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American Flag Raised

1846  AMERICAN FLAG RAISED AT MONTEREY  With the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico, Commodore John Drake Sloat, as commander of the Pacific fleet, raises the American flag at the Custom House...

1846  AMERICAN FLAG RAISED AT MONTEREY  With the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico, Commodore John Drake Sloat, as commander of the Pacific fleet, raises the American flag at the Custom House...

  • monterey
  • california
  • 1846
  • mexico
  • annexation
  • pacific fleet
  • sloat

City of Livermore Water Reclamation Plant, Phase V. Expansion

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

  • livermore
  • california
  • water reclamation
  • phase v

Let Peace Blossom

LET PEACE BLOSSOM CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE APRIL 1990 

LET PEACE BLOSSOM CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR PEACE APRIL 1990 

  • laguna woods
  • california
  • park

Lief Erikson in Los Angeles

LEIF ERIKSON EXPLORER LANDED IN AMERICA YEAR 1000

LEIF ERIKSON EXPLORER LANDED IN AMERICA YEAR 1000

  • los angeles
  • california
  • park
  • leif erikson
  • statue

Buffalo Bill Museum

Buffalo Bill Museum Built in 1970 THE BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM HOUSES BUFFALO BILL MEMORABILIA, PROFESSOR JAMES RYAN EXHIBIT, THE GREEN TREE AND RIVER HISTORY MEMORABILIA. ADJACENT TO THE MUSEUM IS THE...

Buffalo Bill Museum Built in 1970 THE BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM HOUSES BUFFALO BILL MEMORABILIA, PROFESSOR JAMES RYAN EXHIBIT, THE GREEN TREE AND RIVER HISTORY MEMORABILIA. ADJACENT TO THE MUSEUM IS...

    Buffalo Bill

    LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846 SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS.  HIS...

    LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846 SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS....

      Lone Star Steamer

      THE STEAMER  LONE STAR BUILT 1868   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  THIS VESSEL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOOD-HULL DREDGES AND POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN...

      THE STEAMER  LONE STAR BUILT 1868   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  THIS VESSEL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOOD-HULL DREDGES AND POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE...

        The Only Service Station Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

        Took a side trip with @apocryphile to gas up at the only station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Cloquet, MN). And @readtheplaque of course.  Tweet Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt

        Took a side trip with @apocryphile to gas up at the only station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Cloquet, MN). And @readtheplaque of course.  Tweet Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt

        • 99pi
        • cloquet
        • minnesota
        • frank lloyd wright
        • gas station

        In Memory of Ernest Joseph McCormick

        BUILDT BY THE McCORMICK FAMILY ANDDEDICATED TO GOD.  IN MEMORY OF ERNEST JOSEPH McCORMICK  1892 - 1951

        BUILDT BY THE McCORMICK FAMILY ANDDEDICATED TO GOD.  IN MEMORY OF ERNEST JOSEPH McCORMICK  1892 - 1951

        • laguna woods
        • funeral home
        • 1892
        • 1951

        Jean MacAuley

        In Memory of Jean MacAuley With all our love family and friends 

        In Memory of Jean MacAuley With all our love family and friends 

        • laguna woods
        • california
        • bench

        Jack C. Rogers

        In Loving Memory of Jack C. Rogers from his family and friends 

        In Loving Memory of Jack C. Rogers from his family and friends 

        • laguna woods
        • california
        • bench

        Produced the Copper in the Statue of Liberty

        THIS STONE FROM THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE COPPER IN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BROUGHT WITH THE SAILING SHIP "SORLANDET" AS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN FROM THE CITIZENS OF KARMOY,...

        THIS STONE FROM THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE COPPER IN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BROUGHT WITH THE SAILING SHIP "SORLANDET" AS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN FROM THE CITIZENS OF KARMOY,...

        • new york
        • statue of liberty
        • copper
        • mine
        • karmoy
        • sorlandet
        • norway

        Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines

          IN MEMORY OF  FRANK E. PICKELLLE BERNARD W. ADAMS JAMES G. TORRENS TERESA M. TONOLE  Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines who lost their lives in an airplane disaster in...

          IN MEMORY OF  FRANK E. PICKELLLE BERNARD W. ADAMS JAMES G. TORRENS TERESA M. TONOLE  Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines who lost their lives in an airplane disaster in...

        • memorial
        • philippines
        • scap
        • airplane
        • airplane disaster

        Samoa Cookhouse Circa 1893

          SAMAO COOKHOUSE CIRCA 1893 THIS IS THE LAST LUMBER CAMP STYLE COOKHOUSE IN OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS COOKHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED AS PART OF SAMOA, ONE OF THE LAST COMPANY OWNED TOWNS...

          SAMAO COOKHOUSE CIRCA 1893 THIS IS THE LAST LUMBER CAMP STYLE COOKHOUSE IN OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS COOKHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED AS PART OF SAMOA, ONE OF THE LAST COMPANY OWNED TOWNS...

        • samoa
        • california
        • cookhouse
        • company town
        • dormer windows
        • meals

        Nancy, Viscountess Astor

        NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO...

        NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO...

        • wwii
        • plymouth
        • england
        • unflinching courage
        • formidable
        • worked tirelessly
        • darkest days

        Indiana University Bloomington Sundial

        Mathilda Zwicker Klorsch Otto Paul Klorsch Class of 1896 They met at this sundial when classmates Their ashes rest here Together until eternity

        Mathilda Zwicker Klorsch Otto Paul Klorsch Class of 1896 They met at this sundial when classmates Their ashes rest here Together until eternity

        • college
        • university
        • sundial
        • memorial
        • burial

        Fossils in Montmartre

        This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...

        This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...

        • 1700s
        • paleontology
        • 1790s
        • france
        • montmartre
        • cuvier

        Misión San Antonio de Padua

        Misión San Antonio de Padua(Turn off 5 miles north)Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the...

        Misión San Antonio de Padua(Turn off 5 miles north)Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the...

        • california
        • mission
        • junipero serra

        Seattle-Tacoma Airport Administration Building July 1949

        • seattle
        • tacoma
        • airport
        • washington
        • seatac
        • 1949
        • treadwell

        Cape Mendocino Lighthouse

        Lit Dec. 1, 1868, the light from its first order Fresnel lens swept 30 miles to sea. Decommissioned in 1951, the structure slowly began to inch toward the 422’ cliff. The light was dismantled in...

        Lit Dec. 1, 1868, the light from its first order Fresnel lens swept 30 miles to sea. Decommissioned in 1951, the structure slowly began to inch toward the 422’ cliff. The light was dismantled in...

        • cape mendocino
        • lighthouse
        • humboldt
        • e clampus vitus
        • ecv
        • lighthouse
        • lincoln
        • california