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Dhobi Khana -Fort Cochin

This plaque is at the entrance of the Dhobi Khana Public Laundry in Fort Cochin (Kochi). The place is a coop laundry with a building set for ironing laundry, another with "cells" containing a...

This plaque is at the entrance of the Dhobi Khana Public Laundry in Fort Cochin (Kochi). The place is a coop laundry with a building set for ironing laundry, another with "cells" containing...

  • india
  • fort cochin
  • dhobi khana

Fleet City

1943 FLEET CITY 1946SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA DURING WORLD WAR II, 3,396 ACRES WERE PURCHASED FOR THE LARGEST NAVAL INSTALLATION IN THE U.S.. THREE NAVY BASES SAT ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER IN AN AREA...

1943 FLEET CITY 1946SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA DURING WORLD WAR II, 3,396 ACRES WERE PURCHASED FOR THE LARGEST NAVAL INSTALLATION IN THE U.S.. THREE NAVY BASES SAT ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER IN AN...

  • pleasanton
  • california
  • bay area
  • fleet city
  • shoemaker
  • wwii
  • seabees
  • hospital
  • navy
  • construction...
  • ecv

Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel

Submitted by Peggy Jackson [Location approximate]

Submitted by Peggy Jackson [Location approximate]

  • seattle
  • washington
  • mount baker
  • tunnel
  • civil engineering

Vinny Callan, Jr.

In Memory of VINNY CALLAN, JR.(1947-2002) Dedicated Gardener 4th Generation Eureka Valley "A True San Franciscan"   More about Vinny Callan Jr.'s life here. Submitted by Darren Platt

In Memory of VINNY CALLAN, JR.(1947-2002) Dedicated Gardener 4th Generation Eureka Valley "A True San Franciscan"   More about Vinny Callan Jr.'s life here. Submitted by Darren Platt

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • eureka valley
  • garden
  • gardener

The Restoration of Royal Athletic Park

The Restoration of Royal Athletic Park Re-Opened 30 May 1967 Made Possible by the Generous Request of Thomas Shanks McPherson Prominent Victoria Citizen and Philanthropist Who Died December 1962...

The Restoration of Royal Athletic Park Re-Opened 30 May 1967 Made Possible by the Generous Request of Thomas Shanks McPherson Prominent Victoria Citizen and Philanthropist Who Died December...

    Site of the Discovery of Emmett Till's Body

    River Site This is the site where Till's body was removed from the river.  It was then taken to Greenwood, MS. Then the body was sent back  To Money, MS for burial. Via a phone call from Till's...

    River Site This is the site where Till's body was removed from the river.  It was then taken to Greenwood, MS. Then the body was sent back  To Money, MS for burial. Via a phone call from...

    • glendora
    • mississippi
    • till
    • murder
    • lynching
    • river

    Sam's Park & Shop

    Sam's Park & Shop Dedicated in tribute to Samuel J. Gorlitz founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust. 

    Sam's Park & Shop Dedicated in tribute to Samuel J. Gorlitz founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust. 

    • gorlitz
    • dc
    • cleveland park
    • federal realty
    • investment trust

    Empress Place Building National Monument plaque

    Preservation of Monuments Board Empress Place Building Gazzetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992. For over a century this neo-Palladian building was used as government offices. The...

    Preservation of Monuments Board Empress Place Building Gazzetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992. For over a century this neo- Palladian building was used as government offices. The...

    • empress plac...
    • asian civili...
    • singapore
    • 1992
    • neo-palladian

    St John Headquarters Singapore Heritage marker

    Officially opened on 23 July 1960 by Yusof bin Ishak (1910-1970), the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore and later First President of Singapore, this building houses the headquarters of the St....

    Officially opened on 23 July 1960 by Yusof bin Ishak (1910-1970), the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore and later First President of Singapore, this building houses the headquarters of the...

    • singapore
    • st john's am...
    • national her...
    • kampong glam...
    • 1960

    St John Headquarters Singapore

    This stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Robert Brown Black  K.C.M.G. K.ST.J. O.B.E. Governor and Commander-In-Chief of The Colony of Singapore On the 23rd Day  of November, 1957 Architects      ...

    This stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Robert Brown Black  K.C.M.G. K.ST.J. O.B.E. Governor and Commander-In-Chief of The Colony of Singapore On the 23rd Day  of November, 1957 Architects      ...

    • singapore
    • st john's am...
    • beach road

    Mayoress Memorial Stone

    This memorial stone was laid by the Mayoress of Prahran Mrs H. M. Cooch 1th October 1900 This plaque sits at street level in South Yarra's popular Chapel Street.  The building is now a personal...

    This memorial stone was laid by the Mayoress of Prahran Mrs H. M. Cooch 1th October 1900 This plaque sits at street level in South Yarra's popular Chapel Street.  The building is now a personal...

    • prahran
    • memorial stone
    • melbourne

    Launch Complex 34

    'Abandon in Place' - 50 years have slipped by, and time can't erase what happened here; voices long silent, still echo 'go boldly'!   LAUNCH COMPLEX 34 Friday, 27 January 1967 1831 Hours ...

    'Abandon in Place' - 50 years have slipped by, and time can't erase what happened here; voices long silent, still echo 'go boldly'!   LAUNCH COMPLEX 34 Friday, 27 January 1967 1831 Hours ...

    • apollo 1
    • launch complex 34
    • abandon in place
    • florida
    • memorial
    • ad astra
    • apollo

    Clarence Saunders'"Pink Palace"

    Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic Stock...

    Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Marion Scudder Griffin Memorial

    Marion Scudder Griffin 1879 - 1957 First Woman Lawyer In Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected To The Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    Marion Scudder Griffin 1879 - 1957 First Woman Lawyer In Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected To The Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Imperial Sir Edgar L. Turner Ceremonial Hall

    Submitted by Sheila Paske

    Submitted by Sheila Paske

    • wilmington
    • massachusetts
    • turner
    • shriners

    Annesdale Park Subdivision

    Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T.O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered an...

    Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T.O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Mother Liberty CME Church

    This plaque is located in front of Mother Liberty CME Church. It reads: MOTHER LIBERTY CME CHURCHOn December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by the...

    This plaque is located in front of Mother Liberty CME Church. It reads: MOTHER LIBERTY CME CHURCHOn December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by...

    • tennessee
    • jackson
    • madison county
    • mother liber...
    • cme
    • cme church
    • african-amer...

    The Lynching of Bunk Richardson

    Read more with the Gadsden Time's article about the unveiling of this marker. Photo credit: Marc Golden / Gadsden Times.

    Read more with the Gadsden Time's article about the unveiling of this marker. Photo credit: Marc Golden / Gadsden Times.

    • gadsen
    • alabama
    • eji
    • lynching

    Hoover Dam - National Historic Markers

    NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK  HOOVER DAM     CIVIL ENGINEERING MONUMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM HOOVER DAM  One of the finest examples of how civil engineering ingenuity shaped the...

    NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK  HOOVER DAM     CIVIL ENGINEERING MONUMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM HOOVER DAM  One of the finest examples of how civil engineering ingenuity shaped...

    • hoover dam
    • dam
    • engineering
    • 20th century
    • society's qu...

    Korean War Memorial at Veterans Plaza

    Dedicated to the memory of the brave Americans from Shelby County who died in the Korean War Horace B. Anderton Roy Anthony Alfred J. Alverson Earl Banks William G. Barker Charles R. Barnett James...

    Dedicated to the memory of the brave Americans from Shelby County who died in the Korean War Horace B. Anderton Roy Anthony Alfred J. Alverson Earl Banks William G. Barker Charles R. Barnett James...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee