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Mabel C. Williams High School

In 1889, W.M. Botts sold this property to the Germantown High School Association and the following year a small frame building of four rooms was erected. In 1905, Miss Mabel C. Williams was...

In 1889, W.M. Botts sold this property to the Germantown High School Association and the following year a small frame building of four rooms was erected. In 1905, Miss Mabel C. Williams was...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Malcolm Rice Patterson

A native of Somerville, Alabama, Patterson moved to Memphis with his parents in 1872. Educated at Christian Brothers College and Vanderbilt University, he was admitted to the bar in 1883. From...

A native of Somerville, Alabama, Patterson moved to Memphis with his parents in 1872. Educated at Christian Brothers College and Vanderbilt University, he was admitted to the bar in 1883. From...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Lafayette (In Grateful Memory)

ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE UNITED STATES IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF LAFAYETTE STATESMAN SOLDIER PATRIOT  Submitted by @plutokiller

ERECTED BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE UNITED STATES IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF LAFAYETTE STATESMAN SOLDIER PATRIOT  Submitted by @plutokiller

  • paris
  • france
  • lafayette
  • favorite fig...

White Hart Hotel

Plaque commemorating Thomas Paine at the White Hart Hotel in Lewes, East Sussex.  

Plaque commemorating Thomas Paine at the White Hart Hotel in Lewes, East Sussex.

    John Batman Monument

    Monument at the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.   Top: John Batman Born at PARRAMATTA N.S.W. 1800 Died at MELBOURNE 6th May 1839 He entered PORT PHILLIP HEADS 29th May 1835 As leader of an...

    Monument at the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. Top: John Batman Born at PARRAMATTA N.S.W. 1800 Died at MELBOURNE 6th May 1839 He entered PORT PHILLIP HEADS 29th May 1835 As leader of...

    • melbourne
    • john batman
    • queen victor...

    Noble Prize for Physics

    There are 150 plaques placed here for the 150th anniversary of the founding of South Australia. This one stood out as for a moment I thought it will Billy Bragg but he's from Essex,UK. "for their...

    There are 150 plaques placed here for the 150th anniversary of the founding of South Australia. This one stood out as for a moment I thought it will Billy Bragg but he's from Essex,UK. "for their...

    • adelaide
    • australia
    • noble prize
    • nobel

    Sundance Canyon

    Sundance Canyon    Sundance Canyon has eroded down a soft layer of rock which dips sharply to the west. Large boulders have been toppled into the stream by the undercutting action of the water...

    Sundance Canyon    Sundance Canyon has eroded down a soft layer of rock which dips sharply to the west. Large boulders have been toppled into the stream by the undercutting action of the...

      Moorabbin Pool

      I assume this plaque relates to a previous pool that stood on this site rather than the modern sports and aquatic centre. Plaque reads: City of Moorabbin Memorial Pool Dedicated to the memory of...

      I assume this plaque relates to a previous pool that stood on this site rather than the modern sports and aquatic centre. Plaque reads: City of Moorabbin Memorial Pool Dedicated to the memory...

      • swimming pool
      • war
      • memorial
      • melbourne
      • australia

      The Bowhead Whale

      [text illegible due to ice covering] Submitted by Matt Schultz. 

      [text illegible due to ice covering] Submitted by Matt Schultz. 

      • whale
      • barrow
      • alaska
      • utqiaġvik

      Nico Engelschman

      NICO (NIEK) ENGELSCHMAN 1913-1988 Actor. Pioneer of homosexual rights sna gay liberation 1939 - 1966. Wartime resistance worker. Founder of the Dutch Association for Integration of Homosexuality...

      NICO (NIEK) ENGELSCHMAN 1913-1988 Actor. Pioneer of homosexual rights sna gay liberation 1939 - 1966. Wartime resistance worker. Founder of the Dutch Association for Integration of...

      • amsterdam
      • netherlands
      • gay rights
      • knight
      • wartime

      Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church

      Martha Ann Vaughan Chambers donated an acre of land near Chambers Mineral Springs as a site for a Methodist Episcopal Church South on Nov. 6, 1869. Three wooden frame buildings have stood on this...

      Martha Ann Vaughan Chambers donated an acre of land near Chambers Mineral Springs as a site for a Methodist Episcopal Church South on Nov. 6, 1869. Three wooden frame buildings have stood on...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Germantown Baptist Church

      Organized circa 1836 as New Hope Baptist Church. Ground given in 1841 by Wilks Brooks, whose family was active in life of the Church for many years. Original building was burned in 1862 when...

      Organized circa 1836 as New Hope Baptist Church. Ground given in 1841 by Wilks Brooks, whose family was active in life of the Church for many years. Original building was burned in 1862 when...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Western America Skisport Museum

      WESTERN AMERICA SKISPORT MUSEUM CALIFORNIA POINT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST HEV-003    DOWNHILL SKI RACING HISTORY IN THE  WESTERN HEMISPHERE FIRST BEGAN IN  CALIFORNIA CIRCA 1857, AND IN THIS  FAMOUS...

      WESTERN AMERICA SKISPORT MUSEUM CALIFORNIA POINT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST HEV-003    DOWNHILL SKI RACING HISTORY IN THE  WESTERN HEMISPHERE FIRST BEGAN IN  CALIFORNIA CIRCA 1857, AND IN THIS  FAMOUS...

      • norden
      • california
      • boreal
      • skisport
      • manpowered

      Anthony Boucher

      BERKELEY HISTORY ANTHONY BOUCHER: EDITOR AND WRITER From 1947 to 1968 this was the home of William Anthony Parker White (1911-1968), universally known by the pen name Anthony Boucher. This...

      BERKELEY HISTORY ANTHONY BOUCHER: EDITOR AND WRITER From 1947 to 1968 this was the home of William Anthony Parker White (1911-1968), universally known by the pen name Anthony Boucher. This...

      • berkeley
      • california
      • bay area
      • editor
      • writer
      • science fiction

      In Memory of the Pioneers

      IN MEMORY OF THE PIONEERS MANY OF WHOM SLEEP IN THIS SCARED SPOT AND WHOSE VISION, COVRAGE, AND ADRVOVS LABOR HAVE BEN ABVNDANTLY REWARDED BY THE WONDERFVL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREAT CITY AND...

      IN MEMORY OF THE PIONEERS MANY OF WHOM SLEEP IN THIS SCARED SPOT AND WHOSE VISION, COVRAGE, AND ADRVOVS LABOR HAVE BEN ABVNDANTLY REWARDED BY THE WONDERFVL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GREAT...

      • whom
      • birmingham
      • alabama
      • pioneers
      • oak
      • chapel

      The Pack Horse Pub

      The HISTORY OF THE PACK HORSE  A pub on the site of The Pack Horse first opened in 1615 as The Nag's Head, although there may have been a drinking house on the site since the 1130s. In 1780 it...

      The HISTORY OF THE PACK HORSE  A pub on the site of The Pack Horse first opened in 1615 as The Nag's Head, although there may have been a drinking house on the site since the 1130s. In 1780 it...

      • leeds
      • england
      • pub
      • loiners
      • templar
      • slip inn

      Snowshoe Thompson

        A HERO OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS!  PROBABLY THE FIRST SKIER OF THE WEST.  THIS VIKING SON OF NORWAY, EXEMPLIFIED THE  SPIRIT OF A TRUE PIONEER. STRONG, DARING  FAITHFUL AND COURAGEOUS  HE...

        A HERO OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS!  PROBABLY THE FIRST SKIER OF THE WEST.  THIS VIKING SON OF NORWAY, EXEMPLIFIED THE  SPIRIT OF A TRUE PIONEER. STRONG, DARING  FAITHFUL AND COURAGEOUS  HE...

      • norden
      • california
      • boreal
      • skis
      • viking
      • norway
      • mail
      • pioneer

      Panama Canal Facts

      Facts about the Panama Canal, 1997, prior to the Panama Canal Expansion. Submitted by Janet Erickson.   

      Facts about the Panama Canal, 1997, prior to the Panama Canal Expansion. Submitted by Janet Erickson. 

      • panama canal

      Latham Fountain

      ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES H. LATHAM AND HENRIETTA MARSHALL LATHAM AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR HUMANITY  PRESENTED TO THIS CITY OF WHICH THEY WERE EARLIEST RESIDENTS BY THEIR CHILDREN UNDER THE...

      ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES H. LATHAM AND HENRIETTA MARSHALL LATHAM AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR HUMANITY  PRESENTED TO THIS CITY OF WHICH THEY WERE EARLIEST RESIDENTS BY THEIR CHILDREN UNDER THE...

      • oakland
      • california
      • bay area
      • latham
      • prevention o...

      Saskatoon Pioneers

      To the memory of SASKATOON PIONEERS of 1882 Erected by the Saskatoon Old Timers Association 1952   Submitted by: @Saskajanet

      To the memory of SASKATOON PIONEERS of 1882 Erected by the Saskatoon Old Timers Association 1952   Submitted by: @Saskajanet

      • saskatoon
      • saskatchewan
      • pioneers
      • old timers society
      • 1882