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Tom Kilburn

TOM KILBURN 1921 - 2001  He co-invented the world's first ever stored-program computer. He wrote its first program in June 1948 while travelling from this station to Manchester University where he...

TOM KILBURN 1921 - 2001  He co-invented the world's first ever stored-program computer. He wrote its first program in June 1948 while travelling from this station to Manchester University where he...

  • computer science
  • computer
  • stored-program

Bernard Frank

DEDICATED TO BERNARD FRANK 1902 - 1964 FORESTER, LAND ECONOMIST, OUTDOORSMAN , INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATIONIST WITH SOME FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN FORESTRY, INCLUDING THIRTY YEARS OF CONCERN WITH...

DEDICATED TO BERNARD FRANK 1902 - 1964 FORESTER, LAND ECONOMIST, OUTDOORSMAN , INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATIONIST WITH SOME FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN FORESTRY, INCLUDING THIRTY YEARS OF CONCERN WITH...

  • maryland
  • park
  • conservation

Mallory-Neely House

Built circa 1852, this 25-room Italian villa-style mansion was home to the Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant, and Barton Lee Mallory families between 1852 and 1969....

Built circa 1852, this 25-room Italian villa-style mansion was home to the Isaac Kirtland, Benjamin Babb, James C. Neely, Daniel Grant, and Barton Lee Mallory families between 1852 and...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Memphis Queen II

Built in 1955 by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company, The Memphis Queen II was the first all-steel passenger ship on the Mississippi River. Measuring 85 feet long by 43 feet wide, it features two...

Built in 1955 by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company, The Memphis Queen II was the first all- steel passenger ship on the Mississippi River. Measuring 85 feet long by 43 feet wide, it features two...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Lenin Statue

This is not V.I. Lenin This statue is hollow. Inside are six inches of water in ditch along a country road just outside of the small village of Russia, Ohio, a boy in a threadbare sweater, his...

This is not V.I. Lenin This statue is hollow. Inside are six inches of water in ditch along a country road just outside of the small village of Russia, Ohio, a boy in a threadbare...

  • lenin
  • fremont
  • washington
  • poem
  • russia
  • ohio

Old United States Mint

Old United States Mint The Old Mint (1869), San Francisco's second, is California's only such Federal Greek Revival structure. Due to unsurpassed productivity, it became a sub-treasury in 1874....

Old United States Mint The Old Mint (1869), San Francisco's second, is California's only such Federal Greek Revival structure. Due to unsurpassed productivity, it became a sub-treasury in 1874....

  • mint
  • 1869
  • 1906
  • greek revival

Site of the First U.S. Branch Mint

SITE OF FIRST U.S. BRANCH MINT THE FIRST UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS JULY 3, 1852. AND OPENED FOR OPERATION APRIL 3, 1854. DR. L.A. BIRDSALL WAS THE FIRST...

SITE OF FIRST U.S. BRANCH MINT THE FIRST UNITED STATES BRANCH MINT IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS JULY 3, 1852. AND OPENED FOR OPERATION APRIL 3, 1854. DR. L.A. BIRDSALL WAS THE...

  • san francisco
  • california
  • bay area
  • mint
  • branch mint

Curt C. (Curt) Flood

  • free agent
  • oakland
  • alameda
  • san francisco

Redwood

Sequoia Dendron Giganteum (Redwood)  This tree is dedicated by the  BROWNSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH  to the volunteers who recovered our Park after the wind storm of February 7, 2002 Thank You All

Sequoia Dendron Giganteum (Redwood)  This tree is dedicated by the  BROWNSVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH  to the volunteers who recovered our Park after the wind storm of February 7, 2002 Thank You All

  • oregon
  • redwood
  • neighborhood watch

Joe Morgan