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Lockheed P-3 Orion

    Billy Martin

    • berkeley high
    • oakland oaks
    • 333

    Halle Park

    A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

    A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Boy Scouts Statue of Liberty

    WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE OF...

    WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A...

    • greeley
    • colorado
    • boy scouts
    • statue of liberty

    Vinyard School

    VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

    VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

    • hollister
    • san benito
    • school
    • ecv

    Christ Church Cathedral

    CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated turrets...

    CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated...

      In Memory of Janey Johnston Duclaw

        Cape Foulweather

          Pioneer Life Posed Many Challenges in the Redwood Forest

          • big basin
          • california
          • park
          • redwood
          • pioneer

          Brownsville, Oregon

            The Spirit of America

            DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

            DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

              Riparian Habitat

                Front Street

                Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're Battle...

                Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're...

                • shelby county
                • tennessee

                Oregon Wheat Fields

                • oregon
                • 1840s
                • food cargo
                • wheat seed
                • moro

                Henry W. Howe (Mush)

                • brownsville
                • oregon
                • harley davidson
                • mush
                • 1945
                • tree

                Historic Oakland

                HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW TOWN. FIRES...

                HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW...

                • oakland
                • oregon
                • mainly agricultural

                J. Frank Devendorf

                J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER-FRIEND  REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA FOUNDED 1900  "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVES THE PLAN, BUT WILL IS...

                J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER- FRIEND  REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE- SEA FOUNDED 1900  "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVES THE PLAN, BUT WILL...

                • carmel
                • california
                • edwina
                • devendorf

                Depoe Bay Bridge

                DEPOE BAY BRIDGE  BUILT UNDER CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION  KUCKENBERG - WITTMAN CONTRACTORS - 1926  ODOM CONSTRUCTION...

                DEPOE BAY BRIDGE  BUILT UNDER CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION  KUCKENBERG - WITTMAN CONTRACTORS - 1926  ODOM CONSTRUCTION...

                • depoe bay
                • bridge

                Erie Canal

                Erie Canal THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND CULTURE,...

                Erie Canal THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND...

                  Manufacturing History at the Corner of Norris & Forest

                  Manufacturing History at the Corner of Norris & Forest   Manufacturing here spanned most of the 20th Century, reflecting the changing economy of Ypsilanti and in America.  In 1907 the Ypsilanti...

                  Manufacturing History at the Corner of Norris & Forest   Manufacturing here spanned most of the 20th Century, reflecting the changing economy of Ypsilanti and in America.  In 1907 the...