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Claremont Public Improvements

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1984 Claremont Public Improvements John Galen Howard, Architect, 1905 Claremont, a 1905 subdivision, was originally part of the 125-acre Edson Adams ranch....

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1984 Claremont Public Improvements John Galen Howard, Architect, 1905 Claremont, a 1905 subdivision, was originally part of the 125-acre Edson Adams...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • claremont
  • urban park
  • olmstead

The Place Where The First Soldier Was Killed On British Soil

THIS TABLET MARKS THE PLACE WHERE THE FIRST SHELL FROM THE LEADING GERMAN BATTLE CRUISER STRUCK AT 8-10A.M. ON THE 16TH OF DECEMBER 1914 AND ALSO RECORDS THE PLACE WHERE (DURING BOMBARDMENT) THE...

THIS TABLET MARKS THE PLACE WHERE THE FIRST SHELL FROM THE LEADING GERMAN BATTLE CRUISER STRUCK AT 8-10A.M. ON THE 16TH OF DECEMBER 1914 AND ALSO RECORDS THE PLACE WHERE (DURING...

  • wwi
  • england
  • battle cruiser
  • 1914

Guide Hall Plaque

Plaque on entrance to the Guide Hall in Hampton Street, Hampton: Reads: THIS PLAQUE PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF MR. C. G. R. BARNETT, J.P. MR T. I. DUFF, J.P. MR H. V. SAMPSON, J.P. THE ORIGINAL...

Plaque on entrance to the Guide Hall in Hampton Street, Hampton: Reads: THIS PLAQUE PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF MR. C. G. R. BARNETT, J.P. MR T. I. DUFF, J.P. MR H. V. SAMPSON, J.P. THE...

  • hampton
  • girl guides
  • melbourne
  • victoria
  • australia

Prelate P J Triest

Plaque to honor prelate P J Triest. Founder of the order of the brothers of charity. This order revolutionized the care for the orphans, mentally ill, sick and poor in belgium. Today the order is...

Plaque to honor prelate P J Triest. Founder of the order of the brothers of charity. This order revolutionized the care for the orphans, mentally ill, sick and poor in belgium. Today the order...

    Sacred to the Memory of George Dobson

    SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE DOBSON GOVERNMENT ENGINEER MURDERED HERE BY BUSHRANGERS 28 OF MAY 1866 Submitted by jase_b

    SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE DOBSON GOVERNMENT ENGINEER MURDERED HERE BY BUSHRANGERS 28 OF MAY 1866 Submitted by jase_b

    • 1866
    • new zealand
    • bushrangers
    • government engineer

    New Bethel Church and Cemetery

    The congregants of New Bethel purchased the current acreage in 1869 and first worshipped in a bush arbor. They deeded a portion of their land to the Shelby County School System to build Nashoba...

    The congregants of New Bethel purchased the current acreage in 1869 and first worshipped in a bush arbor. They deeded a portion of their land to the Shelby County School System to build...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Benjamin Franklin Booth1858-1941

    Benjamin F. Booth was one of Memphis' earliest and most distinguished African-American lawyers. Starting in 1886, he practiced law for more than 54 years. In 1905, he challenged Tennessee's law...

    Benjamin F. Booth was one of Memphis' earliest and most distinguished African-American lawyers. Starting in 1886, he practiced law for more than 54 years. In 1905, he challenged Tennessee's...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Rockport

    ROCKPORT MY HOME FOR OVER 100 YEARS GERTRUDE (TARR) REED GIVEN ON MY 100TH BIRTHDAY JULY 5, 1995 SIT - RELAX - ENJOY Thanks to Jason Freedman for correcting the location on this plaque and for the...

    ROCKPORT MY HOME FOR OVER 100 YEARS GERTRUDE (TARR) REED GIVEN ON MY 100TH BIRTHDAY JULY 5, 1995 SIT - RELAX - ENJOY Thanks to Jason Freedman for correcting the location on this plaque and for the...

    • rockport
    • gertrude
    • tarr
    • reed
    • sit relax enjoy

    CANADA’S FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC

    CANADA’S FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC The first Family Planning Clinic in Canada, located in Hamilton, began in 1931 as The Advocates of Birth Control. Led by Mary (Chambers) Hawkins, the American...

    CANADA’S FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC The first Family Planning Clinic in Canada, located in Hamilton, began in 1931 as The Advocates of Birth Control. Led by Mary (Chambers) Hawkins, the American...

      Del Mar Canning Company

      • cannery row
      • steinbeck
      • 1927
      • fish & flour
      • 1936
      • fire

      This British Carronade

      THIS BRITISH CARRONADE WAS CAPTURED DURING THE REPULSE AT SANDY BAY OF A LANDING PARTY FROM HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE NYMPH IN THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 9, 1814

      THIS BRITISH CARRONADE WAS CAPTURED DURING THE REPULSE AT SANDY BAY OF A LANDING PARTY FROM HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE NYMPH IN THE EARLY MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 9, 1814

      • 1814
      • carronade
      • nymph
      • frigate

      MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER

      MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761.  He is Michigan's first known...

      MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761.  He is Michigan's first...

      • michigan reg...
      • mackinaw city
      • michilimackinac
      • jewish history

      USCGC Mackinaw final crew commemoration

      In commemoration and tribute to the historic preservation efforts of the final crew and to honor every Mackinaw sailor who ever chipped paint, wiped oil, or swabbed a deck throughout her sixty-two...

      In commemoration and tribute to the historic preservation efforts of the final crew and to honor every Mackinaw sailor who ever chipped paint, wiped oil, or swabbed a deck throughout her sixty-two...

      • us coast guard
      • mackinaw
      • foundation f...

      MACKINAW CITY

      MACKINAW CITY This site was the terminus of the Dixie Highway, the Mackinaw Trail, the East Michigan Pike and the West Michigan Pike.  The East and West Pikes were mapped out in 1913 as gravel and...

      MACKINAW CITY This site was the terminus of the Dixie Highway, the Mackinaw Trail, the East Michigan Pike and the West Michigan Pike.  The East and West Pikes were mapped out in 1913 as gravel and...

      • mackinaw city
      • michigan reg...
      • dixie highway
      • mackinaw trail
      • east michigan pike
      • west michigan pike

      Hon. Stanley Ronald Basford P.C., Q.C. 1932-2005

      Hon. Stanley Ronald Basford P.C., Q.C. 1932-2005 Ron Basford was elected Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1963 and served as a  Minister from 1967-1978. Advances in consumer...

      Hon. Stanley Ronald Basford P.C., Q.C. 1932-2005 Ron Basford was elected Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1963 and served as a  Minister from 1967-1978. Advances in consumer...

        Captain Edward Stamp

        Here Captain Edward Stamp pioneer industrialist and legislator started lumbering operations; then, finding a better site, he moved elsewhere on Burrard Inlet, and founded in the wilderness, now...

        Here Captain Edward Stamp pioneer industrialist and legislator started lumbering operations; then, finding a better site, he moved elsewhere on Burrard Inlet, and founded in the wilderness,...

        • captain edward stamp
        • vancouver
        • stanley park
        • then finding...
        • moved elsewhere

        Logan Square

          Mr. & Mrs. E. K. Anderson Memorial Fountain

          Submitted by Darren Platt

          Submitted by Darren Platt

            Oregon Caves National Monument

            • taft
            • oregon
            • caves
            • 1909

            VFW Bicentennial Veterans' Memorial

            HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT OF...

            HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT...

            • vfw
            • bicentennial
            • veterans
            • memorial