In Memory of Ernest Joseph McCormick
BUILDT BY THE McCORMICK FAMILY ANDDEDICATED TO GOD. IN MEMORY OF ERNEST JOSEPH McCORMICK 1892 - 1951
- laguna woods
- funeral home
- 1892
- 1951
Jean MacAuley
In Memory of Jean MacAuley With all our love family and friends
- laguna woods
- california
- bench
Jack C. Rogers
In Loving Memory of Jack C. Rogers from his family and friends
- laguna woods
- california
- bench
Produced the Copper in the Statue of Liberty
THIS STONE FROM THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE COPPER IN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BROUGHT WITH THE SAILING SHIP "SORLANDET" AS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN FROM THE CITIZENS OF KARMOY,...
- new york
- statue of liberty
- copper
- mine
- karmoy
- sorlandet
- norway
Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines
IN MEMORY OF FRANK E. PICKELLLE BERNARD W. ADAMS JAMES G. TORRENS TERESA M. TONOLE Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines who lost their lives in an airplane disaster in...
- memorial
- philippines
- scap
- airplane
- airplane disaster
Samoa Cookhouse Circa 1893
SAMAO COOKHOUSE CIRCA 1893 THIS IS THE LAST LUMBER CAMP STYLE COOKHOUSE IN OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS COOKHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED AS PART OF SAMOA, ONE OF THE LAST COMPANY OWNED TOWNS...
- samoa
- california
- cookhouse
- company town
- dormer windows
- meals
Nancy, Viscountess Astor
NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO...
- wwii
- plymouth
- england
- unflinching courage
- formidable
- worked tirelessly
- darkest days
Indiana University Bloomington Sundial
Mathilda Zwicker Klorsch Otto Paul Klorsch Class of 1896 They met at this sundial when classmates Their ashes rest here Together until eternity
- college
- university
- sundial
- memorial
- burial
Fossils in Montmartre
This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...
- 1700s
- paleontology
- 1790s
- france
- montmartre
- cuvier
Misión San Antonio de Padua
Misión San Antonio de Padua(Turn off 5 miles north)Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the...
- california
- mission
- junipero serra
Seattle-Tacoma Airport Administration Building July 1949
- seattle
- tacoma
- airport
- washington
- seatac
- 1949
- treadwell
Cape Mendocino Lighthouse
Lit Dec. 1, 1868, the light from its first order Fresnel lens swept 30 miles to sea. Decommissioned in 1951, the structure slowly began to inch toward the 422’ cliff. The light was dismantled in...
- cape mendocino
- lighthouse
- humboldt
- e clampus vitus
- ecv
- lighthouse
- lincoln
- california
ARPANET
Includes additional plate, set at an angle, below the main plaque. This plate shows the following binary code: 0100000101010010010100000100 0001010011100100010101010100 Translated into ASCII...
- arpanet
- internet
- darpa
- department o...
- world wide web
The Rock
YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994 THE ROCK Yellowknifers are very inventive when it comes to building houses that suit the rock landscape. Flat real estate was not readily available in Yellowknife's...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- the rock
- rocky landscape
Pilots' Monument
This sign is dedicate to the "Pilots' Monument" to commemorate 100 years of powered flight in Canada Donated by the members of 825 "Yellowknife Elks" Royal Canadian Air...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- pilots
Jolliffe Island
YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994 JOLLIFFE ISLAND The City of Yellowknife is not confined to the mainland alone. In the 1940s, as much activity occurred on nearby islands as onshore. A two minute canoe...
- yellowknife
- northwest te...
- canada
- mine
- gold
Bush Pilots of Canada
In the 1920s and 1930s a small number of daring aviators broke the silence of the North. Often flying in extreme cold and facing dangerous take- off and landing conditions, these...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- barrenlands
- extreme cold
- canadian mainstream
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
@romanmars Fun at Hrad Veveri in the Czech Rep #quatrefoils #alwaysreadtheplaque http://t.co/noSxD6KIyL Submitted by biggdavo
- churchill
- 1908
- 1906
- 1907
Robert R. Church, Sr. / Robert R. Church, Jr.
This plaque is dedicated to father and son, leaders of their race whose accomplishments brought honorable recognition to the City of Memphis. Robert R. Church, Sr. 1839-1912 Pioneer businessman,...
- shelby county
- tennessee
This Gathering Place
This gathering place created through the generous support from Boulevard Bluffs neighbors City of Everett BSA Eagle Scout project by Kenny Spotz, Mt. Baker Troop 114 And many others 2007
- mukilteo
- everett
- washington
- gathering place