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Duwamish and other Native Peoples helped the Alki Landing Party

The Duwamish and other Native Peoples helped the Alki Landing Party survive the early years here. They shared their space, their food, and their knowledge. We honor Chief Seattle, leader of the...

The Duwamish and other Native Peoples helped the Alki Landing Party survive the early years here. They shared their space, their food, and their knowledge. We honor Chief Seattle, leader of...

    St John's Mission School

      Samuel Beckett

        Architettura Tardoromancia

          Burns Hall - Mrs Lindsay Mackie

          On left side of door to Burns Hall, Dunedin. On right side of the door is plaque laid by Miss BurnsTranscription:This stone was laid by Mrs Lindsay Mackie 6th April 1907H. Lyders BuilderJ. L....

          On left side of door to Burns Hall, Dunedin. On right side of the door is plaque laid by Miss BurnsTranscription:This stone was laid by Mrs Lindsay Mackie 6th April 1907H. Lyders BuilderJ. L....

          • new zealand
          • aotearoa
          • dunedin
          • otepoti
          • burns hall
          • 1907

          Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat

          This site contains this seat and plaque, the George Simpson seat and plaque, and a direction indicator on a plinth with the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator plaque.Transcription:The Kathleen...

          This site contains this seat and plaque, the George Simpson seat and plaque, and a direction indicator on a plinth with the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator plaque.Transcription:The Kathleen...

          • new zealand
          • aotearoa
          • dunedin
          • otepoti
          • gilkison
          • seat

          1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator

          This site contains this plaque and the direction indicator on a plinth, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque, and the George Simpson seat and plaque.Transcription:This direction indicator...

          This site contains this plaque and the direction indicator on a plinth, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque, and the George Simpson seat and plaque.Transcription:This direction indicator...

          • new zealand
          • aotearoa
          • dunedin
          • otepoti
          • amenities society
          • dunedin city
          • council
          • royal visit
          • 1954

          The George Simpson seat

          This site has this George Simpson seat and plaque, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque and the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator and plaque.Transcription:The George Simpson seatSubmitted...

          This site has this George Simpson seat and plaque, the Kathleen Jane Gilkison seat and plaque and the 1954 Royal Visit Direction Indicator and plaque.Transcription:The George Simpson seatSubmitted...

          • new zealand
          • aotearoa
          • dunedin
          • otepoti
          • simpson
          • seat

          Margaret Palmerton

          "The little rivet that held us together"[Location approximate]

          "The little rivet that held us together"[Location approximate]

            Alexander Square

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              Moran State Park

              MORAN STATE PARK DEDICATED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY ROBERT MORAN, JULY 16, 1921 FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND CARE. NO KILLING OR FIRES. THIS ARCH WAS DESIGNED & BUILT BY ROBERT MORAN  

              MORAN STATE PARK DEDICATED TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON BY ROBERT MORAN, JULY 16, 1921 FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND CARE. NO KILLING OR FIRES. THIS ARCH WAS DESIGNED & BUILT BY ROBERT MORAN

              • no killing or fires
              • moran
              • arch

              The Hollanders' Graves

              The plaque simply reads, "The Hollanders' Graves" The Battle of Ronas Voe was a naval engagement between the English Royal Navy and the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam on 14 March 1674...

              The plaque simply reads, "The Hollanders' Graves" The Battle of Ronas Voe was a naval engagement between the English Royal Navy and the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam on 14 March 1674...

              • grave
              • mass grave
              • memorial
              • dutch
              • war grave
              • wapen van rotterdam
              • voc
              • shetland
              • ronas voe
              • heylor
              • third anglo-...
              • 1674
              • dutch east indiaman

              Dunedin Ward Block

              Found in the foyer of Dunedin Public Hospital Transcription:The Dunedin Hospital Ward Block with its Medical School facilities was opened by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on the 10th day...

              Found in the foyer of Dunedin Public Hospital Transcription:The Dunedin Hospital Ward Block with its Medical School facilities was opened by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on the 10th...

              • new zealand
              • dunedin
              • hospital
              • 1980
              • opening
              • aotearoa

              Robert Gilkison

              On a stone seat, on the public path, on the Belleknowes Golf CourseTranscription:In memory of ROBERT GILKISON Glasgow 1862 - Dunedin 1942 Let light perpetual shine upon him.Submitted by:Judith Swan

              On a stone seat, on the public path, on the Belleknowes Golf CourseTranscription:In memory of ROBERT GILKISON Glasgow 1862 - Dunedin 1942 Let light perpetual shine upon him.Submitted by:Judith Swan

              • .new zealand
              • aotearoa
              • dunedin
              • public seat
              • golf course
              • stone
              • 1862
              • 1942

              Dunedin's former Prison

              Found on the front wall of the former prison in central Dunedin, on the right side of the door, in the image.Transcription:NZ Historic Places Trust. 4035. Registered Building. Pouhere Taonga.More...

              Found on the front wall of the former prison in central Dunedin, on the right side of the door, in the image.Transcription:NZ Historic Places Trust. 4035. Registered Building. Pouhere...

              • new zealand
              • aotearoa
              • dunedin
              • otepoti
              • prison
              • historic pla...
              • 1896

              The Reverend Thomas Burns

              Transcription:Memorial to The Reverend Thomas Burns D.D. 1796 - 1871First Presbyterian minister of the province Co-leader of the the settlement of Otago First Chancellor of the University of...

              Transcription:Memorial to The Reverend Thomas Burns D.D. 1796 - 1871First Presbyterian minister of the province Co-leader of the the settlement of Otago First Chancellor of the University...

              • new zealand
              • aotearoa
              • dunedin
              • otepoti
              • first church
              • presbyterian
              • 1796
              • 1871

              Lompoc Fire Bell

                Mahon House

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                  McCabe College Building

                    Colton's Block

                    Colton's Block (Colton/Lauer/Wetzel Building) 225, 227, 229 W. Miner St. David D. Colton arrived in Yreka in 1851, mined for a time, established the Mountain News Herald, and at age 21 became the...

                    Colton's Block (Colton/Lauer/Wetzel Building) 225, 227, 229 W. Miner St. David D. Colton arrived in Yreka in 1851, mined for a time, established the Mountain News Herald, and at age 21 became...