Vada Pinson
- oakland
- cardinals
- 286
- coliseum
Kanrin Maru
1860 2010 COMMEMORATION The 150th Anniversary of the First Japanese Vessel to San Francisco 150 YEARS
- 1860
- san francisco
- embarcadero
- japan
Paragon Station
Opened in 1848, and substantially enlarged to a design by William Bell in 1904, PARAGON STATION was the principal Hull passenger station of the North Eastern Railway which, with its...
- paragon
- hull
- station
- railway
In Honor of Gail Turner 1944 - 2016
Cycling and Pedestrian Improvements in Honor of Gail Turner 1944 - 2016 Submitted by @jqmcd
- pleasanton
- bicycling
Summer White House That Was Never Built
PLAQUE:In 1911, John Brisbane Walker, owner of the property that is now Mount Falcon Park, promoted the idea of a Summer White House. The cornerstone of Colorado yule marble was laid on July 4,...
- mt. falcon park
- colorado
- denver
- golden
Three Islands in the Mississippi
The Mississippi River's many islands are well known to navigators, and the roles of several as accessible and safe havens for villages, camps, and forts have made them significant in Minnesota's...
- pike island
- mississippi river
- fort snelling
Whiskey Hill
Upper Plaque: Whiskey Hill 1861 1877 A tiny village where violence, hangings, drinking, and bull and bear fights were part of daily life. Located on the old Santa Cruz Road, which crossed a...
- saloon
- ecv
Catalan Forge Furnace- 1881
Catalan Forge Furnace - 1881 Standish (Williamstown) Made Brick-Like Blooms From One of Saranac River Mines 1886 - Replaced By Blast Furnace & Ore From Lyon Mt. (Standish, New York, Photo Alan R Reno)
- alan reno
- furnace
- lyon mtn
- saranac
- mines
- forge
- standish
Sir Edmund Head Hall
Submitted by @bthubbard
British Bombing of Cecina
Plaque reads: Cecina, tra il novembre del 1945 ed il giugno del 1944, subi una lunga serie di bombardamenti aerei da parte dell'aviazione sta tunitense e britannica, motivati dapprima...
- wwii
- italy
- tuscany
- war
- bombing
THE LADIES OF THE EVENING
THE LADIES OF THE EVENING TO COMMEMORATE THAT UBIQUITOUS SEGMENT OF SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEN UNACKNOWLEDGED WHO THOUGH OBSCURE, MADE AN ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST. ...
- ecv
- nevada city
- obscure
Dickie Bird. B 7
NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE BURIED. THE REMAINS OF DICKIE BIRD. B 7. TROOP HORSE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS. WHICH WAS FOALED IN 1850. JOINED THE REGIMENT IN 1855. AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE...
- horse
- dublin
- ireland
- military
- crimea
Tree Lost During a Storm
Pin Oak - Quereus Palustris 1408 Belle View Blvd 90 Years Old Tree Lost During a Storm on June 19, 2014 Submitted by @croowens
- tree
- 90 years old
- 2014
- alexandria
Underground Railroad Station
- underground railroad
- new york
- nyc
- frederick douglass
- slavery
Motif #1
Motif #1 Purchased by the Town Dedicated to the fisherman and artists of Rockport May 14 1950 The Great Blizzard of 1978 destroyed the original motif no. 1 through public effort...
- rockport
- motif 1
- ma
- bearskin neck
- lead