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Jackie Robinson

IN THIS BUILDING  on April 10th, 1947 JACKIE ROBINSON RECEIVED HIS HISTORIC CALL FROM THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND CHANGED AMERICA HE LIVED ON THE 11TH FLOOR IN ROOM 1169 OF THE FORMER MCALPIN...

IN THIS BUILDING  on April 10th, 1947 JACKIE ROBINSON RECEIVED HIS HISTORIC CALL FROM THE BROOKLYN DODGERS AND CHANGED AMERICA HE LIVED ON THE 11TH FLOOR IN ROOM 1169 OF THE FORMER...

  • baseball
  • african american
  • dodgers
  • jackie robinson

Major General John Stark

Submitted by @loganpass

Submitted by @loganpass

    Bell Tower

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • frank lloyd wright
    • boice
    • youngker
    • 1978

    Donated to the Port of San Francisco

      The Pioneer Mariani Family

        Dave Fowler, Chief Engineer, Ghirardelli Square

          Ghirardelli Square

            Raymonnd James Sontag, Ehrman Professor of HIstory

              John Galen Howard

                Memorial Glade

                  Memorial Pool

                    Le Conte

                      Jack London 1876-1916

                        Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.

                        • oakland
                        • ellis
                        • grubb
                        • redevelopment
                        • jack london square
                        • heinold's

                        Origins of Oakland

                        • jack london square
                        • oakland

                        Public School 166

                        PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH-CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET THE...

                        PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH- CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET...

                          W. T. Stead

                            Central Louisiana State Hospital Cemetery

                            Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                            Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                            • louisiana
                            • cemetery

                            Oakland Hall

                            In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                            In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                              Smith's Landing

                              A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means of...

                              A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means...

                              • louisiana
                              • railroad