In Memory of Dr. Edgar H. & Elva Knowlton and Dr. Edgar A. & Bobby Knowlton
Submitted by @LostToHistory
Battlefield of Malvern Hill
Richard Register, Green City Visionary
CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE
From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike...
Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry
Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...
- yonkers
- saw mill river
- elisha graves otis
- 1852
- 1854
Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park
REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...
- yonkers
- untermyer park
- park
- samuel tilden
- john waring
- samuel untermyer
- 1868
- 1940
Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States
UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane
- yonkers
- untermyer park
- park
- 1966
Shorewood HIgh School
SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...
Callan Hotel
#alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal
- monkeys
- internment
- wwii
- concentration camps
Tarea Hall Pittman
Morro Bay
Submitted by @jqmcd
Pensionnat Heger, Bronte Sisters
NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE...
Cummings Playground
Submitted by @chicagobars
Moriyama & Teshima Architects
Submitted by @lingwhatics
New Paltz
NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935
Albert Jackson
Submitted by @tatumwilson
Alviso Adobe
Submitted by @jqmcd
Corktown in the 19th Century
Submitted by @heritagetoronto
The Spanish Community
Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M.D. Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States. She began her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom...