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Blue Star Memorial Highway, Valley Lode District

  • valley lode
  • westley
  • california
  • blue star

Bryant Station Site

Bryant Station was the terminus of the California and Nevada Railroad, a narrow-gauge steam line which transported local harvests to the Emeryville docks. The railroad, formed in 1881, was...

Bryant Station was the terminus of the California and Nevada Railroad, a narrow-gauge steam line which transported local harvests to the Emeryville docks. The railroad, formed in 1881,...

  • orinda
  • california
  • train
  • railroad
  • emeryville
  • harvests
  • silver mining camp

The Burning of the Hell Ship "Reaper"

More information here and here.

More information here and here.

  • port ludlow
  • washington
  • hell ship
  • ship
  • fire

Honoring Ina Donna Coolbrith

HONORING  IDA DONNA COOLBRITH  1841 - 1928  OAKLAND'S FIRST LIBRARY DIRECTORY  1878 - 1892  CALIFORNIA'S FIRST POET LAUREATE  1915 - 1928 AND A MENTOR TO  DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA WRITERS ...

HONORING  IDA DONNA COOLBRITH  1841 - 1928  OAKLAND'S FIRST LIBRARY DIRECTORY  1878 - 1892  CALIFORNIA'S FIRST POET LAUREATE  1915 - 1928 AND A MENTOR TO  DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA...

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • coolbrith
  • library
  • poet
  • london
  • joaquin

Lake Merritt Municipal Boathouse

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • lake
  • boathouse
  • 2009

Oakland Public Library

OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY  BUILT WITH BOND ISSUE FUNDS VOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF OAKLAND IN 1945 DEDICATED JANUARY 1951   

OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY  BUILT WITH BOND ISSUE FUNDS VOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF OAKLAND IN 1945 DEDICATED JANUARY 1951 

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • library
  • pease
  • 1945
  • warnecke

Electrical Department

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF OAKLAND A.D. 1911

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF OAKLAND A.D. 1911

  • oakland
  • california
  • bay area
  • electricity

Millennium Children's Park

  • galway
  • ireland
  • park

The Creagh Tomb

  • creagh
  • ennis
  • ireland
  • 1843
  • 1470
  • alabaster
  • tomb

Ennis Friary

  • ennis
  • ireland
  • franciscans
  • 1284
  • 1570
  • thomond
  • 1314
  • friary

Lime Kiln

Lime Kiln - restored 2006 Built c. 1820 in response to cholera outbreak  Lime used in building Fever Hospital at adjacent site, in mortared walls and to sanitize structures  Other uses included...

Lime Kiln - restored 2006 Built c. 1820 in response to cholera outbreak  Lime used in building Fever Hospital at adjacent site, in mortared walls and to sanitize structures  Other uses included...

  • galway
  • ireland
  • fever
  • cholera
  • whitewash
  • lime

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association

  • dublin
  • ireland
  • drinking fountain
  • cattle trough

Palazzi Comunali

    Los Feliz Pumping Station

    • los angeles
    • california
    • water and power
    • pumping

    Bear From Berlin

    To the people of the United States of America in gratitude for their aid, friendship and protection. Presented to our sister city, Los Angeles, by the people of Berlin

    To the people of the United States of America in gratitude for their aid, friendship and protection. Presented to our sister city, Los Angeles, by the people of Berlin

    • los angeles
    • california
    • bear
    • berlin
    • park

    Organized Conservation of Trees In Los Angeles

    THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO MRS. ROLLIN B. LANE IN RECOGNITION OF HERE WORK IN ORGANIZED CONSERVATION OF TREES IN LOS ANGELES DECEMBER 17, 1937 BY THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AUXILIARY OF THE LOS...

    THIS TREE IS DEDICATED TO MRS. ROLLIN B. LANE IN RECOGNITION OF HERE WORK IN ORGANIZED CONSERVATION OF TREES IN LOS ANGELES DECEMBER 17, 1937 BY THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AUXILIARY OF...

    • los angeles
    • california
    • tree
    • conservation
    • women's auxiliary

    A Gabrielino Indian Site

    A GABRIELINO INDIAN SITE  ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT INDIAN VILLAGES WERE LOCATED IN FERNDELL CANYON  DECLARED  HISTORIC CULTURAL MONUMENT NO. 112  BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE...

    A GABRIELINO INDIAN SITE  ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT INDIAN VILLAGES WERE LOCATED IN FERNDELL CANYON  DECLARED  HISTORIC CULTURAL MONUMENT NO. 112  BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE...

    • los angeles
    • california
    • indian
    • gabrielino
    • no. 112

    50th Anniversary Tree

    This Tree Presented By The American Legion Auxiliary # 1 Honoring the 50th Anniversary of The American Legion March 15, 1969 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    This Tree Presented By The American Legion Auxiliary # 1 Honoring the 50th Anniversary of The American Legion March 15, 1969 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    American Flag Raised

    1846  AMERICAN FLAG RAISED AT MONTEREY  With the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico, Commodore John Drake Sloat, as commander of the Pacific fleet, raises the American flag at the Custom House...

    1846  AMERICAN FLAG RAISED AT MONTEREY  With the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico, Commodore John Drake Sloat, as commander of the Pacific fleet, raises the American flag at the Custom House...

    • monterey
    • california
    • 1846
    • mexico
    • annexation
    • pacific fleet
    • sloat

    City of Livermore Water Reclamation Plant, Phase V. Expansion

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • livermore
    • california
    • water reclamation
    • phase v