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Southern Pacific Depot, Danville, California, 1891

  • danville
  • california
  • depot

Benjamin Albert Imes

Described as the best-educated minister in all of Memphis in 1880 was a black man, the Rev. Benjamin A. Imes, who was a noted city leader. Imes held two degrees from Oberlin College and was...

Described as the best-educated minister in all of Memphis in 1880 was a black man, the Rev. Benjamin A. Imes, who was a noted city leader. Imes held two degrees from Oberlin College and was...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Cannon - Salute to USA

This gun, one of a battery of eleven, at St. Eustatius, N.W.I., on November 16, 1776, fired the first salute by a foreign power to the Flag of the United States. This painting by Memphis Artist...

This gun, one of a battery of eleven, at St. Eustatius, N.W.I., on November 16, 1776, fired the first salute by a foreign power to the Flag of the United States. This painting by Memphis...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Hess Triangle

"Property of the Hess Estate which has never been dedicated for public purposes." This is a triangle at the intersection of Seventh Ave and Christopher Street in New York's West Village. From...

"Property of the Hess Estate which has never been dedicated for public purposes." This is a triangle at the intersection of Seventh Ave and Christopher Street in New York's West Village. From...

  • hess triangle
  • greenwich village
  • new york

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

Submitted by @WittelLuke

Submitted by @WittelLuke

  • wwii
  • pearl harbor
  • arizona

Moving Shoreline

  • key system
  • emeryville
  • oakland
  • shoreline
  • pier
  • ferry service

Ron Dellums, 47th Mayor of Oakland

  • prescott
  • oakland point
  • bay area
  • oakland tech...

The Shorey House

  • oakland
  • 1872
  • whaling
  • african american
  • where rail a...
  • cape of good hope
  • barbados
  • booker t. washington

Four Young Americans Died Serving Their Country in the Thanksgiving Weekend Accident

IN THE LATE HOURS OF NOVEMBER 25, 1944 A C-47 ARMY CARGO PLANE EN ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO MINNEAPOLIS CRASHED INTO BLUE MOUND 400 - 500 FEET NORTH OF THIS MONUMENT. THE PLANE HAD ENCOUNTERED A...

IN THE LATE HOURS OF NOVEMBER 25, 1944 A C-47 ARMY CARGO PLANE EN ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO MINNEAPOLIS CRASHED INTO BLUE MOUND 400 - 500 FEET NORTH OF THIS MONUMENT. THE PLANE HAD ENCOUNTERED A...

  • wisconsin
  • blue mount c-47
  • thanksgiving

John Minix

THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF BLUE MOUND WAS CONSERVED AND ENHANCED BY THE VISION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS OF JOHN MINIXWHO MADE THIS OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF WISCONSIN ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A RECREATION...

THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF BLUE MOUND WAS CONSERVED AND ENHANCED BY THE VISION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS OF JOHN MINIXWHO MADE THIS OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF WISCONSIN ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A...

  • wisconsin
  • park
  • minix

Sandy MacKendrick

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 ALEXANDER "SANDY" MACKENDRICK (1912-1993) Film Director who made Whisky Galorehere on Barra Submitted by @slashdotat

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 ALEXANDER "SANDY" MACKENDRICK (1912-1993) Film Director who made Whisky Galorehere on Barra Submitted by @slashdotat

  • barra
  • whisky

Canadian Club Movement

Plaque reads: Here The Canadian Club Movement Had It’s Beginning December Sixth 1892 ------- Erected by the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton – December Sixth 1913 This Plaque Erected September...

Plaque reads: Here The Canadian Club Movement Had It’s Beginning December Sixth 1892 ------- Erected by the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton – December Sixth 1913 This Plaque Erected...

    Powers Crossing

    POWERS CROSSING This embankment, the original site of the TH&B railway trestle bridge over Binkley Hollow, is part of an Ancaster Creek flood/erosion control project. The creek forms the...

    POWERS CROSSING This embankment, the original site of the TH&B railway trestle bridge over Binkley Hollow, is part of an Ancaster Creek flood/erosion control project. The creek forms the...

      Pigott Building

      The Pigott Building, 36 James Street South, was Hamilton's first skyscraper. It was for decades an office building until its conversion to condo units. Plaque reads: City of Hamilton 1929 PIGOTT...

      The Pigott Building, 36 James Street South, was Hamilton's first skyscraper. It was for decades an office building until its conversion to condo units. Plaque reads: City of Hamilton 1929...

        Reggie Jackson

        • oakland
        • athletics
        • coliseum

        The Lone Shieling

        From the lone shieling of the misty island, mountains divide us, and the waste of seas - Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides. This shieling...

        From the lone shieling of the misty island, mountains divide us, and the waste of seas - Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides. This shieling...

          Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston

          This house, built in 1884, was home to Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1952-53 while he was enrolled in the Graduate School of Boston University. The building was rehabilitated in 1987 by the Tenants...

          This house, built in 1884, was home to Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1952-53 while he was enrolled in the Graduate School of Boston University. The building was rehabilitated in 1987 by the...

          • martin luthe...
          • boston university
          • civil rights

          In Memoriam - Roy Bower and Jack Chambers

          In Memoriam From this harbor - in storm - departed Roy Bower and Jack Chambers fishermen of the trolling fleet October 4, A.D. 1936 on a mission of rescue It is not true. Life is not slain by...

          In Memoriam From this harbor - in storm - departed Roy Bower and Jack Chambers fishermen of the trolling fleet October 4, A.D. 1936 on a mission of rescue It is not true. Life is not slain...

          • memorial
          • shipwreck
          • fishermen
          • rescue

          In Memory of Novadoc

          On March 1st, 1947, loaded with 3,860 tons of gypsum, the freighter Novadoc left Deep Brook crossing the bay in front of you bound for Staten Island, New York. Two days later, March 3rd, in the...

          On March 1st, 1947, loaded with 3,860 tons of gypsum, the freighter Novadoc left Deep Brook crossing the bay in front of you bound for Staten Island, New York. Two days later, March 3rd, in the...

          • memorial
          • shipwreck

          Matthews Hall (A McMaster University student residence)

          MATTHEWS HALL This residence Hall was opened in 1965. It bears the name of Albert Matthews, whose service to McMaster University includes membership on the Board of Governors for more than forty...

          MATTHEWS HALL This residence Hall was opened in 1965. It bears the name of Albert Matthews, whose service to McMaster University includes membership on the Board of Governors for more than...