General Slocum Disaster Memorial

THe 100-Inch Hooker Telescope

THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar...

telescope
mt. wilson
science
astronomy

Dylan Thomas in Tenby

Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

dylan thomas
poets

Burlington Street

Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long...

new zealand
dunedin
street name
amenities society

McDonald Garden

McDonald GardenTranscriptionThis garden has been planted byThe Society of the Friends of FirstChurch in remembrance ofMr Stuart McDonald M.C.and Mrs Gladye McDonanald M.B.E.Founders of the Society...

new zealand
dunedin
garden
first church

Macandrew Bay Memorial Centre

Transcription:To the fallen they sought the honour of their country. They found the glory of God.World Wars1914 - 1918Marshall A. Menzies J. Phair R.1939 - 1945Coombe G. Hook R.D....

new zealand
mcandrew bay
war memorial
wwi
wwii

In Honour of Those Who Fell in The Great War 1914 - 1919

The Parshall Measuring Flume

THE PARSHALL MEASURING FLUME A HISTORICAL LANDMARK OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IT BEEN IMPORTANT TO MEASURE FLOWS OF IRRIGATION WATER. ACCURACY...

Hap Magee Ranch

Hap Magee Ranch Originally owned by August Hemme in 1852, just after California achieved statehood, this land was purchased in 1911 by the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum. Camp Swain...