GREW UP ON PROSPECT PLACE, ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT ST. JOHN'S...

            • new jersey
            • orange
            • west orange
            • brendan byrne
            • 1924
            • 2018

            New York Foundling Hospital

            NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL FOUNDED 1869 Submitted by @lampbane

            NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL FOUNDED 1869 Submitted by @lampbane

            • new york
            • manhattan
            • chelsea
            • hospital
            • 1869

            "For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..."

            "For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..." referring to the break with the Asbury Methodist Church of Wilmington, Reverend Peter Spencer The August Quarterly, originally known as the...

            "For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..." referring to the break with the Asbury Methodist Church of Wilmington, Reverend Peter Spencer The August Quarterly, originally known as the...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • underground railroad
            • peter spencer
            • august quarterly
            • big quarterly
            • 1814
            • 1885
            • 1950
            • 1971