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CHL# 156 Los Angeles Plaza (Olvera Street)

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

    Long Sands Historic Marker

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by InAweofGod'sCreation, full page.License is Attribution License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by InAweofGod'sCreation, full page.License is Attribution License

      Blue Star Memorial Highway

      A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Memphis and Shelby County Council of Garden Clubs In...

      A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Memphis and Shelby County Council of Garden Clubs...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee
      • blue star

      Modern Movie Making In Memphis

      On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler and...

      On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Water Wheel

      WATER WHEEL  TAKEN FROM A GRIST MILL BUILT IN OLD TOWN OF OAKLAND BY DR. DORREY[?] S. BAKER[?] IN 1861. IT TURNED THE GRINDING STONE THAT GROUND THE GRAIN TO MEAL AND FLOUR SHIPPED BY BOAT AROUND...

      WATER WHEEL  TAKEN FROM A GRIST MILL BUILT IN OLD TOWN OF OAKLAND BY DR. DORREY[?] S. BAKER[?] IN 1861. IT TURNED THE GRINDING STONE THAT GROUND THE GRAIN TO MEAL AND FLOUR SHIPPED BY BOAT...

      • in the olden days
      • shipped by b...
      • grist

      Face-off

      U.S. Marshal Orville Webster and Memphis police detective Will Smiddy, who was a bootlegger, shot each other outside Smiddy's saloon in a face-off during the early days of Prohibition. Submitted...

      U.S. Marshal Orville Webster and Memphis police detective Will Smiddy, who was a bootlegger, shot each other outside Smiddy's saloon in a face-off during the early days of Prohibition....

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Plaza Substation

      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

        Justus H. Schwab

        Justus H. Schwab, 1847 - 1900An extraordinary figure in the socialist and anarchist movements of the late 19th century, German-born Justus H. Schwab lived with his family and operated a saloon at...

        Justus H. Schwab, 1847 - 1900An extraordinary figure in the socialist and anarchist movements of the late 19th century, German-born Justus H. Schwab lived with his family and operated a saloon at...

        • justus h. schwab
        • east first street
        • east village
        • lower east side
        • emma goldman
        • ambrose bierce
        • samuel gompers
        • labor activi...
        • social and p...

        Robie Street Reservoir

        National Historic Civil Engineering Site Robie Street Reservoir The 48 m diameter x 7.5 m deep concrete reservoir was originally build in 1913. It was one of the few structures in the area to...

        National Historic Civil Engineering Site Robie Street Reservoir The 48 m diameter x 7.5 m deep concrete reservoir was originally build in 1913. It was one of the few structures in the area...

        • halifax
        • nova scotia
        • halifax explosion
        • civil engineering
        • water reservoir
        • construction
        • dome

        Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

        Lorraine Vivian Hansberry May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 The first African America woman to write a play performed on Broadway, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry bought her Greenwich Village home in...

        Lorraine Vivian Hansberry May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 The first African America woman to write a play performed on Broadway, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry bought her Greenwich Village home...

        • lorraine hansberry
        • waverly place
        • greenwich village
        • the ladder
        • to be young ...
        • the daughter...
        • robert nemiroff
        • a raisin in the sun

        The Penny Farthing

        The Penny. Where a young Joni Mitchell get her start.  Submitted by @ScenesFromACity

        The Penny. Where a young Joni Mitchell get her start.  Submitted by @ScenesFromACity

        • joni mitchell
        • toronto
        • farthing

        William J. Battle, Professor of Latin and Greek

        Submitted by @pkmonaghan

        Submitted by @pkmonaghan

        • austin
        • texas
        • co-op
        • founder
        • 1896

        Arnold Bakery

        Submitted by @pkmonaghan

        Submitted by @pkmonaghan

        • 1906
        • austin
        • texas

        Hugo Reid Adobe CHL# 368

        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

          NEWHALL - Western Walk of Stars

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

            Rue du Bac Plaques

            [Location approximate] Submitted by @Eric_Anceau

            [Location approximate] Submitted by @Eric_Anceau

              Livermore War Memorials

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

                Honoring the Farmers of the Puyallup Valley

                  Gramercy Park Historic District

                  • ruggles
                  • 1831
                  • friends

                  The First Atlantic Cable

                  CYRUS WEST FIELD  BORN NOV 30 1819 - DIED JULY 12 1993 HERE FOR FORTY YEARS WAS HIS HOME AND HERE THE PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE LAID IN 1858 

                  CYRUS WEST FIELD  BORN NOV 30 1819 - DIED JULY 12 1993 HERE FOR FORTY YEARS WAS HIS HOME AND HERE THE PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE LAID IN 1858