Fought Its Way From Savage Isolation
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- cal
- holmes
Shore Whalers
1854 Monterey Shore Whalers Captain J. P. Davenport organized the first shore whaling company which was followed in 1855 by seventeen Portuguese fishermen who started the "Old Company." Between...
- monterey
- california
- 1854
- whaling
- whales
John Wayne's Gravestone
Tomorrow is the most Important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from...
- california
- john wayne
- tomorrow
Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Houston TX. Astronauts swim in 6.2 million gallons of water to simulate microgravity.Submitted by @Alka009er
- nasa
- texas
- neutral buoyancy
- carter
Gravlagi I Kristkerken
Submitted by @caddickbrown
In Loving Memory
IN LOVING MEMORY OF CONNIE MARY LEWIS 1926 TO 2006 AND EVAN LEWIS 1922 TO 2013 Submitted by @caddickbrown
Kristkerken
Submitted by @caddickbrown
Transamerica Redwood Park
TRANSAMERICA REDWOOD PARK PROVIDED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, TENANTS AND FRIENDS
- transamerica
- san francisco
- california
- bay area
Anderson Building
Anderson Building Constructed ca. 1866 to house Sutliff Clothier. This typical commercial block held Hutson Bakery 1886–1893, Anderson Confectionary 1893–1913 Facade altered in early 20th...
- anderson
- building
- sutliff
- hutson
Eldridge House Hotel
National Register of Historic Places The Eldridge House Hotel 7th and Massachusetts Street Built c. 1925 The Lawrence Preservation Alliance Submitted by: @shinton
- eldridge
- hotel
- nrhp
- lawrence
- kansas
825-827 Massachusetts Street
825–827 Massachusetts Street Site of various Lawrence bakeries 1860s–1931 J.A. Keeler Stationery and Book Shop 1886–1909 Montgomery Ward Department Store 1931–1968 Wards combined 825 and 827...
- massachusetts
- street
- lawrence
- kansas
Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank
Watkins Land Mortgage Company and National Bank Richardsonian Romanesque style building, designed by Cobb and Frost, architects, erected in 1888 for Lawrence financier, Jabez B. Watkins. ...
- watkins
- bank
- lawrence
- kansas
- city hall
- nrhp
- romanesque
Miller's Hall
Miller’s Hall Built for Josiah Miller, Free State Party activist and Lawrence’s first State Senator. Construction begun late 1850’s; partially destroyed during Quantrill’s raid; reconstruction...
- miller
- hall
- free state
- lawrence
- kansas
- quantrill
Eldridge Hotel Cornerstone
1855 1857 HOTEL ELDRIDGE 1863 1925 Submitted by: @shinton
- hotel
- eldridge
- cornerstone
Free State Hotel
This marks the site of the Free State Hotel erected in 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. Destroyed by Sheriff Jones and his posse May 21, 1856 and rebuilt by Col. Schaler W. Eldridge....
- free state
- hotel
- new england ...
- quantrill
- rotary club
- eldridge
Lawrence Studio
Lawrence Studio Constructed Late 1860’s Alexander Marks, jeweler, was an early occupant This building, now reflective of Mission Style, housed dry goods, drugs, and jewelry businesses and...
- lawrence
- kansas
- studio
- photography
- marks
Round Corner Drug
Round Corner Drug Building constructed in 1866 to house a drug store founded by B. W. Woodward in 1855. Oldest drug store in Lawrence and Kansas in continuous operation. Submitted by: @shinton
- round
- corner
- drug
- lawrence
- kansas
- woodward
Marks Jewelers
Marks Jewelers This building has housed a variety of commercial enterprises since the mid 1860’s including a grocery, clothier, and tobacco shops. Sol Marks began operating a jewelry shop on...
- marks
- jewelers
- lawrence
- kansas
Douglas County Courthouse
Douglas County Courthouse Designed by John G. Haskill and Fredrick Gunn in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Constructed by the firm of Cuthbert and Sargent of Topeka, KS 1903–1904. Listed...
- douglas county
- courthouse
- lawrence
- kansas
- romanesque
- nrhp
Wiedemann Building
Wiedemann Building Wiedemann’s, a popular candy and ice cream store, operated on this site from 1886–ca. 1943. Prominent social center, tea room and dance hall. The Jay Shoppe Ladies...
- wiedemann
- building
- lawrence
- kansas
- tea
- dance
- ice cream