Long Sands Historic Marker
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by InAweofGod'sCreation, full page.License is Attribution License
Blue Star Memorial Highway
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Memphis and Shelby County Council of Garden Clubs...
- shelby county
- tennessee
- blue star
Modern Movie Making In Memphis
On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Water Wheel
WATER WHEEL TAKEN FROM A GRIST MILL BUILT IN OLD TOWN OF OAKLAND BY DR. DORREY[?] S. BAKER[?] IN 1861. IT TURNED THE GRINDING STONE THAT GROUND THE GRAIN TO MEAL AND FLOUR SHIPPED BY BOAT...
- in the olden days
- shipped by b...
- grist
Face-off
U.S. Marshal Orville Webster and Memphis police detective Will Smiddy, who was a bootlegger, shot each other outside Smiddy's saloon in a face-off during the early days of Prohibition....
- shelby county
- tennessee
Plaza Substation
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
Justus H. Schwab
Justus H. Schwab, 1847 - 1900An extraordinary figure in the socialist and anarchist movements of the late 19th century, German-born Justus H. Schwab lived with his family and operated a saloon at...
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- east first street
- east village
- lower east side
- emma goldman
- ambrose bierce
- samuel gompers
- labor activi...
- social and p...
Robie Street Reservoir
National Historic Civil Engineering Site Robie Street Reservoir The 48 m diameter x 7.5 m deep concrete reservoir was originally build in 1913. It was one of the few structures in the area...
- halifax
- nova scotia
- halifax explosion
- civil engineering
- water reservoir
- construction
- dome
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 The first African America woman to write a play performed on Broadway, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry bought her Greenwich Village home...
- lorraine hansberry
- waverly place
- greenwich village
- the ladder
- to be young ...
- the daughter...
- robert nemiroff
- a raisin in the sun
The Penny Farthing
The Penny. Where a young Joni Mitchell get her start. Submitted by @ScenesFromACity
- joni mitchell
- toronto
- farthing