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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