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Brooklyn Heights Historic District / Brooklyn Historical Society

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1965...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn heights
  • national par...
  • 1965
  • 1881
  • 1991

Brooklyn Public Library Prospect Branch (Park Slope Branch)

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDED 1897 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROSPECT BRANCH GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK A.D. 1904 CARNEGIE FUND COMMITTEE DAVID A. BOODY DANIEL W....

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDED 1897 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROSPECT BRANCH GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK A.D. 1904 CARNEGIE FUND COMMITTEE DAVID A. BOODY DANIEL...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • park slope
  • library
  • brooklyn pub...
  • 1897
  • 1904

Thomas Demoss Wood

  • semper in an...

Cornelis Lely statue dedication by Queen Juliana

My poor attempt at translating it follows: Cornelis Lely of Amsterdam As an engineer of the Zuiderze Association, he designed the closing and draining of the Zuiderzee (“South Sea”) for which he,...

My poor attempt at translating it follows: Cornelis Lely of Amsterdam As an engineer of the Zuiderze Association, he designed the closing and draining of the Zuiderzee (“South Sea”) for which he,...

  • statue
  • engineering
  • netherlands

Tennessee Pass in Colorado

THIS MEMORIAL IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO ______TENNESSEE PASSACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN THEARKANSAS AND EAGLE RIVERSALTITUDE 10,424 FEETNAMED FROM THE TENNESSEE FORK OFTHE...

THIS MEMORIAL IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO ______TENNESSEE PASSACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN THEARKANSAS AND EAGLE RIVERSALTITUDE 10,424 FEETNAMED FROM THE TENNESSEE FORK OFTHE...

  • highway 24
  • leadville
  • transportation
  • colorado
  • mountain passes

William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building

    San Francisco Bay Area rapid Transit District Berkeley Station 1972

      Amarillo Helium Plant

      Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

      Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

        Skykomish Hotel

          Maloney General Store

            Maloney Warehouse

              Wolf Creek Pass

                In Memory of the Officers and Crew of Schooner W. J. Pirrie

                • 1920

                Marine Grill Murals and Gate

                Frederick Dana March (1852-1961) Marine Grill Murals and Gate C. 1913 Glazed Terra Cotta and Cast Iron Gate Fabricated by Atlantic Terra Cotta Company Originally created for the McAlpin Hotel's...

                Frederick Dana March (1852-1961) Marine Grill Murals and Gate C. 1913 Glazed Terra Cotta and Cast Iron Gate Fabricated by Atlantic Terra Cotta Company Originally created for the McAlpin...

                • new york
                • manhattan
                • downtown manhattan
                • financial district
                • south street seaport
                • fulton street
                • 1913
                • 2000
                • 2011

                Marine Corps Officers' Quarters 8

                  The Curtis Sheep Slaughter of 1903

                  Submitted by @larrycebula

                  Submitted by @larrycebula

                    Brooklyn Public Library, Brighton Beach Branch

                    THE CITY OF NEW YORK DAVID N. DINKINS MAYOR ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN COMPTROLLER ANDREW J. STEIN PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL HOWARD GOLDEN PRESIDENT BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN SAMUEL HORWITZ MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL...

                    THE CITY OF NEW YORK DAVID N. DINKINS MAYOR ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN COMPTROLLER ANDREW J. STEIN PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL HOWARD GOLDEN PRESIDENT BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN SAMUEL HORWITZ MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL...

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • brighton beach
                    • brooklyn pub...
                    • library
                    • david dinkins
                    • howard golden
                    • 1991

                    Brooklyn Public Library, Mapleton Branch

                    CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT F WAGNER MAYORABE STARK PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILLAWRENCE E. CEROSA COMPTROLLER JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY MAPLETON BRANCH DESIGN...

                    CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT F WAGNER MAYORABE STARK PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILLAWRENCE E. CEROSA COMPTROLLER JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY MAPLETON BRANCH DESIGN...

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • mapleton
                    • brooklyn pub...
                    • library
                    • robert wagner
                    • abe stark
                    • 1955

                    Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge Branch Library

                    THE CITY OF NEW YORKROBERT F WAGNER MAYORABE STARK PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILLAWRENCE ENCEROSA COMPTROLLER JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY BAY RIDGE BRANCH...

                    THE CITY OF NEW YORKROBERT F WAGNER MAYORABE STARK PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILLAWRENCE ENCEROSA COMPTROLLER JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY BAY RIDGE BRANCH...

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • bay ridge
                    • brooklyn pub...
                    • library
                    • robert wagner
                    • abe stark
                    • 1959

                    Bay Ridge Reading Club

                    ERECTED BY THE BAY RIDGE READING CLUB OPENED AS A FREE LIBRARY IN 1897 PRESENTED TO THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY JANUARY 1st 1901Submitted by @lampbane

                    ERECTED BY THE BAY RIDGE READING CLUB OPENED AS A FREE LIBRARY IN 1897 PRESENTED TO THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY JANUARY 1st 1901Submitted by @lampbane

                    • new york
                    • brooklyn
                    • bay ridge
                    • brooklyn pub...
                    • library
                    • bay ridge re...
                    • 1897
                    • 1901