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St. Paul's Chapel

    Stringtown Shootout

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by jackgrayphotography, full page.License is Attribution License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by jackgrayphotography, full page.License is Attribution License

      RCA Studio B

        Andemmua ai Frati 1618-2018

          Las Meteoritas

            Cal Campanile Carillon

            THE CLASS OF 1928 GIFT  ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS GRADUATION, THE CLASS OF 1928,  WITH PRIDE AND AFFECTION FOR ITS ALMA MATER, PRESENTED THIS GIFT OF THIRTY SIX BELLS TO CREATE A CARILLON...

            THE CLASS OF 1928 GIFT  ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS GRADUATION, THE CLASS OF 1928,  WITH PRIDE AND AFFECTION FOR ITS ALMA MATER, PRESENTED THIS GIFT OF THIRTY SIX BELLS TO CREATE A CARILLON...

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            The Young Ladies Club

            GIVEN BY THE ALUMNAE OF REDIVIVA  TO COMMEMORATE ITS PREDECESSOR, THE YOUNG LADIES CLUB FIRST WOMENS ORGANIZATION ON THIS CAMPUS, FOUNDED 1874 NEAR THIS SITE

            GIVEN BY THE ALUMNAE OF REDIVIVA  TO COMMEMORATE ITS PREDECESSOR, THE YOUNG LADIES CLUB FIRST WOMENS ORGANIZATION ON THIS CAMPUS, FOUNDED 1874 NEAR THIS SITE

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            • drinking fountain
            • cal
            • rediviva
            • 1874

            Oak Alley Plantation

            Built (1837-39) by Jacques T. Roman, this fine example of Greek Revival architecture is famous for its alley of 28 evenly spaced live oak trees, believed to be at least 100 years older than "Big...

            Built (1837-39) by Jacques T. Roman, this fine example of Greek Revival architecture is famous for its alley of 28 evenly spaced live oak trees, believed to be at least 100 years older than...

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            • plantation

            Peace Fountain

              Lakeside Inn

              Known as Ames Grove, this property served as a picnic ground and recreation area beginning in the 1880s. John Aylesworth purchased the property in 1901 and opened the Lakeside Inn in this building...

              Known as Ames Grove, this property served as a picnic ground and recreation area beginning in the 1880s. John Aylesworth purchased the property in 1901 and opened the Lakeside Inn in this...

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              Seattle Chinatown Gate

                The Berkeley Pit

                  First Steam Railroad in Upper Peninsula

                  On this site in 1852, the Green Bay and Lake Superior Rail-Road began the survey which led to the construction of the first steam railroad in the Upper Peninsula. The railroad ran from Marquette...

                  On this site in 1852, the Green Bay and Lake Superior Rail-Road began the survey which led to the construction of the first steam railroad in the Upper Peninsula. The railroad ran from Marquette...

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                  Surfers

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                  • surfing

                  Gratiot County

                  This county was named for General Charles Gratiot, builder of Fort Gratiot at Port Huron in 1814. A few Chippewas and other Indians lived in the area in 1831 when the county was laid out. A...

                  This county was named for General Charles Gratiot, builder of Fort Gratiot at Port Huron in 1814. A few Chippewas and other Indians lived in the area in 1831 when the county was laid out. A...

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                  Françoise Fraeyman

                  SUNSET, SAFFRON-VERMILION  FLUID CREATION, THE TIME OF A WISH IN MEMORY OF FRANCOISE FRAEYMAN

                  SUNSET, SAFFRON-VERMILION  FLUID CREATION, THE TIME OF A WISH IN MEMORY OF FRANCOISE FRAEYMAN

                  • oakland
                  • eastbay
                  • cellojoe
                  • hiking
                  • walks

                  John Wesley Woodward, Bandsman on the S.S. Titanic

                  TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF  JOHN WESLEY WOODARD  BANDSMAN ON THE S.S. TITANIC  WHO WITH HIS COMRADES  NOBLY PERFORMED HIS DUTY TO THE LAST  WHEN THE SHIP SAN  AFTER COLLISION WITH AN...

                  TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF  JOHN WESLEY WOODARD  BANDSMAN ON THE S.S. TITANIC  WHO WITH HIS COMRADES  NOBLY PERFORMED HIS DUTY TO THE LAST  WHEN THE SHIP SAN  AFTER COLLISION WITH...

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                  • woodward
                  • 1912

                  Birthplace of the Asian American Movement

                  BIRTHPLACE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT  By the late 1960s, a new generation of political activists emerged in Berkeley from protests opposing the  Vietnam War and supporting the Farmworkers,...

                  BIRTHPLACE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT  By the late 1960s, a new generation of political activists emerged in Berkeley from protests opposing the  Vietnam War and supporting the Farmworkers,...

                    Bill Jacobson Memorial Water Fountain

                    In memory of Bill  JacobsonFather,  Friend,FishermanJan  14, 1908  - Jan  8,  2003

                    In memory of Bill  JacobsonFather,  Friend,FishermanJan  14, 1908  - Jan  8,  2003

                    • newport
                    • memorial
                    • water fountain
                    • oregon

                    S.S. Morro Castle Memorial

                    In MemoriamS.S. Morro CastleSeptember 8, 1934This monument is dedicated to the 137 passengers and crew of the S.S. Morro Castle who lost their lives on September 8, 1934 when the ship burned off...

                    In MemoriamS.S. Morro CastleSeptember 8, 1934This monument is dedicated to the 137 passengers and crew of the S.S. Morro Castle who lost their lives on September 8, 1934 when the ship burned off...