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Brent Moriwaki

    The Giant Dipper

    THE GIANT DIPPER  SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK

    THE GIANT DIPPER  SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK

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    Cornwallis

    First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.   Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program and Flickr...

    First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.   Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program and...

      Brownsville Veterans

        Croswell House / Governor Charles M. Croswell

        Charles Croswell helped his guardian and uncle, Daniel Hicks, build this Greek Revival house. He and his first wife, Lucy Eddy, bought the 1840s building from his uncle’s estate in 1853. The house...

        Charles Croswell helped his guardian and uncle, Daniel Hicks, build this Greek Revival house. He and his first wife, Lucy Eddy, bought the 1840s building from his uncle’s estate in 1853. The house...

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        Site of the First Yolo County Public Library Branch

        SITE OF THE FIRST YOLO COUNTY  PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH  CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIZENS FINANCED THE LOT  PURCHASE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DAVIS  LIBRARY, WHICH SERVED DAVIS AT THIS LOCATION ...

        SITE OF THE FIRST YOLO COUNTY  PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH  CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIZENS FINANCED THE LOT  PURCHASE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DAVIS  LIBRARY, WHICH SERVED DAVIS AT THIS LOCATION ...

          La Patria Agradecida

            F.D. Chase Building

            F. D. Chase Building   William Wharff, Architect, 1909 Renovated by Jim Novosel, The Bay Architects, 2001   During Berkeley’s early 20th Century development boom, the F.D. Chase Real Estate...

            F. D. Chase Building   William Wharff, Architect, 1909 Renovated by Jim Novosel, The Bay Architects, 2001   During Berkeley’s early 20th Century development boom, the F.D. Chase Real...

              Los Rios Street

                Somersville Townsite

                • black diamond mine
                • mt diablo coal field

                John "Alex" Alexander

                Alex Alexander  1924-1993  Alexander spent his entire working life at Naval Supply  Center, Oakland. Symbolic of the many dedicated civilians who worked  on the base, Alex inspired others through...

                Alex Alexander  1924-1993  Alexander spent his entire working life at Naval Supply  Center, Oakland. Symbolic of the many dedicated civilians who worked  on the base, Alex inspired others through...

                  Little Traverse Bay

                  For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, whose warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land. Around 1700 a mission was built by French Jesuits at the famous...

                  For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, whose warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land. Around 1700 a mission was built by French Jesuits at the...

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                  Hackley-Holt House / Hackley-Holt House

                  In 1850 Joseph Hackley came to Michigan from Wisconsin to serve as superintendent of construction for the Durkee, Truesdell and Company sawmill. In 1860 he purchased this house, built in 1857....

                  In 1850 Joseph Hackley came to Michigan from Wisconsin to serve as superintendent of construction for the Durkee, Truesdell and Company sawmill. In 1860 he purchased this house, built in 1857....

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                  Town Creek Indian Mound historical marker

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License 

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License 

                    Dirk Dirksen SHUT UP. YOU ANIMALS

                    Dirk Dirksen SHUT UP. YOU ANIMALS Dirk Dirksen (1937 -2006), ringmaster of the circusof the creatively inspired and the willfully deranged,presided as Pope of Punk over nightly excursionsinto...

                    Dirk Dirksen SHUT UP. YOU ANIMALS Dirk Dirksen (1937 -2006), ringmaster of the circusof the creatively inspired and the willfully deranged,presided as Pope of Punk over nightly excursionsinto...

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                    • mabuhay gardens
                    • san francisco
                    • counter culture
                    • music

                    San Diego Little Italy Cash & Carry

                      Teniente Jose Azueta

                        Confederate Park

                          Dr. John S. Pemberton Invented Coca-Cola in 1886

                          The invention of Coca Cola Submitted by @malgorzatar

                          The invention of Coca Cola Submitted by @malgorzatar

                            17th April 1941

                            IN MEMORY OF  ALL THOSE WHO WERE  TRAGICALLY KILLED  ON 17th APRIL 1941 WHILST SHELTERING  IN THE CELLARS OF WALKINGS BAKERY  THE BUILDING, WHICH STOOD ON THE CORNER OF  THE CUT AND GREET STREET, ...

                            IN MEMORY OF  ALL THOSE WHO WERE  TRAGICALLY KILLED  ON 17th APRIL 1941 WHILST SHELTERING  IN THE CELLARS OF WALKINGS BAKERY  THE BUILDING, WHICH STOOD ON THE CORNER OF  THE CUT AND GREET STREET, ...

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                            • bakery