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Robert Louis Stevenson

TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON  TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL BE...

TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON  TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL...

    In Honor of our Airport Neighbors

      Lee Terminal Building

        Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & CO. (Sherman’s Bank)

        Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

        Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

          Standiford Field

            Combahee River Raid

            Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid up...

            Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid...

            • harriet tubman
            • 1863
            • civil war
            • african american

            Florence Schwimley Little Theater

            CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr., Architects...

            CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr.,...

            • berkeley
            • bhs
            • theater
            • bas-relief

            National Pony Express Centennial Assn

            • pony express
            • eisenhower
            • waddell
            • one mail lost

            Pony Express Centennial

            • pony express
            • waddell

            Pony Express Plaques

            THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

            THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

            • pony express
            • eisenhower
            • waddell

            Central Overland Pony Express Trail Association, Inc

            • pony express
            • waddell
            • vanderbilt
            • nicaragua
            • clipper ship
            • lincoln
            • first inaugural

            Pony Express

            • pony express
            • 1950
            • missouri
            • river steamer
            • antelope
            • alta califor...

            Former First Unitarian Church

            • 1898
            • berkeley
            • unitarian

            Sather Gate

            SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

            SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

            • cal
            • gate
            • 1950
            • 1954

            la Petite Naples Marseillaise

            Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles furent...

            Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles...

              World's Tallest Totem Pole

              THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

              THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

                World's Largest Totem Pole

                THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY  

                THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

                • british columbia
                • wwi
                • indian
                • wwii

                Indian Slough

                  Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery

                  In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...

                  In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...

                  Mackinac Straits

                  Nicolet passed through the straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600s through the War of 1812...

                  Nicolet passed through the straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600s through the War of 1812...

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...