Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (Approx. 160 meters from the hypocenter) This building was completed in April of 1915 under the design and supervision of Czech architect...
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Mourning the lives lost in the atomic bombing we pledge to convey the truth of this tragedy throughout Japan and the world, pass it on to the future, learn the lessons of history, and build...
Peace Clock Tower
PEACE CLOCK TOWER QUARTER PAST EIGHT EVERY MORNING, THE MORTAL MOMENY OF THE BLASTING BACK IN 1945, THE CLOCK WILL CHIME ITS PRAYER FOR PERPETUAL PEACE AND APPEAL OT THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD...
World Heritage Site - Atomic Bomb Dome
WORLD HERITAGE SITE HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL (GENBAKU DOME) As a historical witness that conveys the tragedy of suffering the first atomic bomb in human history and as a symbol that vows...
Hiroshima Bridge Newel
This inscription plate of the bridge’s name was formerly set into a newel post (shown on the right) of the Aioi Bridge when it was partially repaired in 1949. The black granite slates around this...
Tairo no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori Taira no Kiyomori (1118 – 1181) was a military leader of the late Heian period of Japan. After the Hougen no ran and the Heiji no ran (Short Rebellion War), he emerged as a top...
Sundial
PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BY THE FRIENDS OF GEORGE DONALD MEID Submitted by @jqmcd
Marcus Winchester
On this corner Marcus B. Winchester in 1819 set up the first store in Memphis, and in 1821 the first post office. Son of General James Winchester, he was agent for the original proprietors of the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Gustav Freiwald House, 1906
The Monarch Grove Sanctuary "Butteryfly Trees"
- winter storms
- pacific grove
- california
- monarchs
John Steinbeck
JOHN STEINBECK 1902-1968 "CANNERY ROW IN MONTEREY IN CALIFORNIA IS A POEM, A STINK, A GRATING NOSE, A QUALITY OF LIGHT, A TONE, A HABIT, A NOSTALGIA, A DREAM. CANNERY ROW IS THE GATHERED...
- monterey
- california
- steinbeck
- cannery row
Saint Vincent de Paul
THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT de PAUL IN THE UNITED STATES WAS ORGANIZED HERE AT THIS VENERABLE CATHEDRAL ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE DELEGATES OF THE SOCIETY...
- missouri
- st louis
- saint vincen...
In Memory of Happy Days on the Campus
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- cal
- 1923
- bridge
Graff House
THE GRAFF HOUSE IN WHICH THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1975 WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND THE INDEPENDENCE HALL...
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- graff
- jefferson
- declaration ...
Horse Watering Trough
Submitted by Sheila Paske
- lincoln
- california
- trough
- horse watering
- railroad depot
- fancy circul...
Beermann Plaza
BEERMANN PLAZA Fritz Beermann and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln's Town Treasurer...
- lincoln
- california
- 1880
- plaza
Fleming Building
FLEMING BUILDING ERECTED IN 1863 – 1864 BY JOHN ZIEGENBEIN AS A GENERAL STORE SOLD TO HERMAN LOHSE 1879; TO GEORGE ALDRICH 1881; TO A.C. FLEMING (& ALEX HEMPHILL) IN 1888 BANK OF LINCOLN,...
- lincoln
- california
- 1863
Emmada Building
EMMADA BUILDING ERECTED IN 1863 AS GOOD TEMPLARS HALL ORIGINAL BUILDING, 30' WIDE, 2 STORIES (537 G) EXPANDED SOUTH IN 1913 BY WILLIAMSON & INGRAM (THEIR WIVES, EMMA AND ADA, ="EMMADA") ...
- lincoln
- california
- 1863
- templars
- grammar school
- granger hall
New Hoppert Building
"NEW HOPPERT BUILDING" OWNED BY HOPPERT FAMILY SINCE 1870'S (DESCENDANT CATHERYN GATES HAS TITLE IN 2002) Submitted by Sheila Paske.
- lincoln
- california
- attorney
- saloon
- bakery
- meat mountain
- soda fountain
- barber shop
Retreat of the Union Troops
Retreat of the Union Troops 1863 During the Civil War, in 1863, Union troops occupied Knoxville. They held a series of earthen forts, some of which were on a hill to the south. A pontoon...
- knoxville
- civil war
- 1863
- union
- confederate
- pontoon bridge