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The Berry

“The Berry” The Berry Hotel, one of America’s premier hotels, stood here from 1892 to 1974. Athenian Edward Cornelius Berry, a free black who had been educated at the Albany Enterprise Academy,...

“The Berry” The Berry Hotel, one of America’s premier hotels, stood here from 1892 to 1974. Athenian Edward Cornelius Berry, a free black who had been educated at the Albany Enterprise Academy,...

    Jackie Robinson

    IN THIS BUILDING  on April 10th, 1947 JACKIE ROBINSON RECEIVED HIS HISTORIC CALL FROM THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND CHANGED AMERICA HE LIVED ON THE 11TH FLOOR IN ROOM 1169 OF THE FORMER MCALPIN...

    IN THIS BUILDING  on April 10th, 1947 JACKIE ROBINSON RECEIVED HIS HISTORIC CALL FROM THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND CHANGED AMERICA HE LIVED ON THE 11TH FLOOR IN ROOM 1169 OF THE FORMER...

    • baseball
    • african american
    • dodgers
    • jackie robinson

    Major General John Stark

    Submitted by @loganpass

    Submitted by @loganpass

      Bell Tower

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      • frank lloyd wright
      • boice
      • youngker
      • 1978

      Donated to the Port of San Francisco

        The Pioneer Mariani Family

          Dave Fowler, Chief Engineer, Ghirardelli Square

            Ghirardelli Square

              Raymonnd James Sontag, Ehrman Professor of HIstory

                John Galen Howard

                  Memorial Glade

                    Memorial Pool

                      Le Conte

                        Jack London 1876-1916

                          Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.

                          • oakland
                          • ellis
                          • grubb
                          • redevelopment
                          • jack london square
                          • heinold's

                          Origins of Oakland

                          • jack london square
                          • oakland

                          Public School 166

                          PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH-CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET THE...

                          PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH- CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET...

                            W. T. Stead

                              Central Louisiana State Hospital Cemetery

                              Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                              Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                              • louisiana
                              • cemetery

                              Oakland Hall

                              In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                              In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...