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City of Davis Milestones

    After a Fire, the City of Davis is Created

      Maritcha R. Lyons Park

      MARITCHA R. LYONS PARK What was here before? The Board of Estimate (a now defunct municipal body) first acquired this property in 1944 as part of the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway...

      MARITCHA R. LYONS PARK What was here before? The Board of Estimate (a now defunct municipal body) first acquired this property in 1944 as part of the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens...

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • dumbo
      • brooklyn heights
      • bqe
      • downtown brooklyn
      • maritcha r. lyons
      • 1964
      • 1998
      • 2020
      • 1929

      Loeb Student Center

      LOEB STUDENT CENTER On this site from 1958 to 1999 stood the Loeb Student Center, erected in tribute to the memory of Carl Morris Loeb and his wife Adeline Moses Loeb through the generosity of...

      LOEB STUDENT CENTER On this site from 1958 to 1999 stood the Loeb Student Center, erected in tribute to the memory of Carl Morris Loeb and his wife Adeline Moses Loeb through the generosity of...

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • greenwich village
      • washington s...
      • nyu
      • new york university
      • carl morris loeb
      • adeline moses loeb
      • 1958
      • 1999

      Judson Memorial Church

      LANDMARKS OF NEWW YORK JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH   CONSTRUCTED IN 1892, THIS BAPTIST CHURCH, NAMED IN MEMORY OF ADONIRAM JUDSON, WAS DESIGNED IN A GRECO-ROMANESQUE STYLE BY MCKIM, MEAD AND WHITE,...

      LANDMARKS OF NEWW YORK JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH   CONSTRUCTED IN 1892, THIS BAPTIST CHURCH, NAMED IN MEMORY OF ADONIRAM JUDSON, WAS DESIGNED IN A GRECO-ROMANESQUE STYLE BY MCKIM, MEAD AND...

      • new york
      • manhattan
      • washington s...
      • greenwich village
      • church
      • 1892
      • 1811
      • 1963

      The Human Rights Wall

      Submitted by @radionotesPOD

      Submitted by @radionotesPOD

        Jennings Trail Wakeman House

          Jennings Trail Disbrow Ferry

            West Virginia Coal Miner

            "The West Virginia Coal Miner"In honor and recognition of themen and women who have devoted a career,some a lifetime, towards providing the state,nation and world with low-cost,reliable household...

            "The West Virginia Coal Miner"In honor and recognition of themen and women who have devoted a career,some a lifetime, towards providing the state,nation and world with low-cost,reliable household...

            • charleston
            • state capitol
            • west virginia
            • mining
            • statue

            Andy Griffith & Opie Statue

            the Andy Griffith Showa simpler time • a sweeter placea lesson • a laugha father and a sonPresented by the people of TV LANDby John Bradley JEB

            the Andy Griffith Showa simpler time • a sweeter placea lesson • a laugha father and a sonPresented by the people of TV LANDby John Bradley JEB

            • mayberry
            • opie
            • ron howard
            • north carolina
            • andy griffith
            • sheriff taylor
            • andy taylor
            • mt. airy
            • classic tv

            John Bull Monument

            FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE "JOHN BULL." NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONALMUSEUM AT WASHINGTON. THE...

            FIRST MOVEMENT BY STEAM ON A RAILROAD IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 12, 1831, BY THE ORIGINAL LOCOMOTIVE "JOHN BULL." NOW DEPOSITED IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONALMUSEUM AT WASHINGTON....

            • john bull
            • locomotive
            • bordentown
            • new jersey
            • railroad
            • 1831

            Arnie Jackson & Shimon

              Kooper

                Saint Hubert Parish

                Established 1907byArchbishop Blenk - New OrleansFr. Tessier, first PastorFormer church destroyed 1965Hurricane BetsyNew church built 1967-Fr. ArjonillaHall built 1976-rectory 1980-Fr. Caluda

                Established 1907byArchbishop Blenk - New OrleansFr. Tessier, first PastorFormer church destroyed 1965Hurricane BetsyNew church built 1967-Fr. ArjonillaHall built 1976-rectory 1980-Fr. Caluda

                • louisiana
                • church
                • catholic

                The Story of the Louisiana Iris

                Long ago in the beginning,When the cypress swamps were infants,Grew the iris, blue as heaven,And the russet, of the autumn...Now, they did not grow together,Lake and forest lay between them.Just...

                Long ago in the beginning,When the cypress swamps were infants,Grew the iris, blue as heaven,And the russet, of the autumn...Now, they did not grow together,Lake and forest lay between them.Just...

                • louisiana
                • flower
                • poem

                Pacific Squirrel Temple

                Pacific Squirrel Temple Stadium Rim Way & Centenial Dr. On this spot, the original Pacific Coast temple to the mighty squirrel god Dale, a most loving caregiver deity within the squirrel pantheon....

                Pacific Squirrel Temple Stadium Rim Way & Centenial Dr. On this spot, the original Pacific Coast temple to the mighty squirrel god Dale, a most loving caregiver deity within the squirrel pantheon....

                • dale
                • shadow of her tail
                • eastern gray...

                Dead Indian Hill Summit

                  La Castrense

                    Burn Street

                    On 7th January 1860, at a Meeting ofTARBOLTON TOWN COUNCILit was resolved to officially name and number the streets and properties within the Town of Tarbolton.At that time BURN STREET, with 15...

                    On 7th January 1860, at a Meeting ofTARBOLTON TOWN COUNCILit was resolved to officially name and number the streets and properties within the Town of Tarbolton.At that time BURN STREET, with...

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