Bristol Basin
BRISTOL BASIN BENEATH THIS EAST RIVER DRIVE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK LIE STONES, BRICKS AND RUBBLE FROM THE BOMBED CITY OF BRISTOL IN ENGLAND... BROUGHT HERE IN BALLAST FROM...
- new york
- bristol
- wwii
- oaken-hearted
- england
Lighthouse at Cape Point
DESIGNED SPECIFIED AND DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER GORDON CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE IRON TOWER BY VICTORIA FOUNDRYGREENWICHLANTERN & LIGHTS BY DEVILLE & CoLONDON 1857 Submitted by @windupanna.
- africa
- south africa
- lighthouse
- iron
- lantern
W. K. Kellogg
W. K. KELLOGG 1860 -1951 THE KELLOGG HOUSE BUILT BY W. K. KELLOGG IN 1918 AT 256 WEST VAN BUREN STREET AND USED AS HIS FAMILY HOME UNTIL 1924. THIS HOUSE WAS MOVED TO THIS SITE IN 1990, BY THE...
- kellogg
- battlecreek
- michigan
- corn flakes
This Memorial Grove of Maple Trees
- albany
- california
- bay area
- wwii
To Honor the Memory of Willie D. Tatmon III
This tree was planted November 13, 2007 to honor the memory of Oakland Citizen Willie D. Tatmon, III He will forever be a shining example for others to follow. Thank you for your courage and inspiration.
- oakland
- california
- tree
- tatmon
Hotel De Vilbiss
HOTEL DE VILBISS JOHN DE VILBISS CROSSED THE PLAINS IN 1865 AND BY 1869 HAD SETTLED IN YOLO COUNTY. HE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HOTEL IN THE FALL OF 1899 AND WHEN IT WAS COM-PLETED, AT A COST OF...
- ecv
- winters
- california
- hotel
- west side of...
- capay
We Mourn Our Loss
S.F.F.D DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY RESPONDING FROM THIS FIREHOUSE "WE MOURN OUR LOSS" DEDICATED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 798 I.A.F.F JOHN J WILKINSON Hose Co 5 2/10/1887 JOHN...
- fire fighters
- fire
- mourn
- line of duty
Christ Church
Christ Church Founded, 1695. Erection of present building begun in 1727. Bells were brought from England in 1754. Among the noted persons buried here are James Wilson and Robert Morris, Signers of...
- christ church
- philadelphia
- old city
- pennsylvania
- declaration ...
- american revolution
Harriet Tubman
The plaque's wording '...frequented this site..' implies a vagabond existence. But she lived in this Auburn NY house for many years. In the years immediately preceding the civil war and...
- underground railroad
- tubman
- alan reno
- auburn
- new york
- ny
- slavery
First Bridge Made by White Men
If placed today, I'm sure the wording would be different than what was used in 1932. 'Site of First Bridge Made by White Men in the town of Parishville 1809' The river spanned is the West Branch...
- parishville
- bridge
- alan reno
- river
Grave of Eleazer Williams
During the chaos of the French Revolution, numerous blue-bloods, nobles and their retainers managed to slip out of France. Escaping execution thru bribery, favors owed and disguise, they...
- eleazer williams
- french revolution
- alan reno
- lost dauphin...
Almanzo Wilder Homestead
Boyhood home and farm of Al Wilder, future husband of 'Little House on the Prairie' books, Laura Ingalls Wilder. She used his recollections of sylvan youth for some of her writings....
- wilder
- farmer boy novel
- 19th century books
- malone
Blue Star Memorial Marker
In 1917, U. S. Army Capt. Robert Queisser designed a banner featuring a Blue Star to honor his two sons serving in WW I. During WW II, National Garden Clubs have erected Blue Star Memorial Markers...
- memorial arm...
Solomon Northup
SOLOMON NORTHUP BORN 1808 A FREE MAN. LURED FROM SARATOGA, KIDNAPPED & SOLD INTO SLAVERY, 1841; RESCUED 1853. AUTHOR, "TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE". CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS 1999 Submitted by @CGOMalley
- slavery
- twelve years a slave
- saratoga
- new york
Jersey City: Cathedral of Oviedo
CATHEDRAL OF OVIEDO A GIFT FROM THE CITIZENS OF OVIEDO TO THE CITIZENS OF JERSEY CITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP OF BOTH CITIES AND THE MAYORS BEING GABINO DE...
- jersey city
- new jersey
- cathedral
- oviedo
Necklace of Lights
NECKLACE OF LIGHTS With the foresight and leadership of the Late Merritt Breakfast Club, original sponsor of Children's Fairyland, and the inspiration of Emelyn K. Jewett, the Necklace of Lights...
- oakland
- califorinia
- merritt
- jewett
Liberty Hall
- lawrence
- kansas
- newspaper
- publish
- opera
- herald of freedom
- civil war
- abolition
During the Sack of Lawrence by Sheriff Samuel Jones
KAW VALLEY INTERURBAN THE KANSAS FREE STATE PRESS LOCATED NEAR THIS SITE BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION DURING THE SACK OF LAWRENCE BY SHERIFF JONES, MAY 21, 1856 DEPOT FOR ELECTRIC RAIL SERVICE 1917 -...
- civil war
- kaw valley
- interurban
- brewery
- rail service
- seige
- press
- kansas
- lawrence
Lawrence City Library
LAWRENCE CITY LIBRARY CONSTRUCTED 1903 - 1904 THIS CARNEGIE LIBRARY HOUSED THE LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1904 - 1972 DESIGNED BY GEORGE A. BERLINGNOF IN THE BEAUX ARTS STYLE REAR ADDITION WAS A...
- library
- lawrence
- kansas
- carnegie
To The Cause Of Education
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- library
- education
- placheck
- shallenberger
- dowd