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Golden Gate Ferry

    Dr. Huey P. Newton

      Moving the World's Cargo

      • containers

      The Golden Hind

        Charles A. Ellis

        • golden gate bridge

        Rengstorff House

        The Spirit of the Times   Wild Marshes, Handy Scows & Mr. Henry Rengstorff   The Wild Marshes of Mountain View   When Captain Rivera first looked upon San Francisco Bay in 1769, he saw great...

        The Spirit of the Times   Wild Marshes, Handy Scows & Mr. Henry Rengstorff   The Wild Marshes of Mountain View   When Captain Rivera first looked upon San Francisco Bay in 1769, he saw...

          The Golden Gate Bridge: Vision, Genius, and Expert Care

            Skate Bench

            THE STORY OF THE SKATE BENCHON FEBRUARY 15, 1961 ALL OF THE U.S. WORLD FIGURESKATING TEAM LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN AIRPLANE CRASHIN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TOTHE 1961 WORLD FIGURE...

            THE STORY OF THE SKATE BENCHON FEBRUARY 15, 1961 ALL OF THE U.S. WORLD FIGURESKATING TEAM LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN AIRPLANE CRASHIN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TOTHE 1961 WORLD FIGURE...

            • ice skating
            • figure skating
            • colorado springs
            • broadmoor
            • olympics
            • airplane crash
            • 1960s

            The Barnes Dance diagonal street crossing

            Sidewalk plaque marking the creation by traffic engineer Henry Barnes of the first traffic lights that included a pedestrian “Walk” signal. The arrangement triggered diagonal crossings that...

            Sidewalk plaque marking the creation by traffic engineer Henry Barnes of the first traffic lights that included a pedestrian “Walk” signal. The arrangement triggered diagonal crossings...

            • traffic
            • denver
            • colorado
            • downtown
            • automobile
            • walking
            • 1950s
            • pedestrian

            Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium Golden Gate Bridge

              The PG&E Tower

              THIS TOWER HAS BEEN NAMED FOR PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY IN APPRECIATION OF ITS GIFT OF LIGHT TO THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. PG&E MADE THE LARGEST SINGLE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE...

              THIS TOWER HAS BEEN NAMED FOR PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY IN APPRECIATION OF ITS GIFT OF LIGHT TO THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. PG&E MADE THE LARGEST SINGLE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTION TOWARD...

                The Lone Sailor

                  The Glorious Golden Gate

                  • borelllo

                  Batman's Hill Datum

                  BATMAN'S HILL DATUM Point of Origin for the Survey of Melbourne Robert Hoddle was Surveyor in Charge of the Port Phillip District in early 1837. Hoddle is remembered for his significant role in...

                  BATMAN'S HILL DATUM Point of Origin for the Survey of Melbourne Robert Hoddle was Surveyor in Charge of the Port Phillip District in early 1837. Hoddle is remembered for his significant role in...

                  • batman

                  H. Dana Bowers Memorial Vista Point

                    Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds

                    The Jewish soldiers survived. More than 200 of the 1,275 Americans. Their Master Sergeant survived. For the rest of his life, he never talked about the moment he stared calmly into the face of...

                    The Jewish soldiers survived. More than 200 of the 1,275 Americans. Their Master Sergeant survived. For the rest of his life, he never talked about the moment he stared calmly into the face of...

                      Marina Air Field

                        Gauri Govil

                        IN MEMORY OF GAURI GOVIL DEC 9, 1995- DEC 21, 1997

                        IN MEMORY OF GAURI GOVIL DEC 9, 1995- DEC 21, 1997

                          Ina Donna Coolbrith Path

                          BERKELEY HISTORY INA DONNA COOLBRITH 1841-1928 Ina Donna Coolbrith, California's first poet laureate and the nation's first state laureate, was considered "the pearl of all her tribe" by her 19th...

                          BERKELEY HISTORY INA DONNA COOLBRITH 1841-1928 Ina Donna Coolbrith, California's first poet laureate and the nation's first state laureate, was considered "the pearl of all her tribe" by her 19th...

                            Diamond Peak Ski Resort Lodge