William Bryron Rumford
William Byron Rumford (February 2, 1908 - June 12, 1986) was a pharmacist who worked on this very block. In 1948 he was elected to the California State assembly becoming the first African American...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- sacramento st
- rumford
- civil rights
- fair housing
- fair employment
Egg Rock
ON THE HILL NASHAWTUCK AT THE MEETING OF THE RIVERS AND ALONG THE BANKS LIVED THE INDIAN OWNERS OF MUSKETAQUID BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME
Old Stone Fort
OLD STONE *FORT* Site of fort erected by public subscription as a protection against British warships during the war of 1812, captured in a sneak attack and dismantled by frigate...
Arthur L. Delaney Ski Slope
ARTHUR L. DELANEY SKI SLOPE IN MEMORY OF S/SGT. ARTHUR L. DELANEY CO. "D" 85TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY REGIMENT KIA MONTE GORGOLESCO, ITALY 20 FEB 1945 BY MEMBERS OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION ASS. INC.
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- ski
- mt hood
- oregon
- wwii
- italy
Tule Lake
Submitted by @pomeridian
- wwii
- internment
- japanese-american
- tule
- california
- concentration camps
The Sioux Quartzite
The Sioux Quartzite, deposited more than a billion years ago, is among the oldest rock exposed in South Dakota. The quartzite and associated pipestone deposits were known to white men as early as...
Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Meadowcroft RockshelterA deeply stratified archaeological site, iits deposits span nearly 16,000 years. Discovered in 1973 by Albert Miller and excavated by University of...
- north americ...
- adovasio
- pennsylvania
Kitty Barrett Pozer
Kitty Barrett Pozer This is a plaque in a new park garden in Fairfax. This plaque for Kitty Barrett Pozer a gardener and nurse. Submitted by: DD
- fairfax
- kitty
- barrett
- pozer
- garden
- virginia
Khewra Salt Mines Tourist Resort
PMDC Pakistan Mineral Development CorporationKhewra Salt Mines Tourist ResortInaugurated byHonourable Minister For Petroleum & Natural ResourcesCh. Nouraiz Shakoor KhanOn3 April, 2003
Port of Tel Aviv
During the War of Independance, the Tel Aviv Port was a gateway used to deliver weapons and arms to the defense forces. On April 1, 1948, the Hagana ship "Nora" broke the British naval blockade,...
- israel
- tel aviv
- port
- war
William Shatner
Submitted by @mpirnat .
- star trek
- kirk
- shatner
- canada
Alec Guiness
Submitted by @mpirnat .
- star wars
- obi wan
- kenobi
- guinness
- canada
Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho
TO THE PORTUGUESE NAVIGATOR JOAO RODRIGUES CABRILHO A TRIBUTE FROM THE PORTUGUESE NAVY
- portuguese
- navigator
- 1542
- navy
Martin Luther King, Jr. Residence
During Dr. M. L. King, Jr's pastorate at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the small crater nearby marks the spot where a bomb exploded on the evening of 31 January 1956. Coretta S. King,...
- mlk
- dexter
- baptist
- king
Search for the Mississippi's Source
SEARCH FOR THE MISSISSIPPI'S SOURCE The romantic 19th century quest for the source of the Mississippi river brought many explorers -- among them Zebulon Pike, Lewis Cass, and Giacomb Belframi --...
- mississippi
- headwaters
- zebulon
- ojibwe
- ozawindib
- minnesota
- dakota
- bemidji
- musktoes
- dyspeptic
- schoolcraft
Harold Washington Library
HAROLD WASHINGTON, 1922-1987 MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO Harold Washington was elected Chicago's first African American Mayor on April 12, 1983. He brought together a coalition of...
- chicago
- african american
- mayor
- library
- 1983
Duke of York's 100 Years of Cinema
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 DUKE OF YORK'S CINEMA One of the earliest purpose built Cinemas still operating. First Screening 22nd September 1910 In association with the British Film...
- film
- cinema
- brighton
- bfi
- movies
Foundation stone at William Collier House
THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY THE MARQUESS OF ABERGAVENNY KG. OBE. JP. LORD LIEUTENANT OF EAST SUSSEX ON 24TH JUNE 1987 F. W. Emery M.B.E. President James D. Morton Leslie Best...
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- building
- brighton
- residence
- city
The First Colony of the United States
OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY THE FIRST COLONY OF THE UNITED STATES HEREIN, UNDERTHE ORDINANCE OF 1787, BEGAN THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF THIS NATION. THE AMERICAN BILL OF RIGHTS FIRST NATION-ALLY...
- minnesota
- roosevelt
- mississippi
- primogeniture
- slavery
- colony
- 1787
- 1888
- headwaters
- paris
- 1832
- schoolcraft
Bachenheimer Building
Submitted by Abby Paske.
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- jane jacobs