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In Honor of our Airport Neighbors

    Lee Terminal Building

      Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & CO. (Sherman’s Bank)

      Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

      Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

        Standiford Field

          Combahee River Raid

          Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid up...

          Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid...

          • harriet tubman
          • 1863
          • civil war
          • african american

          Florence Schwimley Little Theater

          CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr., Architects...

          CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr.,...

          • berkeley
          • bhs
          • theater
          • bas-relief

          National Pony Express Centennial Assn

          • pony express
          • eisenhower
          • waddell
          • one mail lost

          Pony Express Centennial

          • pony express
          • waddell

          Pony Express Plaques

          THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

          THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

          • pony express
          • eisenhower
          • waddell

          Central Overland Pony Express Trail Association, Inc

          • pony express
          • waddell
          • vanderbilt
          • nicaragua
          • clipper ship
          • lincoln
          • first inaugural

          Pony Express

          • pony express
          • 1950
          • missouri
          • river steamer
          • antelope
          • alta califor...

          Former First Unitarian Church

          • 1898
          • berkeley
          • unitarian

          Sather Gate

          SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

          SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

          • cal
          • gate
          • 1950
          • 1954

          la Petite Naples Marseillaise

          Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles furent...

          Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles...

            World's Tallest Totem Pole

            THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

            THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

              World's Largest Totem Pole

              THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY  

              THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

              • british columbia
              • wwi
              • indian
              • wwii

              Indian Slough

                Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery

                In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...

                In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...

                • michigan
                • michigan his...

                Mackinac Straits

                Nicolet passed through the straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600s through the War of 1812...

                Nicolet passed through the straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600s through the War of 1812...

                • michigan
                • michigan his...

                Mission House

                In 1823 the Reverend William Ferry founded a mission on Mackinac Island on land now known as Mission Point. Two years later he and his wife, Amanda, erected this building as a boarding school for...

                In 1823 the Reverend William Ferry founded a mission on Mackinac Island on land now known as Mission Point. Two years later he and his wife, Amanda, erected this building as a boarding school for...

                • michigan
                • michigan his...