The Famous George Burns Pool Table

Haym Salomon

Haym Salomon (1740 - 1785) Financier of the Revo- lution. Came to America ca.1772. Imprisoned by British,1776 and 1778. Lived in Philadelphia, 1778-85; active in its Jewish community. A broker, he ...

philadelphia
1740
haym
jewish communit...
broker
never repaid
lent heavily

Don Allen Blair

"CITY OF EMERYVILLE DEDICATED IN THE MEMORY OF DON ALLEN BLAIR A RESPECTED PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE MARCH 9, 195 - SEPTEMBER 7, 1996"

emeryville
public works
bay area

ARPANET

Includes additional plate, set at an angle, below the main plaque. This plate shows the following binary code: 0100000101010010010100000100 0001010011100100010101010100 Translated into ASCII ...

arpanet
internet
darpa
department of d...
world wide web

Lewis Coffee House

STAR INN - STORNOWAY Established as an Alternative to the Heavy Drinking of Alcohol in the TownLEWIS COFFEE HOUSE 1884-1911After 27 yeras it Reverted to it's [sic] former role of ...

it's
coffee
alcohol
heavy drinking
reverted