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Marines Memorial Club

    Amazing Space Studio and Gallery

      Massif de Plantes Terre de Bruyere

        Carriage House

        CARRIAGE HOUSE The carriage was a major means of local transportation around the turn of the century. Muir never owned an automobile and preferred to walk whenever possible. The Muir/Strentzel...

        CARRIAGE HOUSE The carriage was a major means of local transportation around the turn of the century. Muir never owned an automobile and preferred to walk whenever possible. The Muir/Strentzel...

          Benicia Arsenal

            Claude Chana

              Murphy WIndmill

                W. W. Powers Building

                  W.W. Powers Building 209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story, twenty-room...

                  W.W. Powers Building 209, 211, 213, 215 W. Miner St. Originally built in 1879 to accommodate three separate businesses, this structure became the Power's Hotel, a fine two-story,...

                  Baroque Column

                  This column typifies 17th century art and architecture. Ornamentation and textile designs cover  most of the twisted column shaft. It demonstrates that in spite of distractions and deviations,...

                  This column typifies 17th century art and architecture. Ornamentation and textile designs cover  most of the twisted column shaft. It demonstrates that in spite of distractions and deviations,...

                  • louisiana
                  • new orleans
                  • architecture

                  Boatbuilders by the Bay

                    Alaskan Hotel and Bar

                      The Mukilteo Research Station

                        Ferries and Freight on San Francisco Bay

                          Earl K. Long State Park

                          • louisiana
                          • state park

                          African Column

                          In ancient Egyptian temples, the shape of a lotus or flower in symbolic of the integration of different aspects of a single being.

                          In ancient Egyptian temples, the shape of a lotus or flower in symbolic of the integration of different aspects of a single being.

                          • louisiana
                          • new orleans
                          • architecture

                          Puuhonua

                          THIS ANCIENT HAWAIIAN SANCTUARY (PUUHONUA WAS PRESERVED THROUGH THE FORESIGHT OF CHARLES R. BISHOP WHO ADDED IT TO THE BISHOP ESTATE. WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII, THE TRUSTEES OF...

                          THIS ANCIENT HAWAIIAN SANCTUARY (PUUHONUA WAS PRESERVED THROUGH THE FORESIGHT OF CHARLES R. BISHOP WHO ADDED IT TO THE BISHOP ESTATE. WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII, THE TRUSTEES OF...

                            Bill Ray

                            BILL RAY DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVANT CHAMPION OF ALASKAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA IN WHOSE HONOR THIS BUILDING IS NAMED AND DEDICATED BILL RAY CENTER MARCH 3. 1977  

                            BILL RAY DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVANT CHAMPION OF ALASKAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA IN WHOSE HONOR THIS BUILDING IS NAMED AND DEDICATED BILL RAY CENTER MARCH 3. 1977

                              National Memorial to the Members of the Defence Forces

                                SFFD Engine Co. No. 2

                                  Moscone