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Henrietta K. Rosman

    By A Friend of the Sculptor

      San Francisco WWI and WWII Memorial

        American Bison

          Caples House

          Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

          Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

            Dr Charles Caples House Orchard

            Submitted by @Ritterton.

            Submitted by @Ritterton.

              For The U.S Life- Saving Service

              BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

              BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

                Ike & Marlene Dweck / Victor & Cheryl Azrak

                THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן מאסו...

                THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן...

                • brooklyn
                • gravesend
                • cornerstone
                • ike dweck
                • marlene dweck
                • victor azrak
                • cheryl azrak

                Kim's Video at the Alamo Drafthouse

                Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

                Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

                • new york
                • downtown manhattan
                • kim's video
                • alamo drafthouse
                • salemi
                • italy
                • wall street

                Soonae Tark - Have a Happy Day

                Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

                Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

                • new york
                • the bronx
                • buhre avenue
                • mta
                • subway
                • art
                • soonae tark

                Brooklyn Celebrity Path - William M. Gaines

                Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

                Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

                • new york
                • brooklyn
                • brooklyn bot...
                • celebrity path
                • william m. gaines

                Paddling Jamaica Bay

                Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

                Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

                • new york
                • brooklyn
                • canarsie
                • jamaica bay
                • kayaking
                • canoeing

                Lee Shelley

                Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these sites...

                Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these...

                • new york
                • brooklyn
                • canarsie
                • jamaica bay
                • shirley chis...
                • lee shirley

                Edward Drinker Cope

                EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers describing...

                EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers...

                  Norwalk, Conneticut

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                    JFK Remarks at Amherst College

                      Twelve Oaks

                      Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant claim...

                      Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant...

                      • mississippi
                      • settlers

                      Jennie Orrell House

                      Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was moved...

                      Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was...

                      • mississippi
                      • rail depot
                      • private home

                      St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church

                      Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African American...

                      Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African...

                      • mississippi
                      • church

                      Carter~Calloway House

                      Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

                      Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

                      • mississippi
                      • steamboat house
                      • architecture
                      • national reg...
                      • nrhp