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May God Continue the Unity of Our Country

ECV  NILES CALIF.  "MAY GOD CONTINUE THE UNITY OF OUR  COUNTRY AS THIS RAILROAD UNITES THE  TWO GREAT OCEANS OF THE WORLD " THE GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY AT PROMONTORY  UTAH IN MAY OF 1889 UNITED THE ...

ECV  NILES CALIF.  "MAY GOD CONTINUE THE UNITY OF OUR  COUNTRY AS THIS RAILROAD UNITES THE  TWO GREAT OCEANS OF THE WORLD " THE GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY AT PROMONTORY  UTAH IN MAY OF 1889 UNITED THE ...

  • ecv
  • transcontinental
  • railroad
  • gold spike
  • promontory utah
  • 1869
  • vallejo

Alamo Grammar School

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Essanay Film Studio

    ESSANAY FILM STUDIO  The western branch studio of the Essanay Film  Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913  to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that  purpose in Northern...

    ESSANAY FILM STUDIO  The western branch studio of the Essanay Film  Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913  to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that  purpose in...

      Gropius House

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      • bauhaus
      • architect

      The Bankers' Building

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        Site of St. Mary's Catholic Church

        SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

        SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

          Sen Lee

          Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

          Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

            Lorna Slocombe

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              The Soldiers and Sailors of Cambridge

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              • civil war
              • lincoln
              • maintenance
              • 1869

              Jan Vohrs From Her Book Group

              • book group

              Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

              Submitted by Ben Becker.

              Submitted by Ben Becker.

              • louise ayer hatheway

              This Building Was Presented to the City of Oakland

              • chauncey w. gibson
              • library
              • oakland

              Lake Temescal Detention Pond

              • detention pond

              The Railroad History of Lake Temescal

                Bruce Lee Statue Project

                Bruce Lee Statue Project Groundbreaking June 15, 2013 Dedication September 28, 2018   The Bruce Lee Statue Project is a community initiative aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce Lee...

                Bruce Lee Statue Project Groundbreaking June 15, 2013 Dedication September 28, 2018   The Bruce Lee Statue Project is a community initiative aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce...

                • bruce lee
                • statue
                • chinatown

                THe 100-Inch Hooker Telescope

                THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar telescopes...

                THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar...

                • telescope
                • mt. wilson
                • science
                • astronomy

                Dylan Thomas in Tenby

                Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                • dylan thomas
                • poets

                Burlington Street

                Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long years...

                Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long...

                • new zealand
                • dunedin
                • street name
                • amenities society

                McDonald Garden

                McDonald GardenTranscriptionThis garden has been planted byThe Society of the Friends of FirstChurch in remembrance ofMr Stuart McDonald M.C.and Mrs Gladye McDonanald M.B.E.Founders of the Society...

                McDonald GardenTranscriptionThis garden has been planted byThe Society of the Friends of FirstChurch in remembrance ofMr Stuart McDonald M.C.and Mrs Gladye McDonanald M.B.E.Founders of the Society...

                • new zealand
                • dunedin
                • garden
                • first church

                Macandrew Bay Memorial Centre

                Transcription:To the fallen they sought the honour of their country. They found the glory of God.World Wars1914 - 1918Marshall A. Menzies J. Phair R.1939 - 1945Coombe G. Hook R.D. Miller...

                Transcription:To the fallen they sought the honour of their country. They found the glory of God.World Wars1914 - 1918Marshall A. Menzies J. Phair R.1939 - 1945Coombe G. Hook R.D....

                • new zealand
                • mcandrew bay
                • war memorial
                • wwi
                • wwii