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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

    Saskatoon's Broadway Theatre has a parabolic floor

    The Broadway Theatre Built in 1946 as Saskatoon's eastside movie house, the Broadway Theatre's smooth, rounded finish and austere detailing are examples of the Art Deco style. Elements of this...

    The Broadway Theatre Built in 1946 as Saskatoon's eastside movie house, the Broadway Theatre's smooth, rounded finish and austere detailing are examples of the Art Deco style. Elements of...

    • saskatoon
    • saskatchewan
    • broadway theatre
    • art deco
    • crying room
    • parabolic floor

    Sidewalk Concrete laying company plaque - Simpson Bros. Corporation 1930

    "Trade Mark Reg. Laid by Simpson Bros. Corporation 77 Summer St. Boston" "1930" A combination of 2 plaques indicating the sidewalk concrete company and the year. There other plaques in the same...

    "Trade Mark Reg. Laid by Simpson Bros. Corporation 77 Summer St. Boston" "1930" A combination of 2 plaques indicating the sidewalk concrete company and the year. There other plaques in the...

    • sidewalk
    • concrete
    • winthrop ma

    Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

    "Thaddeus Kosciuszko. After servinf as a military engineer during the American Revolution, he later led an uprising in his native Poland. Exiled the General resided in this house from November,...

    "Thaddeus Kosciuszko. After servinf as a military engineer during the American Revolution, he later led an uprising in his native Poland. Exiled the General resided in this house from November,...

    • philadelphia
    • pa
    • kosciuszko

    On this site stood the George Frederick Beckel House, 1762-1872, where the Marquis de Lafayette convalesced from a leg wound suffered at the Battle of the Brandywine, 1777

    The plaque mark the location where stood a farm house owned and occupied by George Frederick Beckel where Marquis de Lafayette convalesced after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777....

    The plaque mark the location where stood a farm house owned and occupied by George Frederick Beckel where Marquis de Lafayette convalesced after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777....

    • bethlehem
    • lafayette
    • battle of br...

    Elfreth's Alley - one of the oldest street still in existence today

    "Elfreth's Alley. An exceptional collec-tion of early American structures, built 1720s -1830s, the alley contained the homes and shops of diverse artisans. Later, working class immigrants lived...

    "Elfreth's Alley. An exceptional collec-tion of early American structures, built 1720s -1830s, the alley contained the homes and shops of diverse artisans. Later, working class immigrants...

    • philadelphia
    • pa
    • elfreth's alley