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California Hardware & Grocery Store

Submitted by @jqmcd.

Submitted by @jqmcd.

    Charlie Santana

    Submitted by @jqmcd.

    Submitted by @jqmcd.

      Henrietta K. Rosman

        By A Friend of the Sculptor

          San Francisco WWI and WWII Memorial

            American Bison

              Caples House

              Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

              Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

                Dr Charles Caples House Orchard

                Submitted by @Ritterton.

                Submitted by @Ritterton.

                  For The U.S Life- Saving Service

                  BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

                  BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

                    Ike & Marlene Dweck / Victor & Cheryl Azrak

                    THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן מאסו...

                    THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן...

                    • brooklyn
                    • gravesend
                    • cornerstone
                    • ike dweck
                    • marlene dweck
                    • victor azrak
                    • cheryl azrak

                    Kim's Video at the Alamo Drafthouse

                    Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

                    Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

                    • new york
                    • downtown manhattan
                    • kim's video
                    • alamo drafthouse
                    • salemi
                    • italy
                    • wall street

                    Soonae Tark - Have a Happy Day

                    Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

                    Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

                    • new york
                    • the bronx
                    • buhre avenue
                    • mta
                    • subway
                    • art
                    • soonae tark

                    Brooklyn Celebrity Path - William M. Gaines

                    Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

                    Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • brooklyn bot...
                    • celebrity path
                    • william m. gaines

                    Paddling Jamaica Bay

                    Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

                    Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • canarsie
                    • jamaica bay
                    • kayaking
                    • canoeing

                    Lee Shelley

                    Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these sites...

                    Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these...

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • canarsie
                    • jamaica bay
                    • shirley chis...
                    • lee shirley

                    Edward Drinker Cope

                    EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers describing...

                    EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers...

                      Norwalk, Conneticut

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                        JFK Remarks at Amherst College

                          Twelve Oaks

                          Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant claim...

                          Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant...

                          • mississippi
                          • settlers

                          Jennie Orrell House

                          Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was moved...

                          Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was...

                          • mississippi
                          • rail depot
                          • private home