A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Laid by the M. W. Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. of Washington

    Trim, Matthew Flinders' Intrepid Cat

    Trim   MATTHEW FLINDERS INTREPID CAT Who Circumnavigated Australia With His Master 1801 - 1803   And Thereafter Shared His Exile On The Island Of Mauritius Where He Met His Untimely Death  ...

      Centennial Celebration

      CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S "GREAT WHITE FLEET" TO SEATTLE IN MAY OF 1908, FROM HERE THE FLEET CONTINUED ON THEIR FAMOUS ROUND THE WORLD...

      • 1908
      • round the world
      • roosevelt

      Bejamin Banneker

      BENJAMIN BANNEKER (1731-1806) THE SELF-EDUCATED NEGRO MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER WAS BORN. LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND DIED NEAR HERE. HE ASSISTED IN SURVEYING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1791,...

      • astronomer
      • african-american
      • 1791
      • jefferson
      • self-educated

      The First Cyclotrons

      IN THIS ROOMIN 1930 - 1934 EARNEST O. LAWRENCE WITH M. STANLEY LIVINGSTON, DAVID H. SLOAN, AND OTHER COLLABORATORSDEVELOPED THE FIRST CYCLOTRONS AND HEAVY-ION ACCELERATORS THE OBSERVED THE FIRST...

      • berkeley
      • cal
      • lawrence
      • livingston
      • sloan
      • cyclotrons
      • nuclear reactions

      History of the Transbay Ferry

      History of the Transbay Ferry  Ferry service between Oakland and San Francisco has played a vital role for over 145 years. The earliest licensed operator was Captain Thomas Gray who started his...

      • oakland
      • transbay
      • ferry
      • 1851

      Fort Point, San Francisco

      FORT POINT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS SAN FRANCISCO'S ONLY MAJOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR WHICH HAS REMAINED...

      • fort point
      • rifled cannon
      • 1861
      • san francisco

      The Jerwood LIbrary

      Submitted by @Geograph_Bob © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

        In Memory Of

        DEDICATED JUNE 1986 IN MEMORY OF GEORGE NICHOLS MEMBER 1973 - 1976 LEE EDWARD HARRIS MEMBER 1964 - 1973 STANLEY "STAN" MORGAN CHAIRMAN OF THE FAIR 1964-1971

          Piers 1 1/2, 3, & 5