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Eric Kashino Memorial Plaque

The plaque is a memorial to Eric Kashino. He was struck and killed by a charter bus at the intersection of 4th Ave and Pike Street in Downtown Seattle in Feburary of 2001. Eric was crossing the...

The plaque is a memorial to Eric Kashino. He was struck and killed by a charter bus at the intersection of 4th Ave and Pike Street in Downtown Seattle in Feburary of 2001. Eric was crossing the...

  • memorial
  • pedestrian fatality
  • seattle
  • pike
  • bus
  • wheel chair

P. L. James Government Building

The plaque struck me as interesting because the Federal Building in Victoria is named after the Architect who designed the building. Not a politician. 

The plaque struck me as interesting because the Federal Building in Victoria is named after the Architect who designed the building. Not a politician. 

  • architects
  • federal gove...
  • victoria
  • architecture
  • james
  • percy
  • leonard

The Celebrity Club

THE CELEBRITY CLUB Near this site at 54 Randall Street stood The Celebrity Club, New England's first integrated Jazz and rhythm & blues venue. Founded by Paul Filippi in 1949, the world-class club...

THE CELEBRITY CLUB Near this site at 54 Randall Street stood The Celebrity Club, New England's first integrated Jazz and rhythm & blues venue. Founded by Paul Filippi in 1949, the world-class club...

  • jazz
  • louis armstrong
  • duke ellington
  • charlie parker
  • billie holiday
  • ella fitzgerald
  • coleman hawkins
  • stan getz
  • george shearing
  • ray charles
  • fats domino
  • rhode island
  • providence

Pinkie the Pink Elephant

This pink elephant makes a bold statement outside a little Shell gas station near DeForest, Wisconsin, just off of I-94. It has many fans and photos too (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1645)....

This pink elephant makes a bold statement outside a little Shell gas station near DeForest, Wisconsin, just off of I-94. It has many fans and photos too (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1645)....

  • pink
  • elephant
  • advertising
  • shell gas station
  • sculptures

Baby Head Cemetery

    Dr. Edwin Herbert Land

    In Commemoration of Dr. Edwin Herbert Land 1909-1991 "Don't do anything that someone else can do." "Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible."   Humanist...

    In Commemoration of Dr. Edwin Herbert Land 1909-1991 "Don't do anything that someone else can do." "Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible."   Humanist...

    • cambridge
    • massachusetts
    • invention
    • photography
    • polaroid

    First Two-Way Long Distance Telephone Conversation

    From this site on October 9, 1876 the first two-way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours. From here in Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to...

    From this site on October 9, 1876 the first two- way long distance telephone conversation was carried on for three hours. From here in Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson spoke over a telegraph wire to...

    • cambridge
    • massachusetts
    • telephone
    • technology
    • invention
    • boston

    Site of Original Campus of University of California

    Site of College of California Original Campus of University of California University of California, Chartered March 23, 1863. Located between Franklin and Harrison, 12th and 14th Streets, from...

    Site of College of California Original Campus of University of California University of California, Chartered March 23, 1863. Located between Franklin and Harrison, 12th and 14th Streets, from...

    • cal
    • university o...
    • berkeley
    • oakland
    • college
    • history
    • california

    Live Oak Park

    BERKELEY HISTORY   LIVE OAK PARK 1914   Live Oak Park was created in 1914 when the City of Berkeley purchased four acres from landowners R. S. Penniman and Michael O’Toole. Mr. Penniman’s brown...

    BERKELEY HISTORY   LIVE OAK PARK 1914   Live Oak Park was created in 1914 when the City of Berkeley purchased four acres from landowners R. S. Penniman and Michael O’Toole. Mr. Penniman’s...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • live oak
    • codornices

    Commemorative stone, Hampstead, London NW3

    © Copyright Julian Osley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

    © Copyright Julian Osley and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

    • geograph

    N’OUBLIONS JAMAIS 1914-1918 Commune de Mouland

    N’OUBLIONS JAMAIS1914-1918 Commune de Mouland En Août 1914 les allemands ont assassine 4 personnes et brulé 72 maisons. Ont été fusillés Pousset Michel Puts André Timmers Henri Timmers ____ ...

    N’OUBLIONS JAMAIS1914-1918 Commune de Mouland En Août 1914 les allemands ont assassine 4 personnes et brulé 72 maisons. Ont été fusillés Pousset Michel Puts André Timmers Henri Timmers...

    • wwi
    • belgium
    • germany
    • memorial
    • belgium

    Eames House

    Submitted by Mike Appleton.

    Submitted by Mike Appleton.

    • eames
    • los angeles
    • architecture
    • california

    Sometime Clothier

    THESE TWO BUTTRESSES WERE REPAIRED AT THE CHARGE OF FRANCIS ALLIN SOMETIME CLOTHIER OFTHIS CITY A.D. 1616 Submitted by @invertiert.

    THESE TWO BUTTRESSES WERE REPAIRED AT THE CHARGE OF FRANCIS ALLIN SOMETIME CLOTHIER OFTHIS CITY A.D. 1616 Submitted by @invertiert.

    • england
    • bath
    • allin
    • clothier
    • sometime clothier
    • of this city

    Somerville Powder House

    This old mill built by John Mallet on a site purchased in 1703-4, was deeded in 1747 to the 'Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England' and for many years was used as a public powder house....

    This old mill built by John Mallet on a site purchased in 1703-4, was deeded in 1747 to the 'Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England' and for many years was used as a public powder house....

    • somerville
    • massachusetts
    • revolutionary war
    • 1774
    • windmill

    Portola Crespi Expedition Cross

    On December 10, 1769, the Portola Crespi Expedition from Mexico erected a cross on this hill to signal its long-overdue supply ship, San Jose. A message at the cross stated that they were...

    On December 10, 1769, the Portola Crespi Expedition from Mexico erected a cross on this hill to signal its long-overdue supply ship, San Jose. A message at the cross stated that they...

    • stone
    • white

    British Soldiers Graves

    A sharp fight occurred here between the Patriots and the British April 19, 1775. This marks British Soldiers graves. Erected 1890.   @jeffreydmyers

    A sharp fight occurred here between the Patriots and the British April 19, 1775. This marks British Soldiers graves. Erected 1890.   @jeffreydmyers

    • somerville
    • massachusetts
    • revolutionary war
    • british
    • grave
    • 1775

    Clark Gable in Astoria, OR

    The plaque reads: Clark Gable, 1901-1960. Began his acting career in the summer of 1922 at the Astoria Theatre. Located on this site, the building was destroyed by fire in December, 1922.

    The plaque reads: Clark Gable, 1901-1960. Began his acting career in the summer of 1922 at the Astoria Theatre. Located on this site, the building was destroyed by fire in December, 1922.

    • celebrity
    • actor
    • theatre
    • destroyed by fire

    Fred H Tibbetts

    Here lie the ashes of  Fred H Tibbetts 1882 1938 The engineer whose plan of underground water storage conserves the waters for Santa Clara Valley

    Here lie the ashes of  Fred H Tibbetts 1882 1938 The engineer whose plan of underground water storage conserves the waters for Santa Clara Valley

    • santa clara valley
    • california
    • tibbetts
    • underground
    • water
    • water storage
    • conservation
    • morgan hill

    Patterson & Western Railroad

    Patterson & Western RailroadThe narrow gauge railroad winding some 25 miles from Patterson through Del Puerto Canyon operated from Sept. 20, 1916 to Aug. 14, 1920. During World War I, the railroad...

    Patterson & Western RailroadThe narrow gauge railroad winding some 25 miles from Patterson through Del Puerto Canyon operated from Sept. 20, 1916 to Aug. 14, 1920. During World War I, the railroad...

    • stone
    • black

    Grave of Francis Bellamy

    The Grave of Francis Bellamy in Rome, New York. Bellamy was a minister whom penned the Pledge of Allegiance to support a 1890s campaign to place an American flag in every classroom. "I pledge...

    The Grave of Francis Bellamy in Rome, New York. Bellamy was a minister whom penned the Pledge of Allegiance to support a 1890s campaign to place an American flag in every classroom. "I...

    • pledge bellamy rome
    • ny reno