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American Photoplayer Co. Copper Woodworking Buildings

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 AMERICAN PHOTOPLAYER CO. COOPER WOODWORKING BUILDINGS 1912 - 1920 Over the years this complex housed Cooper Woodworking, the Sperry Flour Company, the...

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 AMERICAN PHOTOPLAYER CO. COOPER WOODWORKING BUILDINGS 1912 - 1920 Over the years this complex housed Cooper Woodworking, the Sperry Flour Company, the...

    Fox Court

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1977 FOX COURT Carl Fox, Designer, 1927–30 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places This small-scaled complex of one- and two-story buildings is a...

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1977 FOX COURT Carl Fox, Designer, 1927–30 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places This small- scaled complex of one- and two-story buildings...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • fox
    • university

    In Loving Memory of Janet Pang Young 1910 - 1989

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • church
    • 1910

    A Bench by the Road

    • toni morrison
    • bus boycott
    • baton rouge
    • african-american
    • civil rights

    Overton Park

    The 342 acre Lea Woods was bought in 1901 as the first project of Memphis Park Commission on advice of Olmsted Brothers, noted landscape architects. By popular vote it was named for Judge John...

    The 342 acre Lea Woods was bought in 1901 as the first project of Memphis Park Commission on advice of Olmsted Brothers, noted landscape architects. By popular vote it was named for Judge...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Sara Roberta Church1914-1915

    In 1952, Roberta Church became the first black woman in Memphis to be elected to public office and to the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee. She served as an official in the...

    In 1952, Roberta Church became the first black woman in Memphis to be elected to public office and to the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee. She served as an official in...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Porter-Leath Children's Center

    An orphan asylum founded by Sarah Leath was chartered in 1850 and moved to this site in 1856. After surviving the hardships of the Civil War years, the orphanage endured the scourge of the 1873...

    An orphan asylum founded by Sarah Leath was chartered in 1850 and moved to this site in 1856. After surviving the hardships of the Civil War years, the orphanage endured the scourge of the 1873...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Shelby County Hospital

    Completed in June of 1935, the Shelby County Hospital at Shelby Farms was built here as a replacement for both the much older Shelby County Hospital, located on the workhouse grounds at Jackson...

    Completed in June of 1935, the Shelby County Hospital at Shelby Farms was built here as a replacement for both the much older Shelby County Hospital, located on the workhouse grounds at Jackson...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Nat D. Williams

    In 1948, Nat D. Williams became the first black radio announcer in Memphis when he began broadcasting for WDIA. He was a co-founder of the Cotton Makers Jubilee and is credited with giving the...

    In 1948, Nat D. Williams became the first black radio announcer in Memphis when he began broadcasting for WDIA. He was a co-founder of the Cotton Makers Jubilee and is credited with giving the...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church

    The cornerstone for Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew's, led a...

    The cornerstone for Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew's, led a...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Naval Battle of Memphis 1862

    Atop these bluffs in the early morning hours of June 6, 1862, the citizens of Memphis gathered in excited anticipation as the Confederate River Defense Fleet steamed in the Mississippi River to...

    Atop these bluffs in the early morning hours of June 6, 1862, the citizens of Memphis gathered in excited anticipation as the Confederate River Defense Fleet steamed in the Mississippi River...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Revolutionary War Soldiers Interred In Shelby County

    Major Joseph Hardaway Captain Nathaniel Moore Lieutenant John Bolton Lieutenant Clement McDaniel James Avery Joseph Ballew John Daugherty Kader Harrell William Hillis John Holliday James G. Hooker...

    Major Joseph Hardaway Captain Nathaniel Moore Lieutenant John Bolton Lieutenant Clement McDaniel James Avery Joseph Ballew John Daugherty Kader Harrell William Hillis John Holliday James G. Hooker...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Robert R. Church Statue

    In Memory of Robert R. Church 1839-1912 Pioneer Businessman, Benefactor & Distinguished Citizen of Memphis Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    In Memory of Robert R. Church 1839-1912 Pioneer Businessman, Benefactor & Distinguished Citizen of Memphis Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    National Cemetery Minnesota Monument

    Erected 1916 By The State Of Minnesota In Memory Of Her Soldiers Here Buried Who Lost Their Lives In The Service Of The United States In The War For The Preservation Of The Union A.D. 1861-1863...

    Erected 1916 By The State Of Minnesota In Memory Of Her Soldiers Here Buried Who Lost Their Lives In The Service Of The United States In The War For The Preservation Of The Union A.D....

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Peabody Lobby

    "The Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg... If you stand near its fountain in the middle of the lobby, where ducks waddle and turtles...

    "The Mississippi Delta begins in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg... If you stand near its fountain in the middle of the lobby, where ducks waddle and turtles...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee