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Amana General Store

Amana General Store The Amana Society opened a general store on this site in 1856, only a year after their arrival in Iowa.  In 1958 the original store was replaced by this structure,...

Kissing Under the Campanile

Iowa State University Campaniling This beloved campanile was built in 1898 and is home to the Stanton Memorial Carillon.  The carillon bells ring daily and tradition states that a...

Atanasoff-Berry Computer

Vacuum Tubes from the Atanasoff-Berry Computer The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first computer to utilize electronics in carrying out computer operations and digital...

• computer history

Plaque at entrance to Horizon Village Resort, Chiang Mai

Plaque posted on roundabout at entrance to Horizon Village/Tweechol Botanic Garden.TRANSCRIPTION: May all readers be blessed with perseverancesharp wisdom and complete physical health

Lorin Theater

 CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 Lorin Theater (Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church) Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1920, 1914 James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921 The popularity of early movies...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• lorin
• plachek

Stanley Coulter Hall

PRESENTED BY HIS FRIENDS ON  THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH JUNE SECOND, 1933 - TO STANLEY COULTER DISTINGUISHED BIOLOGIST, COUNSELOR, TEACHER, HUMANIST AND CONSERVATOR   Submitted by:...

• stanley coulter
• purdue university
• west lafayette
• indiana

Anza House

Submitted by @slim_bird .

• san juan bautista
• california
• anza
• mission
• 1970

Miller Park

Submitted by@stuherrm. [Location approximate]

• chautauqua
• new york
• edison
• miller

Josephine Shaw Lowell (Hope to the Fainting)

THIS FOUNTAIN COMMEMORATES THE STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER OF JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL 1843 - 1905 WIFE FOR ONE YEAR OF A PATRIOT SOLDIER WIDOW AT TWENTY ONE SERVANT OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN...

• fainting
• hope
• candid
• sincere
• lowell
• patriot
• new york
• nyc
• civil war

Manny's Bridge

Submitted by @BenWoolf Article about Manny

First Church of Christ, Scientist

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1975   First Church of Christ, Scientist Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect, 1910 Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• maybeck
• church
• landmark

Geoffrey Canada

GEOFFREY CANADA THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE LIFELONG MISSION OF GEOFFREY CANADA, VISIONARY FOUNDER OF THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE AND PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS. LEADING...

• harlem
• nyc
• new york
• poverty
• anti-poverty
• children's zone

Who By Their Patriotism Courage and Devotion

DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SEVENTH WARD LANCASTER, PA.  WHO BY THEIR PATRIOTISM COURAGE AND DEVOTION HELPED WIN  THE WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918  FOR HUMANITY, LIBERTY...

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• wwi
• seventh ward
• the world war

The World's First School of Journalism

On this campus, the world's first School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams, September 1, 1908. Placed May 4, 1956, by Sigma Delta Chi, National Professional Journalistic Fraternity.   ...

• mizzou
• school of journalism
• university o...

The Salton Sea

THE SALTON SEA ONCE CONNECTED TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, WATERS WITHIN THE SALTON BASIN EXTENDED NEARLY TO PALM SPRINGS. BECAUSE OF DEPOSITS FROM THE SILT LADEN COLORADO RIVER, THE NORTH END OF...

• ecv
• salton sea
• 99pi
• colorado
• yuma
• california
• sea
• cahuilla
• lakebed
• runoff

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK  A LOCAL LANDMARK SINCE 1907, THIS BOARDWALK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMUSEMENT PARKS IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS NOW THE ONLY OCEANSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK OP-ERATING ON THE...

• santa cruz
• boardwalk
• california

Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldorf Cal Bear

DOUGLAS VAN HOWD  UNITED STATES, B. 1935  CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR  1996  CAST BRONZE  IN MEMORY OF LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF CAL FOOTBALL COACH 1946-1956  GIFT OF PAPPY'S BOYS

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• cal
• football
• pappy

Jimmy Hammond

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF  JAMES F. "JIMMY" HAMMOND  A TRUER FRIEND A MAN NEVER HAD. MAY YOU FIND PEACE AND SERENITY IN THIS PLACE OF BEAUTY, FRIENDSHIP AND MEMORIES.  "I get by with a little...

• alberta
• canada
• crescent falls

Henry E. Muhlenberg

HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 ^^^ 1815 A LEADER AMONG THE PIONEER BOTANISTS OF AMERICA LIVED HERE DURING HIS LAST 35 YEARS WHEN THE STONE BUILDING WAS THE PARSONAGE OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  MARKED...

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• botanists
• parsonage

First California State Fair

Site of First California State Fair California's first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of...

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• state fair
• 1854
• 1861