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San Francisco Selective Service Induction Center

    Commodore Dewey's Squadron

      Andrew S. Hallidie

      ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN SONG,...

      ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN...

      • cable car
      • hallidie

      Mount Gambier Hoo Hoo Club No 214

      • 1966
      • hoo hoo
      • look-out
      • mount gambier
      • national timber week

      Statehood Tree

      Submitted by @bthubbard

      Submitted by @bthubbard

        Whiskey Row

        WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

        WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

          Carmel Ocean Avenue Median Design

            Piccadilly Park

              Piccadilly Park

              Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save this...

              Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save...

                Arcata Community Forest

                Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

                Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

                  The Frank Lloyd Bench

                  Submitted by Darren Platt

                  Submitted by Darren Platt

                  • beach master
                  • mayor pro-tem

                  William Randolph Hearst

                    Kenneth B. Glover

                    In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and their...

                    In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and...

                    • environment
                    • activism
                    • streams

                    Benicia Capital of California

                      Memorial Union Walkway Dedication

                      These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                      These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                      • oregon state...
                      • memorial union
                      • walkway
                      • sidewalk
                      • oregon
                      • corvallis
                      • benton county
                      • alma mater

                      Devils Gate Dam

                      HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH. THE...

                      HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH....

                        The Bohn Building

                          Elizabeth Cromwell

                          NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                          NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                            Sir Frederick Banting

                              Anna Russell and Charles Best, Comedian and Opera Singer and Co- Discoverer of Insulin