Clent Hills, Walton Hill
Submitted by @caddickbrown
Market Square
Before selling Memphis lots, developers set aside this park as Market Square in 1819. Facing it was the first courthouse, built in 1820, which was also used as a church and newspaper office....
- shelby county
- tennessee
First Black Radio Station
On October 25, 1948 at 4p.m., Nat D. Williams signed on at WDIA radio, becoming the first black disk jockey on the South's first all-black radio station. His revolutionary rhythm and blues program...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Veterans Tree
THIS TREE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II AND VETERANS OF ALL WARS DONATED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST NO: 152 AND POST NO: 121
- oakland
- oregon
- wwi
- wwii
Ponte Cestio
Plaque reads: 'The bridge takes its name from Lucius Cestio, governor of Rome, who built it in 26BC to link Tiber Island with the right bank of the Tiber. Its original structure was changed when...
- rome
- italy
- bridge
- bce
- architecture
Whidden Hall (A McMaster University student residence)
WHIDDEN HALL From 1923 until 1941 Howard P. Whidden, a man of distinguished appearance and firm convictions, was the executive head of McMaster University, a position then bearing the title...
McKay Hall (A McMaster University student residence)
McKAY HALL This residence Hall, opened in 1965, honours the memory of Alexander C. McKay who, beginning in 1890, was successively Professor of Mathematics and Physics,...
Potatoes
Submitted by @awoodruff
- potato
- potatoes
- charleston
- boston
Shenandoah Plaza
SHENANDOAH PLAZA IN MEMORY OF THE FOURTEEN OFFICERS AND MEN USS SHENANDOAH LOST SEPTEMBER 3, 1925 LORD, GUARD AND GUIDE THE MEN WHO FLY THROUGH THE GREAT SPACES IN THE SKY, BE WITH THEM ALWAYS IN...
- moffett field
- shenandoah
- 1925
- airship
Methodist Hospital
This is in recognition and appreciation for the stewardship of Methodist Episcopal Church South members who were present at the first meeting of the Board of Trustees on February 7, 1911....
- shelby county
- tennessee
Court Square Fountain
Electric illumination in memorial of Thomas A. Edison. Sponsored by the Good Earth Garden Club. Mrs. P. Avila McPhillips, President, May, 1949. Restoration and illumination of this fountain...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Arlington Tennessee Veterans Memorial
Dedicated to the sons and daughters of Arlington who gave their lives in service of their country and all those who served in defense of this country for our liberty and freedom. World War II Sam...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Dick Bartell
- oakland
- baseball
- 1933
- alameda
New Mexico State Fair Exhibit Complex
- albequerque
- new mexico
- state fair
- 1986
mem-o-mobilia
BILLINGS BRIDGE TRANSITWAY ART COMMISSION Artist MARK MARSTERS Artiste 1996 mem mobilia The thirty- six painted panels installed within the Billings Bridge Transitway Station are to entertain...
- art
- history
- advertising
- transit
- bus station
- public transport
- billings bridge
The Hamilton Naturalists' Club
THE HAMILTON NATURALISTS’ CLUB The Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) has promoted environmental protection, research and education in the Hamilton area since its founding in 1919 as the...
Halifax Public Gardens
HALIFAX PUBLIC GARDENS Opened to the public in 1875, these grounds united the 1837 Horticultural Society gardens with an adjacent civic garden created in 1867. The original design of...
- nova scotia
- public gardens
- halifax
Fort Assumption
South of here, at the highest part of the bluff, on Assumption Day, August 15, 1739, Fort Assumption was erected by Sieur de Bienville, French Governor of Louisiana. This was the first structure...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Frank Robinson
- oakland
- coliseum
St. Mary's CathedralChapel and Diocesan House
This church was founded on this site as an Episcopal Mission in 1857 and consecrated on Ascension Day in 1858 by James Otey, the 1st Bishop of Tennessee. It was designated as the Diocesan...
- shelby county
- tennessee