Gold Discovered
1848 GOLD DISCOVERED News of the discovery of gold at Coloma reaches Monterey. Many people depart for the gold fields, leaving Monterey almost abandoned.
- monterey
- california
- 1848
- gold
- coloma
Burt Toler, Sr
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- football
- field official
Corona WWII Deaths
- corona
- italy
- wwii
Silk Stocking Historic District Est. 1912
Submitted by @jqmcd
- chandler
- arizona
- silk stocking
- 1912
Federal Building
THIS FEDERAL BUILDING WAS OFFICIAL OPENED BY DAVID W. GROOS M.P. ON 17 JANUARY 1967 Submitted by: Vincent Gornall
- victoria
- british columbia
- federal building
The Famous "49 Fourth Street" Location
ON THIS SITE, THE FAMOUS "49 FOURTH STREET" LOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES SELECTIVE SERVICE INDUCTION CENTER, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS AND OTHER NORTHER CALIFORNIANS WERE INDUCTED INTO...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- wwii
- selective service
- 1940
Usonia Homes
Submitted by: Sam Santangelo
- frank lloyd wright
- usonia
- 99pi
- new york
Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY" MARKING ROUTE TAKEN BY WASHINGTON FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CAMBRIDGE TO ASSUME COMMAND OF THE PATRIOT ARMY IN 1775 PLACED HERE BY THE NEW...
- washington
- george washington
- revolutionary wary
- liberty
- vigilance
- 1775
Usonia Homes
Submitted by Avery Trufelman.
- wright
- frank lloyd wright
- 99pi
- new york
Reconciling History, Baltimore's Confederate Monuments
Lee Jackson Monument This monument was a gift from prominent Baltimore banker J. Henry Fergusun, who left funds in his will for the City of Baltimore to create a monument to his childhood...
- baltimore
- maryland
- confederacy
- civil war
- special commission
- white supremacy
- lost cause
1887 Railway Accident Memorial
Plaque reads: This memorial is erected by public subscription in the honor of the late Frederick William Maskell and James McNab The former engine driver, aged 46 years And the latter Fireman,...
- train
- railway
- accident
- melbourne
- australia
- heroic devot...
- windsor
- fearful accident
Western Canada's Oldest Skyscraper
Union Bank Building (Top right plaque. English transcription) Constructed in 1903-1904, this building is Western Canada's oldest skyscraper. It combines the technology of steel framing, a...
- winnipeg
- manitoba
- royal bank
- skyscraper
- canada
- western canada
- tallest
Field Artillery Cannon, Donor Unknown
Proclaiming Its Admission to the Union
THIS GUN WAS USED TO FIRE THE FIRST SALUTE (OCTOBER 18TH, 1850) ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEWS IN CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMING ITS ADMISSION TO THE UNION REMOUNTED FOR THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, MARCH 22,...
- watsonville
- california
- cannon
- admission
- 1850
George Washington
GEORGE WASHINGTON 1732 - 1799 FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMENT
- watsonville
- california
- george washington
Bryant Park Studios
BRYANT PARK STUDIOS 80 WEST 40TH STREET Submitted by: Sasha
- bryant park
- studios
The Determination of One Man
IN OCTOBER OF 1906, JOSEPH DEBENEDETTI CONSTRUCTED THIS TWO STORY MISSION REVIVAL COMMERCIAL STYLE BUILDING, WHICH IMMEDIATELY BECAME THE CENTER OF COMMERCE FOR HALF MOON BAY AND THE...
- half moon bay
- california
- concrete-reinforced
- 1906
- earthquake
All the Surf Riders
IN HONOR OF ALL THE SURF RIDERS WHO ENJOY OUR MAGNIFICENT SAN MATEO COAST THE JOSEPH W. COTCHETT FOUNDATION
- half moon bay
- california
- surf
- surf riders
- san mateo coast
- surfing
Rotary Centennial Mural
- half moon bay
- california
- mural
Lincoln Beachey
LINCOLN BEACHEY MARCH 3, 1887 - MARCH 14, 1915 LINCOLN BEACHEY WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO AND CALLED THE CITY “HOME” ALL HIS SHORT LIFE. HIS AERIAL ADVENTURES STARTED AT AGE 18, FLYING DIRIGIBLES....
- san francisco
- california
- bay area
- beachey
- planes
- aviation
- crash