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San Francisco WWI and WWII Memorial

    American Bison

      Caples House

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        Dr Charles Caples House Orchard

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        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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              [location approximate]

                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

                  St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church

                  Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African American...

                  Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African...

                  • mississippi
                  • church

                  Carter~Calloway House

                  Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

                  Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

                  • mississippi
                  • steamboat house
                  • architecture
                  • national reg...
                  • nrhp

                  The Stapp Sisters

                  Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins due...

                  Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins...

                  • mississippi
                  • writer
                  • dolls
                  • letters

                  H.O.M.E. Consolidated School

                  In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to the...

                  In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to...

                  • mississippi
                  • school