Miriam's Bench In Memory of Miriam Gershenson
CUT. OFF CIRCA LATE 1850's
CUT OFF CIRCA LATE 1850'S TRACES OF A"CUT OFF" CANAL LINKING BAYOU LAFOURCHE WITH LAKE SALVADOR CAN BE SEEN TODAY. THOUGH NEVER SERVING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AS A SHORT CUT TO NEW ORLANS, THE CANAL...
Vera Mae Cowart
In Loving Memory of Vera Mae Cowart From her caring came her courage Submitted by: Abby
- bull creek
- austin
- texas
Edison's Home, Glenmont
Edison's Home, Glenmont In 1886 Thomas Edison bought Glenmont as a gift for his bride, Mina Miller. After moving in, Edison said that the 23-room Victorian mansion was "a great deal too nice for...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- glenmont
- thomas edison
- 1886
Llewellyn Park
Llewellyn Park In 1853 New York merchant Llewellyn S. Haskell hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to transform an old farmhouse on the eastern slope of Orange Mountain. Impressed with the...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- glenmont
- llewellyn park
- 1853
Women's Heritage Trail - Mina Miller Edison
WOMEN'S Heritage Trail Mina Miller Edison was not content simply to be the wife of America's most famous inventor. As a devout Methodist, she firmly believed that each individual possesses the...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- glenmont
- llewellyn park
- mina edison
- thomas edison
Thomas Edison, Chemist
ACS Chemistry for Life National Historic Chemical Landmark Thomas Edison, Chemist Thomas Edison National Historical Park National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior West Orange,...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- thomas edison
- 1887
- american che...
- 2014
Garage
Garage Built in 1908 with Edison Portland Cement, construction of this garage gave Thomas Edison experience in using concrete as a building material. Although it was built with...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- thomas edison
- henry ford
- 1922
- 1902
Replica of the Black Maria
THIS BUILDING IS A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL "BLACK MARIA", THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON THE FOUNDER OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY....
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- thomas edison
- 1954
The Black Maria
The Black Maria Thomas Edison's interest in motion pictures began with an idea "for an instrument that does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear, which is the recording and...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- thomas edison
- william heise
- william k.l. dickson
- 1893
- 1903
Making Movies
Making Movies Edison National Historic Site New Jersey National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- thomas edison
- black maria
- 1893
- 1903
- 1954
Brendan Bryne
CATCH THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN West Orange WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BRENDAN BYRNE 1924-2018 BRENDAN BYRNE (1924-2018) GREW UP ON PROSPECT PLACE, ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT ST. JOHN'S...
- new jersey
- orange
- west orange
- brendan byrne
- 1924
- 2018
New York Foundling Hospital
NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL FOUNDED 1869 Submitted by @lampbane
- new york
- manhattan
- chelsea
- hospital
- 1869
"For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..."
"For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..." referring to the break with the Asbury Methodist Church of Wilmington, Reverend Peter Spencer The August Quarterly, originally known as the...
- delaware
- wilmington
- underground railroad
- peter spencer
- august quarterly
- big quarterly
- 1814
- 1885
- 1950
- 1971
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....
- delaware
- wilmington
- thomas garrett
- underground railroad
- john hunn
- harriet tubman
- 1976