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Crossroads

CROSSROADS Latham Square is actually a triangle, an accidental space created by the meeting of new and old roads. Broadway did not extend above 14th Street until the late 1880s, when it was needed...

CROSSROADS Latham Square is actually a triangle, an accidental space created by the meeting of new and old roads. Broadway did not extend above 14th Street until the late 1880s, when it was...

  • oakland
  • califorinia
  • latham
  • telegraph
  • oxford comma

Some There May Be Who Have No Memorial

THIS DRINKING FOUNTAIN SITUATED NEAR THE STATE WAR MEMORIAL IN NORTH TERRACE, ADELAIDE WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF ADELAIDE BY THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE...

THIS DRINKING FOUNTAIN SITUATED NEAR THE STATE WAR MEMORIAL IN NORTH TERRACE, ADELAIDE WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF ADELAIDE BY THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF...

  • adelaide
  • australia
  • bicentenary
  • water fountain
  • drinking fountain

We Mourn Our Loss

S.F.F.D  DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY RESPONDING FROM THIS FIREHOUSE "WE MOURN OUR LOSS" DEDICATED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 798 I.A.F.F. JAMES DOUGHERTY E-6 6/22/1853JOHN TEISING E-12...

S.F.F.D  DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY RESPONDING FROM THIS FIREHOUSE "WE MOURN OUR LOSS" DEDICATED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 798 I.A.F.F. JAMES DOUGHERTY E-6 6/22/1853JOHN TEISING...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • firefighters

Keweenaw Rocket Range

THE KEWEENAW ROCKET RANGE THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED A ROCKET RANGE ON THIS SITE WHICH WAS USED FROM 1964-1971. MICHIGAN'S FIRST ROCKET TO ENTER SPACE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THIS SITE ON JAN....

THE KEWEENAW ROCKET RANGE THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED A ROCKET RANGE ON THIS SITE WHICH WAS USED FROM 1964-1971. MICHIGAN'S FIRST ROCKET TO ENTER SPACE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THIS SITE ON...

  • keweenaw
  • michigan
  • rocket
  • nasa
  • space

General Strike

GENERAL STRIKE! In December 1946, management refusal to recognize a union of retail clerks in stores adjacent to Latham Square led to a general strike involving 100,000 workers in Alameda County....

GENERAL STRIKE! In December 1946, management refusal to recognize a union of retail clerks in stores adjacent to Latham Square led to a general strike involving 100,000 workers in Alameda County....

  • oakland
  • califorinia
  • latham
  • strike

Potentilla Shrubs

These Potentilla Shrubs mark the entrance to the Loraine Minish-Cooper Garden of Hope to symbolize the importance of living life with purpose, dedication and commitment.  These shrubs were planted...

These Potentilla Shrubs mark the entrance to the Loraine Minish-Cooper Garden of Hope to symbolize the importance of living life with purpose, dedication and commitment.  These shrubs were planted...

  • yellowknife
  • canada
  • northwest te...
  • duke and duc...

Yellowknife Time Capsule

 HIS EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JULES LEGER, C.C., C.M.M., C.D., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA DEPOSITED A TIME CAPSULE WITHIN THESE WALLS ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND...

 HIS EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JULES LEGER, C.C., C.M.M., C.D., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA DEPOSITED A TIME CAPSULE WITHIN THESE WALLS ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND...

  • yellowknife
  • time capsule
  • cc mm cd
  • northwest te...

Margadh na Feirme Smithfield

  • dublin
  • ireland
  • smithfield

Galway Gaelic Plaque

  • galway
  • ireland
  • 2006

For His Beloved Wife Anne McGrath

This Tomb was Erected by John Rob McGrath of Ennis in memory of his Beloved Wife Anne McGrath for himself and Family. [illegible]

This Tomb was Erected by John Rob McGrath of Ennis in memory of his Beloved Wife Anne McGrath for himself and Family. [illegible]

  • ireland
  • ennis
  • tomb

The Bunkum Stone

The Bunkum Stone is a sister to the Blarney Stone in Ireland. It is said that kissing the Bunkum Stone confers the gift of loquacity.The Bunkum Stone is named in honor of Felix Walker, the US...

The Bunkum Stone is a sister to the Blarney Stone in Ireland. It is said that kissing the Bunkum Stone confers the gift of loquacity.The Bunkum Stone is named in honor of Felix Walker, the...

  • bunkum stone
  • buncombe
  • asheville
  • north carolina
  • bunkum
  • stone
  • kissing
  • felix walker

The Original Location of Oakgrove Cumberland Presbyterian Church

COMMEMORATING THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OAKGROVE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1886 - 1967 REV. R. J. C. AHIL, FIRST PASTOR THE ZELOSOPHIAN ACADEMY FOUNDED 1890 BY REV. J. H. B. HALL   Submitted by...

COMMEMORATING THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OAKGROVE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1886 - 1967 REV. R. J. C. AHIL, FIRST PASTOR THE ZELOSOPHIAN ACADEMY FOUNDED 1890 BY REV. J. H. B. HALL   Submitted by...

  • oakgrove
  • cumberland
  • presbyterian
  • church

Bradford War Memorials

Soldiers Memorial. 21 S Main St, Bradford, VT. Located next to the Charles Edgar Clark statue. @readtheplaque https://t.co/7ibMuAaZLu Tweet Submitted by @LostToHistory

Soldiers Memorial. 21 S Main St, Bradford, VT. Located next to the Charles Edgar Clark statue. @readtheplaque https://t.co/7ibMuAaZLu Tweet Submitted by @LostToHistory

  • bradford
  • vermont
  • wwi
  • civil war
  • spanish-american war

Richtmyer Tavern

The Richtmyer Tavern Built in 1789 First town meeting was held to form the present town of Conesville, 1836 [Location approximate] Submitted by @LostToHistory

The Richtmyer Tavern Built in 1789 First town meeting was held to form the present town of Conesville, 1836 [Location approximate] Submitted by @LostToHistory

  • tavern
  • 1789
  • 1836
  • conesville
  • new york

Dartmouth's Old Pine

"LEST THE OLD TRADITIONS FAIL" THIS TABLET MARKS THE OLD PINE CONTEMPORARY WITH THE LIFE OF THE COLLEGE AND GUARDIAN OF ITS TRADITIONS HAVING BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN 1887 AND BY A WHIRLWIND IN...

"LEST THE OLD TRADITIONS FAIL" THIS TABLET MARKS THE OLD PINE CONTEMPORARY WITH THE LIFE OF THE COLLEGE AND GUARDIAN OF ITS TRADITIONS HAVING BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN 1887 AND BY A WHIRLWIND...

  • dartmouth
  • hanover
  • new hampshire
  • tree
  • lightning
  • whirlwind

Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark U.S.N

REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES EDGAR CLARK U.S.N.  BORN BRADFORD, VERMONT AUG. 10, 1843  DIED LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA OCT. 1, 1922 --- ENTERED ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY SEPT. 29, 1860  WITH FARRAGUT BATTLE...

REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES EDGAR CLARK U.S.N.  BORN BRADFORD, VERMONT AUG. 10, 1843  DIED LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA OCT. 1, 1922 --- ENTERED ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY SEPT. 29, 1860  WITH FARRAGUT...

  • bradford
  • vermont
  • long beach
  • annapolis
  • navy
  • admiral
  • mobile bay
  • civil war

Trinity Methodist Church Time Capsule

First time I have seen a reintured time capsule. Methodist Church in Denver.  Submitted by LostToHistory

First time I have seen a reintured time capsule. Methodist Church in Denver.  Submitted by LostToHistory

    Hiram College: James Garfield, Ginko Tree, Martin Common, Harriet Krabill Reading Garden

    Submitted by @LostToHistory

    Submitted by @LostToHistory

    • hiram
    • hiram college
    • ohio

    El Castillo

    1793-94 EL CASTILLO  A Spanish military fortification is constructed on an ancient Native American village site overlooking Monterey's harbor. 

    1793-94 EL CASTILLO  A Spanish military fortification is constructed on an ancient Native American village site overlooking Monterey's harbor. 

    • monterey
    • california
    • 1794
    • 1793
    • spanish military

    Dublin History Plaque

    • dublin
    • ireland
    • history