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Kissing Under the Campanile

Iowa State University Campaniling This beloved campanile was built in 1898 and is home to the Stanton Memorial Carillon.  The carillon bells ring daily and tradition states that a student...

Iowa State University Campaniling This beloved campanile was built in 1898 and is home to the Stanton Memorial Carillon.  The carillon bells ring daily and tradition states that a...

    Atanasoff-Berry Computer

    Vacuum Tubes from the Atanasoff-Berry Computer The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first computer to utilize electronics in carrying out computer operations and digital arithmetic...

    Vacuum Tubes from the Atanasoff-Berry Computer The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the first computer to utilize electronics in carrying out computer operations and digital...

    • computer history

    Plaque at entrance to Horizon Village Resort, Chiang Mai

    Plaque posted on roundabout at entrance to Horizon Village/Tweechol Botanic Garden.TRANSCRIPTION: May all readers be blessed with perseverancesharp wisdom and complete physical health

    Plaque posted on roundabout at entrance to Horizon Village/Tweechol Botanic Garden.TRANSCRIPTION: May all readers be blessed with perseverancesharp wisdom and complete physical health

      Lorin Theater

       CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 Lorin Theater (Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church) Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1920, 1914 James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921 The popularity of early movies...

       CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 Lorin Theater (Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church) Hiram Lovell, Architect, 1920, 1914 James W. Plachek, Architect, 1921 The popularity of early movies...

      • berkeley
      • california
      • bay area
      • lorin
      • plachek

      Stanley Coulter Hall

      PRESENTED BY HIS FRIENDS ON  THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH JUNE SECOND, 1933 - TO STANLEY COULTER DISTINGUISHED BIOLOGIST, COUNSELOR, TEACHER, HUMANIST AND CONSERVATOR   Submitted by:...

      PRESENTED BY HIS FRIENDS ON  THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH JUNE SECOND, 1933 - TO STANLEY COULTER DISTINGUISHED BIOLOGIST, COUNSELOR, TEACHER, HUMANIST AND CONSERVATOR   Submitted by:...

      • stanley coulter
      • purdue university
      • west lafayette
      • indiana

      Anza House

      Submitted by @slim_bird .

      Submitted by @slim_bird .

      • san juan bautista
      • california
      • anza
      • mission
      • 1970

      Miller Park

      Submitted by@stuherrm. [Location approximate]

      Submitted by@stuherrm. [Location approximate]

      • chautauqua
      • new york
      • edison
      • miller

      Josephine Shaw Lowell (Hope to the Fainting)

      THIS FOUNTAIN COMMEMORATES THE STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER OF JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL 1843 - 1905 WIFE FOR ONE YEAR OF A PATRIOT SOLDIER WIDOW AT TWENTY ONE SERVANT OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN...

      THIS FOUNTAIN COMMEMORATES THE STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER OF JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL 1843 - 1905 WIFE FOR ONE YEAR OF A PATRIOT SOLDIER WIDOW AT TWENTY ONE SERVANT OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN...

      • fainting
      • hope
      • candid
      • sincere
      • lowell
      • patriot
      • new york
      • nyc
      • civil war

      Manny's Bridge

      Submitted by @BenWoolf Article about Manny

      Submitted by @BenWoolf Article about Manny

        First Church of Christ, Scientist

        CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1975   First Church of Christ, Scientist Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect, 1910 Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural...

        CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1975   First Church of Christ, Scientist Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect, 1910 Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural...

        • berkeley
        • california
        • bay area
        • maybeck
        • church
        • landmark

        Geoffrey Canada

        GEOFFREY CANADA THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE LIFELONG MISSION OF GEOFFREY CANADA, VISIONARY FOUNDER OF THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE AND PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS. LEADING A...

        GEOFFREY CANADA THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE LIFELONG MISSION OF GEOFFREY CANADA, VISIONARY FOUNDER OF THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE AND PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS. LEADING...

        • harlem
        • nyc
        • new york
        • poverty
        • anti-poverty
        • children's zone

        Who By Their Patriotism Courage and Devotion

        DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SEVENTH WARD LANCASTER, PA.  WHO BY THEIR PATRIOTISM COURAGE AND DEVOTION HELPED WIN  THE WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918  FOR HUMANITY, LIBERTY AND...

        DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SEVENTH WARD LANCASTER, PA.  WHO BY THEIR PATRIOTISM COURAGE AND DEVOTION HELPED WIN  THE WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918  FOR HUMANITY, LIBERTY...

        • lancaster
        • pennsylvania
        • wwi
        • seventh ward
        • the world war

        The World's First School of Journalism

        On this campus, the world's first School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams, September 1, 1908. Placed May 4, 1956, by Sigma Delta Chi, National Professional Journalistic Fraternity.   ...

        On this campus, the world's first School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams, September 1, 1908. Placed May 4, 1956, by Sigma Delta Chi, National Professional Journalistic Fraternity.   ...

        • mizzou
        • school of journalism
        • university o...

        The Salton Sea

        THE SALTON SEA ONCE CONNECTED TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, WATERS WITHIN THE SALTON BASIN EXTENDED NEARLY TO PALM SPRINGS. BECAUSE OF DEPOSITS FROM THE SILT LADEN COLORADO RIVER, THE NORTH END OF...

        THE SALTON SEA ONCE CONNECTED TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, WATERS WITHIN THE SALTON BASIN EXTENDED NEARLY TO PALM SPRINGS. BECAUSE OF DEPOSITS FROM THE SILT LADEN COLORADO RIVER, THE NORTH END OF...

        • ecv
        • salton sea
        • 99pi
        • colorado
        • yuma
        • california
        • sea
        • cahuilla
        • lakebed
        • runoff

        Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

        SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK  A LOCAL LANDMARK SINCE 1907, THIS BOARDWALK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMUSEMENT PARKS IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS NOW THE ONLY OCEANSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK OP-ERATING ON THE WEST...

        SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK  A LOCAL LANDMARK SINCE 1907, THIS BOARDWALK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMUSEMENT PARKS IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS NOW THE ONLY OCEANSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK OP-ERATING ON THE...

        • santa cruz
        • boardwalk
        • california

        Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldorf Cal Bear

        DOUGLAS VAN HOWD  UNITED STATES, B. 1935  CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR  1996  CAST BRONZE  IN MEMORY OF LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF CAL FOOTBALL COACH 1946-1956  GIFT OF PAPPY'S BOYS

        DOUGLAS VAN HOWD  UNITED STATES, B. 1935  CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR  1996  CAST BRONZE  IN MEMORY OF LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF CAL FOOTBALL COACH 1946-1956  GIFT OF PAPPY'S BOYS

        • berkeley
        • california
        • bay area
        • cal
        • football
        • pappy

        Jimmy Hammond

        DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF  JAMES F. "JIMMY" HAMMOND  A TRUER FRIEND A MAN NEVER HAD. MAY YOU FIND PEACE AND SERENITY IN THIS PLACE OF BEAUTY, FRIENDSHIP AND MEMORIES.  "I get by with a little...

        DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF  JAMES F. "JIMMY" HAMMOND  A TRUER FRIEND A MAN NEVER HAD. MAY YOU FIND PEACE AND SERENITY IN THIS PLACE OF BEAUTY, FRIENDSHIP AND MEMORIES.  "I get by with a little...

        • alberta
        • canada
        • crescent falls

        Henry E. Muhlenberg

        HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 ^^^ 1815 A LEADER AMONG THE PIONEER BOTANISTS OF AMERICA LIVED HERE DURING HIS LAST 35 YEARS WHEN THE STONE BUILDING WAS THE PARSONAGE OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  MARKED...

        HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 ^^^ 1815 A LEADER AMONG THE PIONEER BOTANISTS OF AMERICA LIVED HERE DURING HIS LAST 35 YEARS WHEN THE STONE BUILDING WAS THE PARSONAGE OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  MARKED...

        • lancaster
        • pennsylvania
        • botanists
        • parsonage

        First California State Fair

        Site of First California State Fair California's first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of "horses,...

        Site of First California State Fair California's first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of...

        • san francisco
        • bay area
        • california
        • state fair
        • 1854
        • 1861

        Bookworm

        "Bookworm" Located outside the Kingston branch of the State Library of Tasmania, LINC Tasmania.  It reads: The bookworm, complete with reading glasses and laying on a pile of books, was described...

        "Bookworm" Located outside the Kingston branch of the State Library of Tasmania, LINC Tasmania.  It reads: The bookworm, complete with reading glasses and laying on a pile of books, was described...

        • bookworm
        • council
        • library