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    Front Street

    Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're Battle...

    Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Oregon Wheat Fields

    • oregon
    • 1840s
    • food cargo
    • wheat seed
    • moro

    Henry W. Howe (Mush)

    • brownsville
    • oregon
    • harley davidson
    • mush
    • 1945
    • tree

    Historic Oakland

    HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW TOWN. FIRES...

    HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW...

    • oakland
    • oregon
    • mainly agricultural

    J. Frank Devendorf

    J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER-FRIEND  REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA FOUNDED 1900  "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVES THE PLAN, BUT WILL IS...

    J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER- FRIEND  REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE- SEA FOUNDED 1900  "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVES THE PLAN, BUT WILL...

    • carmel
    • california
    • edwina
    • devendorf

    Depoe Bay Bridge

    DEPOE BAY BRIDGE  BUILT UNDER CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION  KUCKENBERG - WITTMAN CONTRACTORS - 1926  ODOM CONSTRUCTION...

    DEPOE BAY BRIDGE  BUILT UNDER CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION  KUCKENBERG - WITTMAN CONTRACTORS - 1926  ODOM CONSTRUCTION...

    • depoe bay
    • bridge

    Erie Canal

    Erie Canal THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND CULTURE,...

    Erie Canal THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND...

      Manufacturing History at the Corner of Norris & Forest

      Manufacturing History at the Corner of Norris & Forest   Manufacturing here spanned most of the 20th Century, reflecting the changing economy of Ypsilanti and in America.  In 1907 the Ypsilanti...

      Manufacturing History at the Corner of Norris & Forest   Manufacturing here spanned most of the 20th Century, reflecting the changing economy of Ypsilanti and in America.  In 1907 the...

        Ada B. Thomas

        LADY OF THE LAKE ADA B. THOMAS 1913-2010 INSPIRING FRIEND TO ALL, ATHLETE AND BLUES WOMAN. "HANG TUFF! GOD IS GOOD!" Submitted by Darren Platt.

        LADY OF THE LAKE ADA B. THOMAS 1913-2010 INSPIRING FRIEND TO ALL, ATHLETE AND BLUES WOMAN. "HANG TUFF! GOD IS GOOD!" Submitted by Darren Platt.

        • san francisco
        • california
        • bay area
        • blues

        John Rinks, Jr.

        In Memory of John Rinks, Jr. "Jack" For his Community Service Placed by the  Linn Co. Pioneer Assn June 2006

        In Memory of John Rinks, Jr. "Jack" For his Community Service Placed by the  Linn Co. Pioneer Assn June 2006

        • brownsville
        • oregon
        • community service
        • pioneer

        Saint Teresa of Avila, "The Birds"

        Submitted by Jon Jenkins

        Submitted by Jon Jenkins

          Josiah T. Settle1850-1915

          After a noted legal and legislative career in Mississippi, Settle came to Memphis in 1885. During the late 1880's he served as Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Court of Shelby County, an...

          After a noted legal and legislative career in Mississippi, Settle came to Memphis in 1885. During the late 1880's he served as Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Court of Shelby County, an...

          • shelby county
          • tennessee

          Al Attles

            THESE PLATFORMS ARE DEDICATED TO ALL WHO PULL

            THE WEST COAST TUG-O-WAR ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR PROVIDING THE MATERIALS, LABOR AND SPACE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PULLING PLATFORMS CITY OF BROWNSVILLE CARLSON...

            THE WEST COAST TUG-O-WAR ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR PROVIDING THE MATERIALS, LABOR AND SPACE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PULLING PLATFORMS CITY OF...

            • brownsville
            • oregon
            • tug-o-war
            • pull

            Depoe Bay Wayside

            • depoe bay
            • oregon

            Second Congregational Church

            Founded by the American Missionary Association in 1868, Second Congregational Church was originally at 239 Orleans. It was a chapel for LeMoyne Normal Institute. The present church, designed and...

            Founded by the American Missionary Association in 1868, Second Congregational Church was originally at 239 Orleans. It was a chapel for LeMoyne Normal Institute. The present church, designed and...

            • shelby county
            • tennessee

            Vada Pinson

            • oakland
            • cardinals
            • 286
            • coliseum

            Kanrin Maru

            1860  2010 COMMEMORATION The 150th Anniversary of the First Japanese Vessel to San Francisco 150 YEARS

            1860  2010 COMMEMORATION The 150th Anniversary of the First Japanese Vessel to San Francisco 150 YEARS

            • 1860
            • san francisco
            • embarcadero
            • japan

            Paragon Station

            Opened in 1848, and substantially enlarged to a design by William Bell in 1904,  PARAGON STATION  was the principal Hull passenger station of the North Eastern Railway which, with its dock,...

            Opened in 1848, and substantially enlarged to a design by William Bell in 1904,  PARAGON STATION  was the principal Hull passenger station of the North Eastern Railway which, with its...

            • paragon
            • hull
            • station
            • railway