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The Crutchfield Suite

BRACKENRIDGE FIELD LABORATORY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   "The Crutchfield Suite" For 45 years (Fall 1967 - Fall 2012) Resident Manager John Crutchfield and Grace Crutchfield lived in this...

BRACKENRIDGE FIELD LABORATORY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   "The Crutchfield Suite" For 45 years (Fall 1967 - Fall 2012) Resident Manager John Crutchfield and Grace Crutchfield lived in this...

  • austin
  • texas
  • brackenridge
  • suite
  • if you are r...
  • field laboratory

The Smartest Sailing Vessel out of San Francisco -- Brigantine Galilee

Submitted by mollyocr

Submitted by mollyocr

  • sailing
  • san francisco
  • california
  • bay area

From the Riches of the Sea

    Birmingham Town Hall

    JOSEPH HANSOM  JOHN WELCH  ARCHITECTS  MDCCCXXXIV Submitted by @caddickbrown

    JOSEPH HANSOM  JOHN WELCH  ARCHITECTS  MDCCCXXXIV Submitted by @caddickbrown

    • birmingham
    • england

    Union Cemetary

    UNION CEMETERYUnion Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the civil war, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti-slavery feelings ran high in...

    UNION CEMETERYUnion Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the civil war, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti-slavery feelings ran high...

    • metal
    • cemetery
    • civil war
    • 1859
    • secession
    • redwood city
    • california
    • ecv

    Sturgeons Mill

    Sturgeon’s Mill The California gold rush of 1849 and San Francisco's earthquake of 1906 spurred expansion, rebuilding, and extensive timber processing in California. Sturgeon’s mill is a fine...

    Sturgeon’s Mill The California gold rush of 1849 and San Francisco's earthquake of 1906 spurred expansion, rebuilding, and extensive timber processing in California. Sturgeon’s mill is a fine...

    • nsgw
    • sturgeon's mill
    • california
    • bay area
    • lumber history
    • saw mill
    • timber processing
    • steam powere...

    Ball's Bluff National Military Cemetery

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • cemetery
    • leesburg
    • virginia
    • civil war

    Glen Canyon WPA

    CONSTRUCTED BY FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION AND BY CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Submitted by friscolex

    CONSTRUCTED BY FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION AND BY CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Submitted by friscolex

    • glen canyon
    • san francisco
    • california
    • bay area
    • wpa

    Ball's Bluff Regional Park

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • civil war
    • virginia
    • ball's bluff
    • leesburg

    Rotary Centennial Project

    ROTARY CENTENNIAL PROJECT This Gazebo was funded and built by the Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill in celebration of Rotary International's 100th Anniversary of "Service Above Self" and in...

    ROTARY CENTENNIAL PROJECT This Gazebo was funded and built by the Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill in celebration of Rotary International's 100th Anniversary of "Service Above Self" and...

    • pleasant hill
    • california
    • parks
    • rotary club
    • service above self

    Edward Ricketts

    Edward Ricketts 1897 - 1948  Marine biologist, philosopher, writer, ecologist, and friend to many. Immortalized as "Doc" of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, the real man had a profound influence on...

    Edward Ricketts 1897 - 1948  Marine biologist, philosopher, writer, ecologist, and friend to many. Immortalized as "Doc" of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row, the real man had a profound influence on...

    • monterey
    • california
    • ricketts
    • cannery row
    • steinbeck
    • train
    • death site

    Andrew Jackson Old Hickory Chapter

    Andrew Jackson Old Hickory Chapter U.S.D. 1812 APR. 28, 1932 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    Andrew Jackson Old Hickory Chapter U.S.D. 1812 APR. 28, 1932 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Seminario de San Noefonso

    • mexico city
    • mexico
    • seminary
    • 1588

    Scaro y Real Monte de Piedad de Animas

    • mexico city
    • mexico
    • translate

    La Colonia Armenia Con Gratitud a Mexico

    • mexico city
    • mexico
    • armenia
    • genocide

    Teatro Coronel Lindbergh

    Teatro Coronel Lindbergh Dic. De 1927

    Teatro Coronel Lindbergh Dic. De 1927

    • mexico city
    • mexico
    • lindbergh
    • theatre

    El Paseo Building

    City of Palm Springs El Paseo Building Built 1926-27, this Spanish Eclectic complex is built around a courtyard in which are displayed many decorative features typical of the architectural style....

    City of Palm Springs El Paseo Building Built 1926-27, this Spanish Eclectic complex is built around a courtyard in which are displayed many decorative features typical of the architectural style....

    • palm springs
    • eclectic
    • theatre
    • california

    212 South State Street Project

    Submitted by @r4v5

    Submitted by @r4v5

      Cannery Row Parking Facility

      CITY OF MONTEREY  CANNERY ROW PARKING FACILITY  DEDICATED DECEMBER 1988

      CITY OF MONTEREY  CANNERY ROW PARKING FACILITY  DEDICATED DECEMBER 1988

      • monterey
      • california
      • parking
      • 1988

      Scholze Park

      SCHOLZE PARK PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MONTEREY BY ERNEST SCHOLZE JUNE 1939

      SCHOLZE PARK PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF MONTEREY BY ERNEST SCHOLZE JUNE 1939

      • monterey
      • california
      • scholze
      • park