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Frances E. Willard

    Independent Order of Odd Fellows

      Alan C. Furth

        City of Walnut Creek South Locust Street Garage

          Jackson Drug

            The Crandall Studio (details)

              Crandall Studio

                Simon Bolivar (San Francisco)

                SIMON BOLIVAR LIBERATOR OF: COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PANAMA, PERU VENEZUELA AND FOUNDER OF BOLIVIA HE LED THE VICTORIOUS ARMY FROM CARACAS TO POTOSI ENGAGING IN THE CONCLUSIVE BATTLES OF: BOYACA, AUGUST...

                SIMON BOLIVAR LIBERATOR OF: COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PANAMA, PERU VENEZUELA AND FOUNDER OF BOLIVIA HE LED THE VICTORIOUS ARMY FROM CARACAS TO POTOSI ENGAGING IN THE CONCLUSIVE BATTLES OF: BOYACA, AUGUST...

                  Cradle of Liberty

                  First Plaque CRADLE OF LIBERTY This Memorial honors all who wore the uniform of the United States from the Revolutionary War onward. Beneath the base of the statue lie rocks from the hallowed...

                  First Plaque CRADLE OF LIBERTY This Memorial honors all who wore the uniform of the United States from the Revolutionary War onward. Beneath the base of the statue lie rocks from the...

                  • war
                  • memorial

                  Harbor Master's Cottage

                  HARBOR MASTER'S COTTAGE The Harbor Master's Cottage was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project in 1937. Renovation of the Cottage was completed in 1993 by the City of Palo...

                  HARBOR MASTER'S COTTAGE The Harbor Master's Cottage was constructed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project in 1937. Renovation of the Cottage was completed in 1993 by the City of Palo...

                  • palo alto
                  • wpa

                  VLA Antenna Specifications

                  Antenna specifications: Type: Offset cassegrain with asymmetric subreflector Mount: Altitude - Azimuth Focal Ratio: f/.35 Total Weight: 235 Tons Total Height: 29 Meters (94 ft.) when pointed...

                  Antenna specifications: Type: Offset cassegrain with asymmetric subreflector Mount: Altitude - Azimuth Focal Ratio: f/.35 Total Weight: 235 Tons Total Height: 29 Meters (94 ft.) when...

                  • vla

                  VLA Antenna (Electronics)

                  The VLA Antenna (Electronics) Weak radio waves from celestial sources are collected by the highly directional antennas. The waves are focused into the receiver by the main dish, subreflector and...

                  The VLA Antenna (Electronics) Weak radio waves from celestial sources are collected by the highly directional antennas. The waves are focused into the receiver by the main dish, subreflector...

                  • vla

                  VLA Antenna (Mechanical)

                  The VLA Antenna (Mechanical) These giant antennas, with 25 meter (82 ft.) diameter dishes, were specially designed for the VLA. The aluminum panels of the dish are formed into a parabolic surface...

                  The VLA Antenna (Mechanical) These giant antennas, with 25 meter (82 ft.) diameter dishes, were specially designed for the VLA. The aluminum panels of the dish are formed into a parabolic surface...

                  • vla

                  Carcross Desert

                  CARCROSS DESERT AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE SMALLEST DESERT IN THE WORLD, THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY COVERED BY A LARGE GLACIAL LAKE. AS THE GLACIERS RETREATED. CAUSING LOWER WATER LEVELS, SANDY...

                  CARCROSS DESERT AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE SMALLEST DESERT IN THE WORLD, THIS AREA WAS ORIGINALLY COVERED BY A LARGE GLACIAL LAKE. AS THE GLACIERS RETREATED. CAUSING LOWER WATER LEVELS, SANDY...

                  • yukon
                  • carcross
                  • desert

                  Original Santa Cruz Boardwalk Planks

                  These boards are part of the original Santa Cruz Boardwalk and were saved during a res- toration project completed in 1984. This project was one of many completed under Laurence P. Canfield,...

                  These boards are part of the original Santa Cruz Boardwalk and were saved during a res- toration project completed in 1984. This project was one of many completed under Laurence P....

                  • santa cruz
                  • boardwalk

                  Moses L. Rosendin County Park

                  MOSES L. ROSENDIN COUNTY PARK Louis and Raymond Rosendin have donated this 116-acre parcel of land to Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation Department to honor the memory of their father Moses L....

                  MOSES L. ROSENDIN COUNTY PARK Louis and Raymond Rosendin have donated this 116-acre parcel of land to Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation Department to honor the memory of their father Moses L....

                  • rosendin

                  1545 Divisadero An Historic American Building

                  1545 Divisadero An Historic American Building In 1919, N. Gray & Company commissioned engineer James H. Hjul to construct a two-story, wood-frame building on the soutnwest corner of Post and...

                  1545 Divisadero An Historic American Building In 1919, N. Gray & Company commissioned engineer James H. Hjul to construct a two-story, wood-frame building on the soutnwest corner of Post...

                  • georgian revival
                  • san francisco

                  Motion Picture Research

                  IN COMMEMORATION OF The motion picture research conducted in 1878 and 1879 at the Palo Alto Farm now the site of Stanford University This extensive photographic experiment portraying the attitudes...

                  IN COMMEMORATION OF The motion picture research conducted in 1878 and 1879 at the Palo Alto Farm now the site of Stanford University This extensive photographic experiment portraying the...

                  • stanford
                  • muybridge
                  • motion picture

                  Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Wetlands Project 1998

                  Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Wetlands Project 1988 Made possible through the efforts of: Golden Gate Audubon Society Save San Francisco Bay Association Sierra Club Funded by: Port of...

                  Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Wetlands Project 1988 Made possible through the efforts of: Golden Gate Audubon Society Save San Francisco Bay Association Sierra Club Funded by: Port of...

                  • wetlands

                  Rodin's Gates of Hell

                  THE GATES OF HELL Auguste Rodin I have loved these awesome doors since that winter day in 1949 when I first stood below them outside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia and was terrified at the...

                  THE GATES OF HELL Auguste Rodin I have loved these awesome doors since that winter day in 1949 when I first stood below them outside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia and was terrified at the...

                  • stanford
                  • rodin
                  • sculpture