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Patrick R. Hickey

Patrick R. Hickey 1946 - 2012 In honor of Pat's devotion to wildlife, the Service, the people he worked with and the public he served.

• oregon
• park service

1918 Anti-Greek Riots

1918 ANTI-GREEK RIOTS In August 1918, over 50,000 people participated in riots that injured hundreds and caused significant property damage. Many of the rioters were war veterans, already...

• toronto
• ontario
• canada
• greek
• wwi
• yonge

F.E. Anderson & Co. Cotton Yard

This plaque is located on the northwest corner of the old Elks Building in downtown Jackson, across from M.D. Anderson Plaza. It reads: F.E. ANDERSON & CO. COTTON YARD CIRCA 1890 At this...

• tennessee
• jackson
• madison county
• cotton

Michael W.Leibert

MICHAEL W. LEIBERT 1940 - 1984  FOUNDER * BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE  THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HIS CREATIVE SPIRIT AND STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO HIS VISION.

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• theatre

U.S. Military Personnel from the City of Berkeley Who Died in the Vietnam War, 1957-1986

U.S. Military Personnel from  the City of Berkeley  Who Died in the Vietnam War, 1957-1986 as of 29 May 1986 (Including Missing & Captured Declared Dead)     PAUL BOWMAN JR.       SP4    ARMY...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• vietnam
• military

First Home of the California College of Arts and Crafts

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• studio building
• 1905
• 1906
• 1982

Monroe Dunaway Anderson

This plaque is located at M.D. Anderson Plaza in downtown Jackson, Tennessee. It reads: "MONROE DUNAWAY ANDERSON 1873-1939. Monroe Dunaway Anderson is known as the 'father' of the Texas Medical...

• tennessee
• jackson
• madison county
• monroe dunaw...
• texas history

Golden Sheaf Bakery Annex

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1978 GOLDEN SHEAF BAKERY ANNEX Clinton Day, Architect, 1905 Jim Novosel, Architect, 2000 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places In 1877, English...

• berkeley
• bakery
• california
• bay area
• earthquake
• loaves
• horse-drawn
• baker's union

S. H. Kress Co. Store

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1981 S. H. KRESS CO. STORE Edward F. Sibbert, Architect, 1933 Samuel H. Kress began his chain of retail stores around 1900 and soon these...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• kress
• store
• five and dime

Heywood Building

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993 HEYWOOD BUILDING James W. Plachek, Architect, 1917, Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects, 1994 This small commercial building was built for William Heywood,...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• plachek
• library
• terra-cotta
• paramount

David Crockett

This is one of several plaques located on the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse in downtown Jackson. DAVID CROCKETT On this site in 1831 Con-gressman Crockett, defeated for reelection told...

• tennessee
• jackson
• madison county
• david crockett
• you can go to hell
• i am going to texas
• where he died

In Memorium Richard Paul Luetmer

Gooseberry State Park, MN  [Location  approximate] Submitted by jbeacom308

• minnesota
• river
• hazards
• swimming
• tragedy
• misspelling

Philadelphia Masonic Temple

MASONIC TEMPLE PHILADELPHIA  The 1873 Masonic Temple, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Grand Lodge of PA. Its lodge rooms, featuring varied architectural themes, and its stonework are...

• philadelphia...
• philadelphia
• masonry

Walnut Street Prison

WALNUT STREET PRISON One of the nation's first urban penal insti-tutions, it confined felons, prisoners of war, Torries, and debtors from 1775 to 1838. Ex-tending from Walnut St to Locust St, it...

• walnut street
• philadelphia
• prison

College Building, University of Saskatchewan

COLLEGE BUILDING PROVINCIAL HERITAGE PROPERTY AS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED ON CAMPUS, THE COLLEGE BUILDING REFLECTS THE PROMINENT ROLE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WAS TO PLAY AT THE...

• university o...
• agriculture
• greystone

Gerhard Herzberg - Nobel Laureate

Gerhard Herzberg Dr. Gerhard Herzberg received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971 for "his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free...

• gerhard herzberg
• nobel prize
• chemistry
• university o...

Gerhad Herzberg - Chemistry Pioneer

IN RECOGNITION OF THE AWARD THE 1971 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO GERHARD HERZBERG A PIONEER IN ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS 1935-1945 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN JUNE 3, 1986

• gerhard herzberg
• nobel prize
• chemistry
• university o...

Henry Taube - Nobel Laureate

Dr. Henry Taube Dr. Henry Taube received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1983. His Nobel Citation reads "for his studies of the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions particularly of...

• henry taube
• university o...
• nobel prize
• chemistry
• saskatoon

Henry Taube - Chemistry Pioneer

IN RECOGNITION OF THE AWARD THE 1983 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO HENRY TAUBE A PIONEER IN INORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS BORN IN NEUDORF, SASK. (1915) B.Sc. (1935)  M.Sc. (1937)  LL.D....

• henry taube
• university o...
• nobel prize
• chemistry
• saskatoon

Farley Mowat

FARLEY MOWAT Farley Mowat was born in Ontario in 1921. He spent the formative years of his youth in Saskatoon. He served with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment as did his father Angus Mowat....

• farley mowat
• author
• university o...
• university o...
• george barth...