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Tilden memorial

DEDICATED [*] 195[*] IN MEMORY OF  [*] CLASS [?] MEMBERS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II Wm. H. MERRIAM 39 JAMES W. ROUTH Jr. 41 EDMUND TACKLE 4[*] JOHN ROBERT...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• wwii
• tilden
• oak
• cal

Along the Bluff

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, this spot was the edge of a bluff overlooking Burrard Inlet, along which, in the 1890s, the young city’s most influential residents built impressive homes....

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• bluff

Financial District

Financial District In 1888, the Bank of British Columbia and the Bank of Montreal became the first of many financial institutions to open their offices on Hastings Street west of Cambie. By 1912,...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• financial district
• bank

Robinson Block / Kane Building

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING The Robinson Block was built in 1889. Zebulon Franks, a Jewish immigrant from Russia who arrived in 1887, relocated his general supply store here from Carrall...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• building
• gastown

Regis High School

Grand Hotel / Terminus Hotel

CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING The Grand Hotel was built in 1889. It was known as the Granville Hotel until its expansion in 1904. Designed by Noble Stonestreet Hoffar, one of Vancouver’s...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• building
• gastown
• hotel

Little Traverse Bay

For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, who's warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land. Around 1700 a mission was built by French Jesuits at the...

Riverton Yacht Club

Riverton Yacht Club Oldest Yacht Club On The Delaware Founded 1865 - Clubhouse Built On Pier At This Site 1881 Marker Erected 1966 By Burlington County Historical Society Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

• yacht club
• riverton
• nj
• delaware

Winged Victory

To commemorate those in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• art
• sculpture
• memorial
• war
• solider
• angel
• train station

Hudson House

Hudson House Built in 1895 as Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur & liquor warehouse Heritage Recognition Award City of Vancouver  1980   Photo of the building: http://imgur.com/HSP3laF    Attribution:...

• vancouver
• british columbia
• canada
• building
• hudson’s bay company
• gastown

Mason Street School

Mason Street School First Public Schoolhouse in this County.  Erected at this site in 1865 and known as "Mason Street School -- District No. 1" when San Diego County covered an area greater the 3...

• california
• school
• old town
• landmark

Gabriel Garcia Moreno assassination spot

This plaque maks the exact spot where ecuadorian president Gabriel Garcia Moreno was assassinated. The plaque is located in Quito - Ecuador, near the main plaza in downtown, at the outside of...

• gabriel garc...
• ecuador
• quito

Draper House 1821

This is a plaque for the second oldest home in Fairfax called the Dreaper House built in 1821 and is still there today. This plaque was published in 2007 by the City Of Fairfax Historic Fairfax...

• fairfax
• draper house
• 1821

RATCLIFFE - ALLISON HOUSE (EARP'S)

This is a plaque for Ratcliffe Allison House (Earp's) in Fairfax built in 1812 the oldest house in Fairfax. it reads. RATCLIFFE - ALLISON HOUSE (EARP'S) BUILT 1812 This is the oldest house in the...

• fairfax
• ratcliffe
• allison
• house

Site of the First Self-Sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction December 2,1942

Physicist Enrico Fermi and his colleagues established the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction in makeshift laboratories constructed under the grandstands of Stagg Field Stadium on...

• science
• chicago
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear science
• history