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Manhattan Island Native American Settlements in 1600

[Location approximate]

[Location approximate]

    BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language

    Photo Credit: Geoff Hansen of the Valley NewsMore details here.

    Photo Credit: Geoff Hansen of the Valley NewsMore details here.

    • kemeny
    • kurtz
    • basic
    • programming
    • 1964

    Dawn Redwood Tree

      Originally Shaped Like Kentucky

      Submitted by @fulmerford

      Submitted by @fulmerford

      • solid as a rock
      • kentucky-shaped rock
      • woodford

      Anatomy-Zoology Building

      Anatomy/Zoology #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/wMb5UO9hgH TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

      Anatomy/Zoology #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/wMb5UO9hgH TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

        Agricultural Hall

        Fun plaques in the Shepardson building https://t.co/7g4WXZ5N2T TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

        Fun plaques in the Shepardson building https://t.co/7g4WXZ5N2T TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

          Johnson Hall

          Bonus: Johnson Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Wbefl1Ykdp TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

          Bonus: Johnson Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Wbefl1Ykdp TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

            Aileen Rockwell Hall

            Rockwell Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Xji62Sl6Pc TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

            Rockwell Hall #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/Xji62Sl6Pc TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

              Forestry Building

              Forestry building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/SwzKi44b2D TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

              Forestry building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/SwzKi44b2D TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

                Clark Building

                Clark building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/UCo5mrkbjD TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

                Clark building #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/UCo5mrkbjD TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

                  FWA

                  Not sure why this is in Wager but #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/jQlxQwKUqT TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

                  Not sure why this is in Wager but #ReadThePlaque https://t.co/jQlxQwKUqT TweetSubmitted by @PraliteMonks

                    The Lindsay Nature Garden

                      Hallett Park

                        Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center

                          Gateway Garden

                            The Restoration of the Temescal Waterfall

                              Go Fishing in the Regional Parks

                                The Hayward Fault and the East Bay Hills

                                  Henry Klein Accessible Walkway

                                    Our Martyred Men -- The 1910 Los Angeles Times Bombing

                                    The plaque and monument, in Hollywood Forever cemetery, commemorate the October 1, 1910, bombing of the Los Angeles Times building by militant unionists who targeted the paper and its owner...

                                    The plaque and monument, in Hollywood Forever cemetery, commemorate the October 1, 1910, bombing of the Los Angeles Times building by militant unionists who targeted the paper and its...

                                    • los angeles
                                    • los angeles times
                                    • labor
                                    • unions
                                    • labor history