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Mergenthaler House

A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

    Theodore Vacquer

    Submitted by @bibhistorique

    Submitted by @bibhistorique

      Coach Wayne Tuffy Williams

        Natlie Coughlin

          In Memory of the Founders of Mission San Rafael Arcangel

            Marin Indian Warrior

              Colonel H. Weir Cook

                Tree of Life

                TREE OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN MARIN

                TREE OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN MARIN

                  MARGARET STRATFORD

                  IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STRATFORD

                  IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STRATFORD

                    May This Tree

                    MAY THIS TREE, DEDICATED [IN? TO?] THE MEMORY OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD SPENT IN SAN RAFAEL, INSPIRE FUTURE [GENERATI?] ONS TO CHERISH [?]T ALL TREES

                    MAY THIS TREE, DEDICATED [IN? TO?] THE MEMORY OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD SPENT IN SAN RAFAEL, INSPIRE FUTURE [GENERATI?] ONS TO CHERISH [?]T ALL TREES

                      Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station 1990

                      In 1990, construction of the largest prefabricated power plant in the world, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station, was completed 40 miles south of Vidalia. It was the vision of Mayor...

                      In 1990, construction of the largest prefabricated power plant in the world, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station, was completed 40 miles south of Vidalia. It was the vision of...

                      • louisiana
                      • hydroelectric
                      • power
                      • electricity

                      We Lived & Died Here

                      "Let's teach (our children) that even in a life Such as this, our hearts do not despair, that, although wwe left behind many material things, we did not leave our courage, our fortitude, and our...

                      "Let's teach (our children) that even in a life Such as this, our hearts do not despair, that, although wwe left behind many material things, we did not leave our courage, our fortitude, and...

                      • arkansas. wo...
                      • japanese-american
                      • concentration camps

                      Arkansas State Flag History

                      In 1912, Secretary of State Earle Hodges (1911-1917) and the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a competition to produce a design for Arkansas’s first state...

                      In 1912, Secretary of State Earle Hodges (1911-1917) and the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored a competition to produce a design for Arkansas’s first state...

                      • arkansas
                      • flag
                      • dar

                      Matt Biondi Olympiad XXIV Town of Moraga

                        Arthur Amos

                          Marjorie Amos

                            Crossroads Mini Park

                              Crossroads Mini Park

                                Ann's Fountain

                                  Orinda Post Office