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mem-o-mobilia

BILLINGS BRIDGE TRANSITWAY ART COMMISSION Artist MARK MARSTERS Artiste 1996 mem mobilia The thirty-six painted panels installed within the Billings Bridge Transitway Station are to entertain and...

BILLINGS BRIDGE TRANSITWAY ART COMMISSION Artist MARK MARSTERS Artiste 1996 mem mobilia The thirty- six painted panels installed within the Billings Bridge Transitway Station are to entertain...

  • art
  • history
  • advertising
  • transit
  • bus station
  • public transport
  • billings bridge

The Hamilton Naturalists' Club

THE HAMILTON NATURALISTS’ CLUB The Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) has promoted environmental protection, research and education in the Hamilton area since its founding in 1919 as the Hamilton...

THE HAMILTON NATURALISTS’ CLUB The Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) has promoted environmental protection, research and education in the Hamilton area since its founding in 1919 as the...

    Halifax Public Gardens

    HALIFAX PUBLIC GARDENS Opened to the public in 1875, these grounds united the 1837 Horticultural Society gardens with an adjacent civic garden created in 1867. The original design of landscape...

    HALIFAX PUBLIC GARDENS Opened to the public in 1875, these grounds united the 1837 Horticultural Society gardens with an adjacent civic garden created in 1867. The original design of...

    • nova scotia
    • public gardens
    • halifax

    Fort Assumption

    South of here, at the highest part of the bluff, on Assumption Day, August 15, 1739, Fort Assumption was erected by Sieur de Bienville, French Governor of Louisiana. This was the first structure...

    South of here, at the highest part of the bluff, on Assumption Day, August 15, 1739, Fort Assumption was erected by Sieur de Bienville, French Governor of Louisiana. This was the first structure...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Frank Robinson

    • oakland
    • coliseum

    St. Mary's CathedralChapel and Diocesan House

    This church was founded on this site as an Episcopal Mission in 1857 and consecrated on Ascension Day in 1858 by James Otey, the 1st Bishop of Tennessee. It was designated as the Diocesan...

    This church was founded on this site as an Episcopal Mission in 1857 and consecrated on Ascension Day in 1858 by James Otey, the 1st Bishop of Tennessee. It was designated as the Diocesan...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Rufus Thomas Memorial

    Ambassador of Soul: The King of Rhythm and Blues; The Funkiest Chicken of the South. A star and veteran of service to this community. A man whose talents have endured and whose performances have...

    Ambassador of Soul: The King of Rhythm and Blues; The Funkiest Chicken of the South. A star and veteran of service to this community. A man whose talents have endured and whose performances...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Montgomery Freemasonry

    Submitted by @LostToHistory

    Submitted by @LostToHistory

    • montgomery
    • alabama
    • freemasonry
    • 1821
    • jackson

    The Applegate Trail; Southern Route to Oregon

    • oregon
    • applegate
    • roseburg

    Spouting Horns

    SPOUTING HORNS  THE ERODING OF THE WEAKER MATERIAL, OR THE PRESENCE OF LAVA TUBES WITHING THE COASTAL ROCK FORMATION ALLOWS THE PULSE OF THE SEA TO BE RELEASED AND THROWN SKYWARD IN A RELEASE OF...

    SPOUTING HORNS  THE ERODING OF THE WEAKER MATERIAL, OR THE PRESENCE OF LAVA TUBES WITHING THE COASTAL ROCK FORMATION ALLOWS THE PULSE OF THE SEA TO BE RELEASED AND THROWN SKYWARD IN A RELEASE OF...

    • ocean
    • depoe bay
    • oregon

    George Blanda

    • oakland
    • raiders
    • coliseum

    Repaired Fountain 1744

    I think it is discussing the restoration of water to the Trevi Fountain.  Plaque reads: 'Benedictus XIV POM ivos aqua virginis compluribus locis manantes quique in usu esse  desierant in urbem...

    I think it is discussing the restoration of water to the Trevi Fountain.  Plaque reads: 'Benedictus XIV POM ivos aqua virginis compluribus locis manantes quique in usu esse  desierant in...

    • rome
    • italy
    • fountain

    In Memory of Delwin H. Poe By His Family

    • dunsmuir
    • california
    • memorial

    Unknown Soldier, Civil War

    IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIER BOYS WHO FELL IN BATTLE FROM 1861 TO '65  ERECTED BY JOHN F. MILLER W.R.C NO. 15, MAY 30, 1903  UNKNOWN

    IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIER BOYS WHO FELL IN BATTLE FROM 1861 TO '65  ERECTED BY JOHN F. MILLER W.R.C NO. 15, MAY 30, 1903  UNKNOWN

    • civil war
    • oregon
    • brownsville
    • 1861

    Liberty Tree Memorial

    .@readtheplaque Do you have this one in the Nick's parking lot in Winthrop, MA? https://t.co/JDV2ehqVAz Tweet Submitted by @probablyaliens

    .@readtheplaque Do you have this one in the Nick's parking lot in Winthrop, MA? https://t.co/JDV2ehqVAz Tweet Submitted by @probablyaliens

    • liberty elm
    • tree
    • 1765
    • boston
    • winthrop
    • keene
    • stamp act
    • sons of liberty

    Rhode Island Irish Famine Memorial

    Submitted by @jikamens

    Submitted by @jikamens

    • rhode island
    • ireland
    • famine
    • providence

    San Diego Fishing Pier

    SAN DIEGO FISHING PIER DEVELOPED BY CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME RESOURCES AGENCY STATE OF CALIFORNIA -1966- Submitted by @theluisfraire

    SAN DIEGO FISHING PIER DEVELOPED BY CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME RESOURCES AGENCY STATE OF CALIFORNIA -1966- Submitted by @theluisfraire

    • san diego
    • pier
    • fishing

    Tragic Accident Hop- Pickers

    NEAR THIS BRIDGE 30 HOP-PICKERS WERE DROWNED IN THE RIVER MEDWAY IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON THE 20th OCTOBER 1853. THEY ARE BURIED IN ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD HADLOW. Submitted by @matthiascarter

    NEAR THIS BRIDGE 30 HOP-PICKERS WERE DROWNED IN THE RIVER MEDWAY IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON THE 20th OCTOBER 1853. THEY ARE BURIED IN ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD HADLOW. Submitted by @matthiascarter

    • drowned
    • hadlow
    • hop-pickers
    • 1853

    Burial Vaults

    Burial Vaults  This is the site of Thomas Holt's mausoleum. The vaults were carved out of the sandstone rock in the 1870s. However no one was ever interred in them.  Historic Trail Plaque 2 funded...

    Burial Vaults  This is the site of Thomas Holt's mausoleum. The vaults were carved out of the sandstone rock in the 1870s. However no one was ever interred in them.  Historic Trail Plaque 2 funded...

    • cooks river
    • australia
    • mausoleum

    Hugh Kaul

      Hugh Kaul followed in the footsteps of his fatehr and grandfather -  linking business success with service to one's community. He  successfully organized the Alabama Forestry Association with...

      Hugh Kaul followed in the footsteps of his fatehr and grandfather -  linking business success with service to one's community. He  successfully organized the Alabama Forestry Association...

    • birmingham
    • alabama
    • zoo
    • forestry
    • lumber