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    Mildred Clarke

    MILDRED CLARKE 1900 1999Lifelong San Francisco Resident History Buff & Dear Friend "In The Time OF Your Life, Live--"

    MILDRED CLARKE 1900 1999Lifelong San Francisco Resident History Buff & Dear Friend "In The Time OF Your Life, Live--"

      First City Hall of Richmond

        Hillside School

        CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 HILLSIDE SCHOOL Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr., Architect, 1925 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Berkeley architect and civic leader Walter...

        CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 HILLSIDE SCHOOL Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr., Architect, 1925 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Berkeley architect and civic leader Walter...

          Barbara Meyer

          THANKFUL FOR REPOSE  IN LOVING MEMORY OF  BARBARA MEYER  1918 - 2009

          THANKFUL FOR REPOSE  IN LOVING MEMORY OF  BARBARA MEYER  1918 - 2009

            William Henry Seward

              Spofford Alley

                WHATCOM MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART

                WHATCOM MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF OCTOBER 15, 1966. THIS PROPERTY POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN COMMEMORATING, OR ILLUSTRATING...

                WHATCOM MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF OCTOBER 15, 1966. THIS PROPERTY POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN COMMEMORATING, OR ILLUSTRATING...

                  McDonald's Drug Store

                  McDonald's Drug Store 1922 Built for $10,000 this Spanish Eclectic is one of the few brick buildings in Danville. The McDonalds lived upstairs and ran the drug store on the first floor where...

                  McDonald's Drug Store 1922 Built for $10,000 this Spanish Eclectic is one of the few brick buildings in Danville. The McDonalds lived upstairs and ran the drug store on the first floor where...

                    Richmond Municipal Natatorium

                    Richmond Municipal Natatorium "The Plunge" Grand Opening: 1926 Original Architect: James T. Narbett Fully Restored and Reopened: 2010 Restoration Architect: Todd Jersey, AIA

                    Richmond Municipal Natatorium "The Plunge" Grand Opening: 1926 Original Architect: James T. Narbett Fully Restored and Reopened: 2010 Restoration Architect: Todd Jersey, AIA

                      The Juice Bar Collective

                      The Juice Bar Collective was opened in 1976. One of Berkeley's first worker-owned restaurants which sought to bring together homecooked food and social justice to serve the community. In memory of...

                      The Juice Bar Collective was opened in 1976. One of Berkeley's first worker-owned restaurants which sought to bring together homecooked food and social justice to serve the community. In memory of...

                        Richmod - San Rafael Bridge

                          Spenger Memorial Garden

                            Palmerton Park

                              SFFD Engine Co. No. 2

                              SFFD ENGINE CO. NO. 2 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1908  

                              SFFD ENGINE CO. NO. 2 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1908