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Kalamazoo Celery

A Scotsman named Taylor grew the first celery in Kalamazoo in 1856. Diners at the Burdick Hotel regarded it with curiosity. Cornelius De Bruyn, a gardener, who came here from the Netherlands in...

A Scotsman named Taylor grew the first celery in Kalamazoo in 1856. Diners at the Burdick Hotel regarded it with curiosity. Cornelius De Bruyn, a gardener, who came here from the Netherlands...

  • michigan
  • michigan his...

DeNorval Unthank, M.D.

DENORVAL UNTHANK, M.D.  1899 1977  DR. DENORVAL UNTHANK COMPLETED MEDICAL SCHOOL AT  HOWARD, UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HE WAS RECRUITED  TO PORTLAND IN 1929. AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER 1931...

DENORVAL UNTHANK, M.D.  1899 1977  DR. DENORVAL UNTHANK COMPLETED MEDICAL SCHOOL AT  HOWARD, UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HE WAS RECRUITED  TO PORTLAND IN 1929. AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER 1931...

    Have a Nice Day

    Submitted by @wroush

    Submitted by @wroush

    • nice day
    • esplanade

    Brutus K. Hamilton Grove

      Randall Museum

      Randall Museum  Randall Museum Friends worked in partnership with the  San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to revitalize  the Randall Museum in 2018.  This project ensures the Randall...

      Randall Museum  Randall Museum Friends worked in partnership with the  San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to revitalize  the Randall Museum in 2018.  This project ensures the Randall...

        The Chrysler Building

        THE CHRYSLER BUILDING  A STUNNING STATEMENT OF THE OPULENT ART DBCO STYLE  BY ARCHITECT WILLIAM VAN ALEN THE 77-STORY BUILDING  SYMBOLIZES THE NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPER WITH ITS  DISTINCTIVE STEEL...

        THE CHRYSLER BUILDING  A STUNNING STATEMENT OF THE OPULENT ART DBCO STYLE  BY ARCHITECT WILLIAM VAN ALEN THE 77-STORY BUILDING  SYMBOLIZES THE NEW YORK CITY SKYSCRAPER WITH ITS  DISTINCTIVE...

        • art deco
        • steel tower
        • brick and steel cars
        • gargoyles

        Remembering innocent women and men burned as witches

        In poignant remembrance of innocent women and men - as alleged witches defamed, persecuted, tortured, and killed - in Trier15th - 17th centurySubmitted by: @schwanmitbrille

        In poignant remembrance of innocent women and men - as alleged witches defamed, persecuted, tortured, and killed - in Trier15th - 17th centurySubmitted by: @schwanmitbrille

        • trier
        • germany
        • porta nigra
        • witches

        Halley's Comet

        1986 - HALLEY'S COMET - 2062  BENEATH THIS PLAQUE LIES A CAPSULE  CONTAINING MESSAGES FROM SCHOOL  CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA IN THE YEAR 1986 TO  CITIZENS OF THE STATE IN THE...

        1986 - HALLEY'S COMET - 2062  BENEATH THIS PLAQUE LIES A CAPSULE  CONTAINING MESSAGES FROM SCHOOL  CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS OF  SOUTH  AUSTRALIA IN THE YEAR 1986 TO  CITIZENS OF THE STATE IN THE...

        • victoria square
        • adelaide
        • halley's comet
        • 2062

        Hoboken 14th Street Viaduct Dedication

        The Historic 14th Street Viaduct Constructed 1907-1912 * Replaces 2011-2014 In 1907, the County of Hudson becan construction of the 14th Street Viaduct to connect Hoboken and West Hoboken (now...

        The Historic 14th Street Viaduct Constructed 1907-1912 * Replaces 2011-2014 In 1907, the County of Hudson becan construction of the 14th Street Viaduct to connect Hoboken and West Hoboken...

        • nj
        • bridge
        • hoboken

        Oberon Saloon

        OBERON SALOON  BUILT IN 1893, THE OBERON WAS THE  HUB OF ACTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN NAPA  PATRONS COULD BUY A CIGAR, GET A  SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT FOR TWO BITS,  OR RELAX WITH A COLD BEER WHILE  PLAYING A...

        OBERON SALOON  BUILT IN 1893, THE OBERON WAS THE  HUB OF ACTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN NAPA  PATRONS COULD BUY A CIGAR, GET A  SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT FOR TWO BITS,  OR RELAX WITH A COLD BEER WHILE  PLAYING...

        • ecv
        • bay area
        • california
        • napa
        • rocky marciano

        Napa Historic Site

        HISTORIC SITE  HERE, ON JULY 6, 1846, 160 MOUNTED RIFLEMEN VOLUNTEERS UNDER  THE BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC BANNER CROSSED THE NAPA ESTUARY,  LED BY CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY, JOHN C. FREMONT AND US. MARİNE LT. ...

        HISTORIC SITE  HERE, ON JULY 6, 1846, 160 MOUNTED RIFLEMEN VOLUNTEERS UNDER  THE BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC BANNER CROSSED THE NAPA ESTUARY,  LED BY CAPTAIN, U.S. ARMY, JOHN C. FREMONT AND US. MARİNE...

          Col. William Ledyard

          ON THIS SPOT COL. WILLIAM LEDYARD FELL BY HIS OWN SWORD IN THE HANDS OF A BRITISH OFFICER TO WHOM HE HAD SURRENDERED IN THE MASSACRE OF FORT GRISWOLD SEPT. 6, 1781 Submitted by Ritterton via @aaronburr_vp

          ON THIS SPOT COL. WILLIAM LEDYARD FELL BY HIS OWN SWORD IN THE HANDS OF A BRITISH OFFICER TO WHOM HE HAD SURRENDERED IN THE MASSACRE OF FORT GRISWOLD SEPT. 6, 1781 Submitted by Ritterton via @aaronburr_vp

          • american revolution
          • by his own sword
          • to whom
          • 1781
          • fort griswold
          • burr
          • sir

          Benjamin Ide Wheeler House and Garden

          CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER HOUSE AND GARDEN Edgar A. Mathews, Architect, 1900 Louis Hobart, Architect, 1911   When prominent educator Benjamin Ide Wheeler...

          CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER HOUSE AND GARDEN Edgar A. Mathews, Architect, 1900 Louis Hobart, Architect, 1911   When prominent educator Benjamin Ide Wheeler...

            Jack B. Goldberg

            IN LOVING MEMORY  OF  JACK B. GOLDBERG  FOUNDER OF  BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATERS  DEDICATED AUGUST 24, 1979

            IN LOVING MEMORY  OF  JACK B. GOLDBERG  FOUNDER OF  BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATERS  DEDICATED AUGUST 24, 1979

              Henry B. Bruyn M.D.

              IN HONOR OF  HENRY B. BRUYN M.D.  CO. FOUNDER AND DEVOTED ADVOCATE OF  NEW BRIDGE  DEDICATE MARCH 22, 2002

              IN HONOR OF  HENRY B. BRUYN M.D.  CO. FOUNDER AND DEVOTED ADVOCATE OF  NEW BRIDGE  DEDICATE MARCH 22, 2002

                In Remembrance of Patrick DeMarco Scott Jr.

                  Stonewall Inn

                  Submitted by Rob Sweeney

                  Submitted by Rob Sweeney

                    The Final Problem

                    1891 - 1991 AT THIS FEARFUL PLACE, SHERLOCK HOLMES VANQUISHED PROFESSOR MORIARTY, ON 4 MAY 1891.Erected by The Bimetallic Question of Montreal and The Reichenbach Irregulars of Switzerland....

                    1891 - 1991 AT THIS FEARFUL PLACE, SHERLOCK HOLMES VANQUISHED PROFESSOR MORIARTY, ON 4 MAY 1891.Erected by The Bimetallic Question of Montreal and The Reichenbach Irregulars of Switzerland....

                    • bimetallic question
                    • sherlock holmes
                    • moriarty
                    • 1891

                    The James Johnston House

                    Submitted by @jqmcd

                    Submitted by @jqmcd

                    • half moon bay
                    • white house

                    Weidner Auto Court

                    OLYMPIA HERITAGE SITE ca. 1929  WEIDNER AUTO COURT  (OLYMPIA COURT APARTMENTS, 1999)  JOSEPH WOHLEB DESIGNED THIS DISTINCTIVE  TUDOR-STYLE/BUILDING FOR VIOLA AND ERNIE  WEIDNER, A BREWERY SALES...

                    OLYMPIA HERITAGE SITE ca. 1929  WEIDNER AUTO COURT  (OLYMPIA COURT APARTMENTS, 1999)  JOSEPH WOHLEB DESIGNED THIS DISTINCTIVE  TUDOR- STYLE/BUILDING FOR VIOLA AND ERNIE  WEIDNER, A BREWERY SALES...