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Alexandra J. Foto

In loving memory of Alexandra J. Foto May 1995 - August 2014 Her first university goal was to "Go to Waterloo and shine" And SHINE she did.

• university o...

Historic Site of Mel's Bowl Sign

Transcription:   Historic site of Mel's Bowl Sign AN ICONIC REDWOOD CITY SIGN   The Mel's Bowl sign was once located on this site. Influenced by car culture, jets, the space age and the atomic...

• bowling
• mel's
• redwood city
• california

The First Holy Mass at For Duquesne

THIS TABLE COMMEMORATES THE FIRST HOLY MASS AT FORT DUQUESNE, CELEBRATED APRIL 16TH, 1754, BY THE REVEREND DENYS BARON, CHAPLAIN TO THE FRENCH FORCES IN OCCUPANCY---- THIS CHURCH OF ST....

• pittsburgh
• pennsylvania
• duquesne
• baron
• french forces

Lee Vining

LEE VINING THE NAME OF THIS COMMUNITY HONORS LEROY VINING, IN 1852 LT. TREADWELL MOORE AND SOLDIERS OF THE 2ND INFANTRY PURSUED INDIANS OF CHIEF TENAYA'S TREE FROM YOSEMITE ACROSS THE SIERRA...

• vining
• ecv
• yosemite
• california
• mono loake

Haight/McTaggart Residence: Edmonton Municipall Historic Resource

• yeg
• yegheritage
• edmonton
• alberta avenue
• norwood
• house
• craftsman

The First Telephone

Birthplace Of The Telephone Here, on June 2, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson first transmitted sound over wires.  This successful experiment was completed in a fifth floor...

• telephone
• alexander gr...
• thomas a watson

Garneau Theatre: Edmonton Municipal Heritage Resource

• yeg
• yegheritage
• edmonton
• garneau
• theatres
• cinema

The Greatest School of Theoretical Physics The United States has Ever Known

4th floor, LeConte Hall. Submitted by @jqmcd .

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• cal
• physics
• oppenheimer

Barham Blvd Bridge Over Cahuenga Blvd 1940

Submitted by @topomodesto via  @militantangleno .

• los angeles
• california
• bridge
• concrete
• pwa
• fdr
• carmody

Monument to Joe Louis

Submitted by @DJPhotoVideo .

• detroit
• michigan
• nazis
• louis
• boxing
• monument
• giant arm

San Antonio De Bexar -- The Alamo

  Submitted by @andreaop_ux 

• alamo
• san antonio
• texas

The Storming of Bexar

  THE STORMING OF BEXAR   FIRST OF FOUR MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS OF THE WAR FOR  TEXAS INDEPENDENCE, THIS SANGUINARY BATTLE ENDED A  SIEGE OF SIX WEEKS. THE ASSAULT BEGAN AT DAWN, DEC. 5.  300 VOLUNTEERS...

• texas
• san antonio
• bexar

Willie Mays

  Submitted by Sloane Siegel and Miriam Allen.

• san francisco
• bay area
• california
• baseball
• at&t park

City Market

"During most of the period between 1900 and 1964, the area bordered by 101A Avenue, 102 Avenue, 99 Street and 100 Street was the site of the City Market. The area was also known as the Rice...

S. S. Atlantus

S. S. ATLANTUS Remains of experimental concrete ship. One of twelve built during world Wars 1. Proven impractical after several Trans-Atlantic trips because of weight. In 1926, the Atlantus...

• cape may
• new jersey
• concrete
• ship
• experimental

Coryell Pass

Coryell Pass Oregon Trail 1846 Erected by  Oregon Lewis and Clark  Chapter D.A.R. 1917

• eugene
• oregon
• oregon pass
• lewis and clark

Pike's Peak

Submitted by @amedlocke .

• pike's peak
• colorado

Jim Baldwin commemorative plaque

Jim Baldwin 1938-1964 "To all cut off before their time, possessed by some strange spirit of fire, quenched by an early death."   Jim Baldwin was a climbing pioneer and part of the first climb...

• squamish
• the chief
• memorial ledge

Denver Omelet

[Location approximate] Submitted by @depfenn via @ColoradoMatters

• denver
• colorado
• omelet
• eggs

The Great Fire of 1872, Boston

THIS TABLE PLACED HERE BY THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY COMMEMORATES THE GREAT FIRE OF NOVEMBER 9-10 - 1872 WHICH BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH-EASTERLY CORNER OF SUMMER AND KINGSTON STREETS EXTENDED OVER AN...

• boston
• massachusetts
• fire