The Slinky Toy
This historic marker memorializes the first manufacturing site of the Slinky, one of the top selling toys of the 20th Century, in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Slinky was invented by mechanical...
- pennsylvania
- delaware county
- slinky
- toys
Friends of Noosa
Friends of Noosa This plaque records the incredible role played by Friends of Noosa in the re-establishment Noosa's Council. Friends of Noosa was a community organisation formed in 2007 to...
- government
- australia
- noosa
Polyhedron with 432 Symmetry
The polyhedron in the fountain is a snub cube, an Archimedean semi-regular solid derived from a cube, with all its edges of equal length. This shape was chosen for the central fountain in...
- cal tech
- science
Juana Maria
Indian woman abandoned on San Nicolas Island eighteen years. Found and brought to Santa Barbara by Capt. George Nidever in 1853. Note: Juana Maria died soon after being exposed to diseases on...
- native americans
- channel islands
- santa barbar...
- island of th...
Wilke Farmhouse
- 1898
- queen anne
Marsha Jean Corprew
MARSHA JEAN CORPREW 1948-2000 MARSHA J. CORPREW, AN AFRICAN - AMERICAN WOMAN, WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR LIONEL J. WILSON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMISSION IN 1977. SHE GAVE 22 ...
Lakeside Park Garden Center
Press Building
PRESS BUILDING The Press Building opened as the Pantages Theatre on August 5, 1912. Retail and office uses enveloped the building, with ground- floor tenants including a candy store,...
- hippodrome
- oakland
- vaudeville
The Cascades
On November 5, 1913, 40,000 people gathered here to witness the dedication of the Los Angeles - Owens River Aqueduct. The terminus of a 233-mile long engineering marvel, the Cascades were the site...
- natural resources
- los angeles
- aqueduct
Sylmar Earthquake
This tablet presented February 9, 1979, to the Veterans Memorial Park, in loving memory of the many veterans, nurses, and aides of the San Fernando Valley Veterans Hospital, whose lives were lost...
- disasters
- veterans
- earthquake
- memorial
- san fernando
- los angeles
Rogerio Rocha
Rogerio Rocha was born in 1801, in the village of Mapanga, and was baptized in the San Fernando Mission. Rocha became a well-known blacksmith in California. In Rocha's early years he became...
- native americans
Grand Central Air Terminal
Grand Central Air Terminal is an intact example of an early airport passenger terminal and serves as a physical record of pivotal events that helped shape the development of air travel and...
- aviation
- commerce
- transportation
- architecture
- entertainment
- free tours
Hang Gliding
On this site, May 23, 1971, with a gathering of enthusiasts for personal human flight, began the worldwide sport of Hang Gliding. (In 1971 a dozen Hang Glider pilots gathered here to fly...
- flying
- sports
- adventure
- aviation
Modern Times
End of an Era — Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times”. Near where you are now standing, silent film comic Charlie Chaplin, with Paulette Goddard at his side, appeared in the final scene of the epic...
- entertainment
- movies
- hollywood
Sylmar Tunnel Disaster
“Honoring The Lives”. On June 24, 1971, an explosion and fire took the lives of seventeen construction workers building a tunnel in Sylmar, California. The tunnel was being built for...
- disaster
- aqueduct
- construction
- sylmar earthquake
- memorial
Star House
The Star dance hall and brothel, early 1900sStar House Circa 1902Bootlegged booze, loose women, hot music and rowdy customers- One of Ketchikan's oldest buildings and the Territory of...
- star house
- ketchikan
- creek street
- alaska
- prohibition
- national reg...
- 1902
- brothel
Moss Fujii
- buddy bench
- 1965
- 6th grade
The Raven Totem Pole
The Raven Totem PoleThis pole was carved by Thomas Ukas in the middle 1960s. Mr. Ukas' father was William Ukas, also a noted and respected carver. William Ukas' works include the original...
- wrangell
- totem
- 1960s
- alaska
- thomas ukas
- post office
- native
The History Of Commercial Fishing In Wrangell, Alaska
The History Of Commercial Fishing In Wrangell, Alaska. The waters of Southeast Alaska have been fished by native inhabitants for many generations. The catch has been used for bartering and as...
- wrangell
- alaska
- fishing
- salmon
- herring
- crab
- ira merill
- brenda schwartz
- rod brown
- university o...
- school of fi...
- cannery
- hand troller
- purse seiner
- power troller
- gillnetter
- longliner
- crabber
- beam trawler
- 1990
Tongass National Forest
Tongass National ForestFacts:- Designated by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, the Tongass National Forest is over 100 years old.- At 16.9 Million acres, the largest national forest in the...
- tongass nati...
- wrangell
- alaska
- roosevelt
- 1907
- rainforest