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By Japanese Bomb Explosion

    WEYERHAUSER COMPANY    EASTERN OREGON REGION    IN MEMORY OF    ELSIE MITCHELL AGE 26    DICK PATZKE AGE 14    JAY GIFFORD AGE 13    EDWARD ENGEN AGE 13    JOAN PATZKE AGE 13    SHERMAN...

    WEYERHAUSER COMPANY    EASTERN OREGON REGION    IN MEMORY OF    ELSIE MITCHELL AGE 26    DICK PATZKE AGE 14    JAY GIFFORD AGE 13    EDWARD ENGEN AGE 13    JOAN PATZKE AGE 13   ...

  • oregon
  • wwii
  • japan
  • balloon
  • bomb

The Steam Donkey

THE STEAM DONKEY How the Dolbeer Donkey steam engine got its name, is one of the real mysteries of the West. Some folks say it was called a "donkey" because loggers thought it was too puny to...

THE STEAM DONKEY How the Dolbeer Donkey steam engine got its name, is one of the real mysteries of the West. Some folks say it was called a "donkey" because loggers thought it was too puny to...

  • steam
  • donkey
  • disneyland
  • anaheim
  • california

Pelton Wheel

THE PELTON WHEEL According to legend, Lester Pelton got his idea for a more powerful waterwheel from seeing a cow stick its nose into a stream of water. Patented in 1878, the divided metal cups of...

THE PELTON WHEEL According to legend, Lester Pelton got his idea for a more powerful waterwheel from seeing a cow stick its nose into a stream of water. Patented in 1878, the divided metal cups...

  • pelton
  • wheel
  • disneyland
  • anaheim

California Volunteers of the Spanish-American War

  • spanish american war
  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california

Bee Sting Death #2

BEE STING DEATH Second known in North America On May 12, 1814 Timothy Ryan died within one hour from anaphylaxis to Bee Sting. U.S. 2000 Est. 50 deaths/yr. M. Badger: Eagle Scout Project Submitted...

BEE STING DEATH Second known in North America On May 12, 1814 Timothy Ryan died within one hour from anaphylaxis to Bee Sting. U.S. 2000 Est. 50 deaths/yr. M. Badger: Eagle Scout Project Submitted...

  • new york
  • bee
  • sting
  • second

At the Burning of the Village by the British

ON THIS SITE WAS BUFFALO'S FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE BUILD 1807 - 8* DESTROYED DEC 30 1813 AT THE BURNING OF THE VILLAGE BY THE BRITISH ERECTED BY THE NIAGARA FRONTIER LANDMARK ASSOCIATION 1902 Submitted...

ON THIS SITE WAS BUFFALO'S FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE BUILD 1807 - 8* DESTROYED DEC 30 1813 AT THE BURNING OF THE VILLAGE BY THE BRITISH ERECTED BY THE NIAGARA FRONTIER LANDMARK ASSOCIATION 1902 Submitted...

  • buffalo
  • school
  • school house
  • war of 1812

Steroetomy, Mechanism, And Drawing

THE DENISON ARCHWAY SO NAMED IN HONOR OF HIM WHO SUGGESTED THE IDEA OF CONSTRUCTING IT. PROFESSOR CHARLES SIMEON DENISON.FOR FORTY-TWO YEARS TEACHER OF STEREOTOMY, MECHANISM, AND DRAWING IN THE...

THE DENISON ARCHWAY SO NAMED IN HONOR OF HIM WHO SUGGESTED THE IDEA OF CONSTRUCTING IT. PROFESSOR CHARLES SIMEON DENISON.FOR FORTY-TWO YEARS TEACHER OF STEREOTOMY, MECHANISM, AND DRAWING IN...

  • michigan
  • arch
  • archway
  • steroetomy
  • mechanism

Santa Fe Railroad Depot

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2001 SANTA FE RAILWAY DEPOTCharles Frederick Whittlesey, Architect1904 During the early 20th century, the Santa Fe Railroad provided three-day passenger and...

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2001 SANTA FE RAILWAY DEPOTCharles Frederick Whittlesey, Architect1904 During the early 20th century, the Santa Fe Railroad provided three-day passenger...

  • bay area
  • california
  • berkeley
  • railway
  • train
  • chicago
  • montessori

Jack London's Cabin

Jack London's Cabin In 1968 Russ Kingman, and area businessman with a passion for Jack London, headed an expedition to the Alaskan wilderness to authenticate a tiny cabin discovered in the woods...

Jack London's Cabin In 1968 Russ Kingman, and area businessman with a passion for Jack London, headed an expedition to the Alaskan wilderness to authenticate a tiny cabin discovered in the...

  • oakland
  • bay area
  • jack london square
  • california
  • cabin
  • alaska
  • jack london
  • half fake

Jack London Square Development

Jack London Square Development The building behind you was the Port of Oakland headquarters from late 1961 until 1990. An aluminum skin now covers what was a 1920s cold storage building, the...

Jack London Square Development The building behind you was the Port of Oakland headquarters from late 1961 until 1990. An aluminum skin now covers what was a 1920s cold storage building, the...

  • oakland
  • bay area
  • jack london square
  • california
  • inconsistent...
  • disrespect f...

Cheemah, Mother of the Spirit-Fire

Information about the Cheemah project here.

Information about the Cheemah project here.

  • oakland
  • bay area
  • jack london square
  • california
  • spirit
  • fire
  • spirit-fire
  • cheemah

Jack London Statue

 "I would rather be ashes than dust.I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in...

 "I would rather be ashes than dust.I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me...

  • oakland
  • bay area
  • jack london square
  • california

Morse Block

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1979  MORSE BLOCK Dickey and Reed, Architects, 1906  Charles Dickey, whose firm designed the Claremont Hotel and who practiced architecture extensively in...

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1979  MORSE BLOCK Dickey and Reed, Architects, 1906  Charles Dickey, whose firm designed the Claremont Hotel and who practiced architecture extensively in...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • mit
  • claremont
  • daylight store

Plaza de los Estudiantes por la Paz

It reads "Dedicated to all students of UCA who died victims of brutality in the fateful days of civil war, and in these times of peace so affected by violence. That their spilled blood be strength...

It reads "Dedicated to all students of UCA who died victims of brutality in the fateful days of civil war, and in these times of peace so affected by violence. That their spilled blood be...

  • tablet
  • war
  • students

The Presidents Tree

      Submitted by @MagneticCrow

      Submitted by @MagneticCrow

  • maryland
  • tree
  • presidents
  • civil war
  • lincoln

Gerstner Field

GERSTNER FIELD First military air field in Louisiana. US Army Signal Corps began training Nov 1917. Gerstner had 24 hangars and 90 other buildings. Almost 500 fighter pilots and instructors were...

GERSTNER FIELD First military air field in Louisiana. US Army Signal Corps began training Nov 1917. Gerstner had 24 hangars and 90 other buildings. Almost 500 fighter pilots and instructors were...

  • wwi
  • lousiana
  • airplane

That We Be Free

  Submitted by https://www.instagram.com/ahaburchak/

  Submitted by https://www.instagram.com/ahaburchak/

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • freedom

The First Subway Uniting the Boroughs

THIS TABLE IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SUBWAY UNITING THE BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN JANUARY * 9 * 1908 Courtesy https://www.instagram.com/chrishamby/

THIS TABLE IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SUBWAY UNITING THE BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN JANUARY * 9 * 1908 Courtesy https://www.instagram.com/chrishamby/

  • subway
  • new york
  • brooklyn

Web Browser

WEB BROWSER MOSAIC, THE FIRST POPULAR GRAPHICAL BROWSER FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB, WAS CREATED BY MARK L. ANDREESSEN AND ERIC J. BINA AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPER-COMPUTING APPLICATIONS [NCSA]....

WEB BROWSER MOSAIC, THE FIRST POPULAR GRAPHICAL BROWSER FOR THE WORLD WIDE WEB, WAS CREATED BY MARK L. ANDREESSEN AND ERIC J. BINA AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPER-COMPUTING APPLICATIONS [NCSA]....

  • illinois
  • browser
  • andreessen
  • ncsa
  • 1993

St. Croix Boom Site

Center of log and lumbering activities in this region for over half a century prior to 1914.  Here millions of logs from the upper St. Croix and tributaries were halted, sorted, and rafted, later...

Center of log and lumbering activities in this region for over half a century prior to 1914.  Here millions of logs from the upper St. Croix and tributaries were halted, sorted, and rafted,...

  • minnesota
  • wisconsin
  • logging