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Marcus Winchester

On this corner Marcus B. Winchester in 1819 set up the first store in Memphis, and in 1821 the first post office. Son of General James Winchester, he was agent for the original proprietors of the...

On this corner Marcus B. Winchester in 1819 set up the first store in Memphis, and in 1821 the first post office. Son of General James Winchester, he was agent for the original proprietors of the...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Gustav Freiwald House, 1906

    The Monarch Grove Sanctuary "Butteryfly Trees"

    • winter storms
    • pacific grove
    • california
    • monarchs

    John Steinbeck

    JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968  "CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN  CALIFORNIA IS A POEM, A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE, A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE GATHERED AND...

    JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968  "CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN  CALIFORNIA IS A POEM, A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE, A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE GATHERED...

    • monterey
    • california
    • steinbeck
    • cannery row

    Saint Vincent de Paul

     THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT de PAUL IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ORGANIZED HERE AT THIS VENERABLE CATHEDRAL ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE DELEGATES OF THE SOCIETY IN...

     THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT de PAUL IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ORGANIZED HERE AT THIS VENERABLE CATHEDRAL ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE DELEGATES OF THE SOCIETY...

    • missouri
    • st louis
    • saint vincen...

    In Memory of Happy Days on the Campus

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • cal
    • 1923
    • bridge

    Graff House

    THE GRAFF HOUSE IN WHICH THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1975 WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE INDEPENDENCE HALL...

    THE GRAFF HOUSE IN WHICH THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1975 WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE INDEPENDENCE HALL...

    • philadelphia
    • pennsylvania
    • graff
    • jefferson
    • declaration ...

    Horse Watering Trough

    Submitted by Sheila Paske

    Submitted by Sheila Paske

    • lincoln
    • california
    • trough
    • horse watering
    • railroad depot
    • fancy circul...

    Beermann Plaza

    BEERMANN PLAZA  Fritz Beermann and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln's Town Treasurer...

    BEERMANN PLAZA  Fritz Beermann and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln's Town Treasurer...

    • lincoln
    • california
    • 1880
    • plaza

    Fleming Building

    FLEMING BUILDING    ERECTED IN 1863 – 1864 BY JOHN ZIEGENBEIN AS A GENERAL STORE   SOLD TO HERMAN LOHSE 1879; TO GEORGE ALDRICH 1881; TO A.C. FLEMING (& ALEX HEMPHILL) IN 1888   BANK OF LINCOLN,...

    FLEMING BUILDING    ERECTED IN 1863 – 1864 BY JOHN ZIEGENBEIN AS A GENERAL STORE   SOLD TO HERMAN LOHSE 1879; TO GEORGE ALDRICH 1881; TO A.C. FLEMING (& ALEX HEMPHILL) IN 1888   BANK OF LINCOLN,...

    • lincoln
    • california
    • 1863

    Emmada Building

    EMMADA BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1863 AS GOOD TEMPLARS HALL ORIGINAL BUILDING, 30' WIDE, 2 STORIES (537 G)   EXPANDED SOUTH IN 1913 BY WILLIAMSON & INGRAM (THEIR WIVES, EMMA AND ADA, ="EMMADA")  ...

    EMMADA BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1863 AS GOOD TEMPLARS HALL ORIGINAL BUILDING, 30' WIDE, 2 STORIES (537 G)   EXPANDED SOUTH IN 1913 BY WILLIAMSON & INGRAM (THEIR WIVES, EMMA AND ADA, ="EMMADA")  ...

    • lincoln
    • california
    • 1863
    • templars
    • grammar school
    • granger hall

    New Hoppert Building

    "NEW HOPPERT BUILDING"  OWNED BY HOPPERT FAMILY SINCE 1870'S (DESCENDANT CATHERYN GATES HAS TITLE IN 2002)   Submitted by Sheila Paske.

    "NEW HOPPERT BUILDING"  OWNED BY HOPPERT FAMILY SINCE 1870'S (DESCENDANT CATHERYN GATES HAS TITLE IN 2002)   Submitted by Sheila Paske.

    • lincoln
    • california
    • attorney
    • saloon
    • bakery
    • meat mountain
    • soda fountain
    • barber shop

    Retreat of the Union Troops

    Retreat of the Union Troops    1863   During the Civil War, in 1863, Union troops occupied Knoxville.  They held a series of earthen forts, some of which were on a hill to the south.  A pontoon...

    Retreat of the Union Troops    1863   During the Civil War, in 1863, Union troops occupied Knoxville.  They held a series of earthen forts, some of which were on a hill to the south.  A pontoon...

    • knoxville
    • civil war
    • 1863
    • union
    • confederate
    • pontoon bridge

    Rose Wave

    ROSE WAVE COLIN LAMBERT & PETER ADAMS, 2007 This sculpture honors the Gill Family rose nursery that operated during the late 19th to early 20th century in the area extending west from San Pablo...

    ROSE WAVE COLIN LAMBERT & PETER ADAMS, 2007 This sculpture honors the Gill Family rose nursery that operated during the late 19th to early 20th century in the area extending west from San...

    • albany
    • california
    • bay area
    • when it was learned
    • had been use...
    • rose nursery
    • ocean view

    Jefferson Memorial Building Dedication

    This beautiful, three-dimensional plaque is mounted at the entrance of the Jefferson Memorial Building at 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri. The building was designed by Isaac Taylor and...

    This beautiful, three-dimensional plaque is mounted at the entrance of the Jefferson Memorial Building at 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri. The building was designed by Isaac Taylor and...

    • louisiana pu...
    • 1904 world's fair
    • st. louis
    • forest park
    • thomas jefferson
    • louisiana purchase
    • missouri his...

    Village of Steinauer

    Village of Steinauer Warnings to avoid "bloody Kansas" prompted the Steinauer brothers, Anton, Nicholas, and Joseph, to settle here in Pawnee County. They arrived in September, 1856, only two...

    Village of Steinauer Warnings to avoid "bloody Kansas" prompted the Steinauer brothers, Anton, Nicholas, and Joseph, to settle here in Pawnee County. They arrived in September, 1856, only...

    • nebraska
    • roadside marker

    History of Union Pacific and Omaha

    HISTORY OF UNION PACIFIC AND OMAHA The search for a transcontinental railroad route began in 1853, but regional partisanship between North and South prevented Congress from acting. In 1862, after...

    HISTORY OF UNION PACIFIC AND OMAHA The search for a transcontinental railroad route began in 1853, but regional partisanship between North and South prevented Congress from acting. In 1862,...

    • railroad
    • union pacific
    • central pacific
    • abraham lincoln
    • golden spike

    Pacific Northwest Totem

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOTEM  DUANE PASCO, CARVER  EN FOKEGAVE FRA SEATTLE TIL BERGEN 900 - ARSJUBILUM 1970 10701869 Submitted by @caddickbrown

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST TOTEM  DUANE PASCO, CARVER  EN FOKEGAVE FRA SEATTLE TIL BERGEN 900 - ARSJUBILUM 1970 10701869 Submitted by @caddickbrown

    • totem pole
    • pasco
    • bergen
    • norway

    Loving v. Virginia

    Loving v. Virginia Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, defined under Virginia’s 1924 Racial Integrity Act as an interracial couple, married in June 1958 in Washington, D.C., and returned home to...

    Loving v. Virginia Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, defined under Virginia’s 1924 Racial Integrity Act as an interracial couple, married in June 1958 in Washington, D.C., and returned home to...

    • richmond
    • virginia
    • aclu
    • marriage
    • interracial

    The Black Sox Scandal

    It was here at the Boston Hotel Buckminster on September 18, 1919, in one of the hotel's guest rooms that the Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and bookmaker-gambler Joseph "Sport"...

    It was here at the Boston Hotel Buckminster on September 18, 1919, in one of the hotel's guest rooms that the Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and bookmaker-gambler Joseph...

    • boston
    • massachusetts
    • baseball
    • crime