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Collierville, Tenn.

Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd,...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Germaine Necker

1813 - 1814 GERMAINE NECKER BARONNE DE STAEL- HOLSTEIN  LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE DURING THE LAST OF HER TEN YEARS OF EXILE  Submitted by benhammersley

• london
• england
• necker

Edward Hull Crump

[On the seats] To The Great Public Benefactor Edward Hull Crump Memphis Dedicates This Tribute [On the statue base] Erected By The People Of The City Of Memphis In Memory Of Edward Hull...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Dominic DiMaggio

• san francisco
• california
• di

Dominic Paul DiMaggio

• bespectacled
• san francisco
• california
• dimaggio

Coblentz Concourse, SFO

COBLENTZ CONCOURSE DEDICATED TO WILLIAM K. COBLENTZ  IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN FOUNDING THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSION AND HIS 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, FOR...

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• airport

Shedo S. "Buck" Russo

SHEDO S. "BUCK" RUSSO "CITIZEN OF MONTEREY"  MAYOR - 1959 - 1961 COUNCILMAN - 1941 - 1959  THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEREY PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATES TO THE MEMORY OF SHELDON S. "BUCK"...

• monterey
• california
• 1971

The Calmari Story

• monterey
• california
• calimari
• fishermen

Stivers Lagoon - Fremont, CA

Once an Ohlone hunting marsh, today a wildlife sanctuary. 1848 Lagoon on farm of Pioneer Simeons Stivers

• fremont
• lake elizabeth

Arrival of De Anza Expedition

1776  ARRIVAL OF DE ANZA EXPEDITION  After a 2,2000-mil trek from Tubac, Mexico leading 240 colonists, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza arrives in Monterey

• monterey
• california
• 1776
• de anza

Bank of Italy

BANK OF ITALY (LATER BANK OF AMERICA) HEADQUARTERS FROM 1908 TO 1921 FROM HERE A.P. GIANNINI LAUNCHED THE BRANCH SYSTEM THAT TRANSSFORMED THE NATURE OF BANKING IN AMERICA NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK 

• san francisco
• california
• bay area
• bank
• giannini
• banking
• bank

Farnsworth's Green Street Lab

FARNSWORTH'S GREEN STREET LAB IN A SIMPLE LABORATORY ON THIS SITE, 202 GREEN STREET, PHILO TAYLOR FARNSWORTH, U.S. PIONEER IN ELECTRONICS, INVENTED AND PATENTED THE FIRST OPERATIONAL...

• san francisco
• california
• bay area
• television
• green street
• electronics

Rockridge

• oakland
• california
• bay area

College Avenue Beautification Project

• oakland
• rotary
• 1969
• california
• bay area

Ryukoku University

RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA BRANCH U.S.A. HEADQUARTERS 

• berkeley
• california
• bay area

Berkeley Piano Club

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2005 Berkeley Piano Club William L. Woollett, Architect, 1912 The Berkeley Piano Club, dedicated to the performance and study of music, was founded in 1893...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• piano
• woollett

Volunteer Fire Department of San Francisco

TO COMMEMORATE THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAN FRANCISCO 1849 - 1866 ERECTED 1933 BY BEQUEST OF LILLIE HITCHCOCK COIT

• san francisco
• california
• bay area
• fire department
• coit

Union Bank Building

UNION BANK BUILDING 1977 THIS CORNER WAS ORIGINALLY THAT PART OF SAN FRANCISCO ONCE CALLED YERBA BUENA COVE WHOSE SHORELINE WAS ABOUT ONE BLOCK FURTHER WEST AT MONTGOMERY STREET. LANDFILL OCCURRED...

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• bank
• fire
• yerba buena cove
• yerba buena

Wells Fargo

NEAR THIS SITE, ----------------- WELLS FARGO & CO. BANKING & EXPRESS ----------------- FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS FOR BUSINESS ----------------- JULY 16, 1852

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• bank
• wells fargo

Barbary Coast Trail

BARBARY COAST TRAIL  This Plaque Sponsored By Eric and Catherine Lamb

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• barbary coast