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The Underground Railroad: Tubman, Garrett

HARRIET TUBMAN THOMAS GARRETT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THOMAS GARRETT, JOHN HUNN, EZEKIEL JENKINS, SAMUAL D. BURRIE, AND MANY OTHER DELAWAREANS WERE PROMINENT ABOLITIONISTS OF PRE-CIVIL WAR DAYS....

HARRIET TUBMAN THOMAS GARRETT THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THOMAS GARRETT, JOHN HUNN, EZEKIEL JENKINS, SAMUAL D. BURRIE, AND MANY OTHER DELAWAREANS WERE PROMINENT ABOLITIONISTS OF PRE- CIVIL WAR DAYS....

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • thomas garrett
  • underground railroad
  • john hunn
  • harriet tubman
  • 1976

Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

On March 10, 1999, this site was officially proclaimed as the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park by the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware The Underground Railroad Memorial Plaque was...

On March 10, 1999, this site was officially proclaimed as the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park by the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware The Underground Railroad Memorial Plaque was...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • harriet tubman
  • thomas garrett
  • underground railroad
  • 1976

Riverfront Parking Deck

Riverfront Parking Deck Developed through the cooperation of State and City government in partnership with private business. Continuing the expansion and redevelopment of the CHRISTINA RIVERFRONT...

Riverfront Parking Deck Developed through the cooperation of State and City government in partnership with private business. Continuing the expansion and redevelopment of the CHRISTINA RIVERFRONT...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • christina river
  • 2003
  • ann minner
  • james baker
  • nathan hayward

34th Street Station

MTA New York City Transit 34th Street Station OPENED SEPTEMBER 10, 1932 REHABILITATED JULY 29, 2002 GEORGE E. PATAKI GOVERNOR, STATE OF NEW YORK MICHAEL BLOOMBERG MAYOR, CITY OF NEW YORK PETER S....

MTA New York City Transit 34th Street Station OPENED SEPTEMBER 10, 1932 REHABILITATED JULY 29, 2002 GEORGE E. PATAKI GOVERNOR, STATE OF NEW YORK MICHAEL BLOOMBERG MAYOR, CITY OF NEW YORK PETER...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • midtown
  • penn station
  • 34th street
  • 1932
  • 2002
  • george pataki
  • michael bloomberg
  • peter kalikow
  • subway
  • mta

The Estate Staff

The Estate Staff This laundry yard was often filled with clothes hung out to dry. Inside the house domestic servants cooked, cleaned, and tended to the family's needs. Mina Edison supervised a...

The Estate Staff This laundry yard was often filled with clothes hung out to dry. Inside the house domestic servants cooked, cleaned, and tended to the family's needs. Mina Edison supervised a...

  • new jersey
  • orange
  • west orange
  • glenmont
  • thomas edison
  • mina edison
  • 1890

"Passenger service to Philadelphia and New York. All aboard!"

"Passenger service to Philadelphia and New York. All aboard!" RIVERFRONT WILMINGTON In the latter half of the nineteenth century, rapid growth of the economy and demand hand for for shipping and...

"Passenger service to Philadelphia and New York. All aboard!" RIVERFRONT WILMINGTON In the latter half of the nineteenth century, rapid growth of the economy and demand hand for for shipping...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • railroad
  • pennsylvania...
  • baltimore & ...
  • 1837
  • 1881
  • 1905

Taylor's Bridge

    Former Site of Santa Fe County Jail That Held Billy the Kid

      El Palacio Real

        The Palace of the Governors

          In 1697 This Property

            Harriet Tubman, Wilmington

            HARRIET TUBMAN (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 - March 10, 1913) "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I...

            HARRIET TUBMAN (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 - March 10, 1913) "I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one,...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • harriet tubman
            • 1920
            • 1913

            Thomas Garrett

            THOMAS GARRETT (b August 21, 1789 d. January 24, 1871) "No labor during a long life has given me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave" Thomas Garrett has been called Delaware's...

            THOMAS GARRETT (b August 21, 1789 d. January 24, 1871) "No labor during a long life has given me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave" Thomas Garrett has been called...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • underground railroad
            • quaker
            • 1848
            • 1789
            • 1871

            Friends of The Furness Railroad District

            Friends of The Furness Railroad District Friends of the Furness Railroad District, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 to celebrate the Wilmington Amtrak Station's 100th Anniversary....

            Friends of The Furness Railroad District Friends of the Furness Railroad District, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 to celebrate the Wilmington Amtrak Station's 100th...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • railroad
            • trains
            • 2007

            Spike Lee Cinema

            SPIKE LEE CINEMA Like many of the greatest films over the past 40 years, this theater is a Spike Lee Joint. From his nuanced portrayals of Brooklyn life in DO THE RIGHT THING and CROOKLYN to his...

            SPIKE LEE CINEMA Like many of the greatest films over the past 40 years, this theater is a Spike Lee Joint. From his nuanced portrayals of Brooklyn life in DO THE RIGHT THING and CROOKLYN to...

            • new york
            • brooklyn
            • downtown brooklyn
            • spike lee
            • movies
            • cinema
            • alamo drafthouse
            • 2024

            Water's Edge

            Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            Water's Edge Enchanted Woods given by Johnny & Dolly Fisher Georgina M. Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • enchanted woods

            S-s-serpentine Path

            S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague

            S-s-serpentine Path Enchanted Woods given by Davis, Eric, Lauren, Lisa & Richard Vague

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • enchanted woods

            East Terrace

            East Terrace When Henry Francis du Pont expanded the house in the late 1920s, he resolved to preserve as many of the site's fine old tulip-poplar and American beeches as possible. Working with...

            East Terrace When Henry Francis du Pont expanded the house in the late 1920s, he resolved to preserve as many of the site's fine old tulip- poplar and American beeches as possible. Working with...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • henry franci...
            • 1920s

            The Entrance to the Garden

            The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            The Entrance to the Garden gift of The Alfred Bissell Family in honor of Alfred Elliott Bissell and Julia Andrews Bissell Submitted by @lampbane

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • winterthur
            • botanical garden
            • alfred bissell
            • julia andrew...

            Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority

            BURTON V. WILMINGTON PARKING AUTHORITY In August 1958, Wilmington City Councilman and Civil Rights activist William "Dutch" Burton worked with the NAACP to expose the racially discriminatory...

            BURTON V. WILMINGTON PARKING AUTHORITY In August 1958, Wilmington City Councilman and Civil Rights activist William "Dutch" Burton worked with the NAACP to expose the racially...

            • delaware
            • wilmington
            • william burton
            • naacp
            • 1961
            • 2018