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Public Broadcasting

PUBLIC  BROADCASTING  IN 1949, WILBUR SCHRAMM ORGANIZED A  CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, WHICH  LAID THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC  BROADCASTING IN THE...

PUBLIC  BROADCASTING  IN 1949, WILBUR SCHRAMM ORGANIZED A  CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, WHICH  LAID THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC  BROADCASTING IN THE...

    Eklutna Project 1950-1955

    Submitted by @knapjack

    Submitted by @knapjack

      Olympic Memorial Hospital

      OLYMPIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL  Olympic Memorial Hospital is located on property that was originally set aside  for hospital purposes by President Abraham Lincoln on June 10, 1862  The land-was...

      OLYMPIC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL  Olympic Memorial Hospital is located on property that was originally set aside  for hospital purposes by President Abraham Lincoln on June 10, 1862  The land-was...

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      Olympic Memorial Hospital

      Submitted by @Ritterton

      Submitted by @Ritterton

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      Robert L. Nehls

      In Tribute  to  ROBERT L. NEHLS  Member, Albany Board of Education  1964-1978 and 1980-1988  Whose long years of service to the Albany Schools and  generous support of Albany youth is an...

      In Tribute  to  ROBERT L. NEHLS  Member, Albany Board of Education  1964-1978 and 1980-1988  Whose long years of service to the Albany Schools and  generous support of Albany youth is an...

        Vienna

          Dalby

          This room is dedicated to  MICHAEL DALBY  and  THE DALBY FAMILY  In grateful recognition of  their generosity of spirit and  extraordinary commitment to  The Crowden School  June 6. 2002   

          This room is dedicated to  MICHAEL DALBY  and  THE DALBY FAMILY  In grateful recognition of  their generosity of spirit and  extraordinary commitment to  The Crowden School  June 6. 2002 

            Familie Schneider

              Franz Grillparzer 1791 - 1872

                Mancini

                With deep admiration  for their scholarly ideals  devotion to our children.  and gentle nobility  The Crowden School  dedicates this room to  its academic founders  PIERO and BRIGITTE  MANCINI ...

                With deep admiration  for their scholarly ideals  devotion to our children.  and gentle nobility  The Crowden School  dedicates this room to  its academic founders  PIERO and BRIGITTE ...

                  Vienna

                    Patton and Reed

                      Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

                        Gruta

                        EN ESTA GRUTO COMIO  EL SR GENERAL DIAZ  PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA  EL DIA 9 DE ABRIL DEL ANO DE 1906

                        EN ESTA GRUTO COMIO  EL SR GENERAL DIAZ  PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA  EL DIA 9 DE ABRIL DEL ANO DE 1906

                          Harvey Milk

                            Voices of the Past

                            VOICES OF THE PAST “FOR THIS SPOT I FELT A SACRED REVERENCE, AND NEVER COULD CONSENT TO LEAVE IT, WITHOUT BEING FORCED THERE FROM.” – BLACK HAWK’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY In the spring of 1828, officials of...

                            VOICES OF THE PAST “FOR THIS SPOT I FELT A SACRED REVERENCE, AND NEVER COULD CONSENT TO LEAVE IT, WITHOUT BEING FORCED THERE FROM.” – BLACK HAWK’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY In the spring of 1828, officials...

                              Voices of the Past

                              VOICES OF THE PAST “I HAD ONE CONSOLATION…ALL THE WOMEN WERE ON MY SIDE, ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR CORNFIELDS.” – BLACK HAWK’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Among the Sac as in many other American Indian cultures,...

                              VOICES OF THE PAST “I HAD ONE CONSOLATION…ALL THE WOMEN WERE ON MY SIDE, ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR CORNFIELDS.” – BLACK HAWK’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Among the Sac as in many other American Indian...

                                THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS OF SAVANNA

                                1828 – 1928 ON THIS GROUND STOOD THE INDIAN WIGWAM OCCUPIED BY AARON PIERCE AND HIS WIFE HARRIET BELLOWS PIERCE AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. NOVEMBER 4, 1828 THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS OF SAVANNA  ...

                                1828 – 1928 ON THIS GROUND STOOD THE INDIAN WIGWAM OCCUPIED BY AARON PIERCE AND HIS WIFE HARRIET BELLOWS PIERCE AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. NOVEMBER 4, 1828 THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS OF SAVANNA...

                                  Grant Hotel Facade

                                  1826 – 1976 Galena Grant Hotel Circa 1859 Fine example of sheet metal façade circa 1905 Erected by Galena Bicentennial Commission, 1976       Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

                                  1826 – 1976 Galena Grant Hotel Circa 1859 Fine example of sheet metal façade circa 1905 Erected by Galena Bicentennial Commission, 1976       Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

                                    First hydraulic elevator in Galena

                                    1826 – 1976 Galena Built by Lena Schmohl 1887 First hydraulic elevator Steam heat Occupied by St. Louis Store R. Fiddick, Ownder Erected by Galena Bicentennial Commission, 1976     Submitted by...

                                    1826 – 1976 Galena Built by Lena Schmohl 1887 First hydraulic elevator Steam heat Occupied by St. Louis Store R. Fiddick, Ownder Erected by Galena Bicentennial Commission, 1976     Submitted by...