CUT OFF CIRCA LATE 1850'S TRACES OF A"CUT OFF" CANAL LINKING BAYOU LAFOURCHE WITH LAKE SALVADOR CAN BE SEEN TODAY. THOUGH NEVER SERVING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AS A SHORT CUT TO NEW ORLANS, THE CANAL...
In Loving Memory of Vera Mae Cowart From her caring came her courage Submitted by: Abby
Edison's Home, Glenmont In 1886 Thomas Edison bought Glenmont as a gift for his bride, Mina Miller. After moving in, Edison said that the 23-room Victorian mansion was "a great deal too nice for...
Llewellyn Park In 1853 New York merchant Llewellyn S. Haskell hired architect Alexander Jackson Davis to transform an old farmhouse on the eastern slope of Orange Mountain. Impressed with the...
WOMEN'S Heritage Trail Mina Miller Edison was not content simply to be the wife of America's most famous inventor. As a devout Methodist, she firmly believed that each individual possesses the...
ACS Chemistry for Life National Historic Chemical Landmark Thomas Edison, Chemist Thomas Edison National Historical Park National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior West Orange,...
Garage Built in 1908 with Edison Portland Cement, construction of this garage gave Thomas Edison experience in using concrete as a building material. Although it was built with...
THIS BUILDING IS A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL "BLACK MARIA", THE WORLD'S FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON THE FOUNDER OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY....
The Black Maria Thomas Edison's interest in motion pictures began with an idea "for an instrument that does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear, which is the recording and...
Making Movies Edison National Historic Site New Jersey National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior In 1893 the Black Maria became the world's first building constructed as a...
CATCH THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN West Orange WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY BRENDAN BYRNE 1924-2018 BRENDAN BYRNE (1924-2018) GREW UP ON PROSPECT PLACE, ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE AT ST. JOHN'S...
NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL FOUNDED 1869 Submitted by @lampbane
"For the sake of peace, love, and nothing but that..." referring to the break with the Asbury Methodist Church of Wilmington, Reverend Peter Spencer The August Quarterly, originally known as the...