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The Mother of Modern Witchcraft

Doreen Valiente 1922 - 1999 Poet, Author and Mother of Modern Witchcraft Lived Here Donated by The Centre for Pagan Studies

Doreen Valiente 1922 - 1999 Poet, Author and Mother of Modern Witchcraft Lived Here Donated by The Centre for Pagan Studies

  • brighton
  • witchcraft
  • blueplaque
  • residence
  • witch
  • pagan

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Sisterhood between the cities of Sausalito and Vina del Mar, proclaimed on March 5th, 1960, celebrated in the year of...

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Sisterhood between the cities of Sausalito and Vina del Mar, proclaimed on March 5th, 1960, celebrated in the year...

  • chile
  • sausalito
  • california
  • san francisco
  • bicentennial

Historic Landmark

HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THIS SITE IN THE YEAR 1915 WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN CULVER CITY, BUILT BY THOMAS H. INCE. IN 1919, SAMUEL GOLDWYN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE OF THIS AND...

HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THIS SITE IN THE YEAR 1915 WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN CULVER CITY, BUILT BY THOMAS H. INCE. IN 1919, SAMUEL GOLDWYN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE OF THIS...

    But In Their Zeal to Maintain an Italian Presence

    We the members of the Jeannette Italian club    Present this plaque to two men who through Hard work and courage were able to achieve  Their goal in making this club a reality Without their...

    We the members of the Jeannette Italian club    Present this plaque to two men who through Hard work and courage were able to achieve  Their goal in making this club a reality Without...

    • italians
    • pennsylvania
    • zeal
    • club
    • jennettee

    Sugar House Monument

    ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST EFFORT MADE TO MANUFACTURE BEET SUGAR IN WESTERN AMERICA. WITH DAUNTLESS PERSEVERANCE THROUGH SEVERE HARDSHIPS THE MACHINERY WAS BROUGHT FROM LIVERPOOL, ENG.,...

    ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST EFFORT MADE TO MANUFACTURE BEET SUGAR IN WESTERN AMERICA. WITH DAUNTLESS PERSEVERANCE THROUGH SEVERE HARDSHIPS THE MACHINERY WAS BROUGHT FROM LIVERPOOL, ENG.,...

    • salt lake city
    • utah
    • sugar

    Utah's First Pioneer Burial Site

    Utah's first pioneer burial site was located just thirty feet west and two hundred feet south of this point. Here, thirty-three Utah pioneers were buried beginning with three year-old Milton...

    Utah's first pioneer burial site was located just thirty feet west and two hundred feet south of this point. Here, thirty-three Utah pioneers were buried beginning with three year-old...

    • utah
    • salt lake city
    • pioneers
    • indian burial ground

    The Gasworks

    THE GASWORKS BUILT IN 1856 AS A GAS HOLDER AND GAS PROCESSING FACILITY FOR THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON. RESTORED IN 1986 BY ROBERT G. CURRAN, CIVIL ENGINEER AND NATIVE OF NORTHAMPTON. IT IS ONE...

    THE GASWORKS BUILT IN 1856 AS A GAS HOLDER AND GAS PROCESSING FACILITY FOR THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON. RESTORED IN 1986 BY ROBERT G. CURRAN, CIVIL ENGINEER AND NATIVE OF NORTHAMPTON. IT IS ONE...

    • northampton
    • massachusetts
    • gasworks

    La Nacelle du Premier Grand Ballon a Hydrongene

    EN CES LIEUX, LE 1ER DECEMBRE 1783 SONT PARTIS LE PHYSICIEN A. C. CHARLES ET MARIE-NOEL ROBERT DANS LA NACELLE DU PREMIER GRAND BALLON A HYDRONGENE AERO-CLUB DE FRANCE   Submitted by Steve Gere...

    EN CES LIEUX, LE 1ER DECEMBRE 1783 SONT PARTIS LE PHYSICIEN A. C. CHARLES ET MARIE-NOEL ROBERT DANS LA NACELLE DU PREMIER GRAND BALLON A HYDRONGENE AERO-CLUB DE FRANCE   Submitted by Steve Gere...

    • 1783
    • balloon
    • hydrogen
    • nacelle
    • ballon
    • hydrongene
    • aero-club

    La Tour Magné

    Submitted by @lauxmyth.

    Submitted by @lauxmyth.

    • tower
    • nimes
    • france

    S. S. Virginia V.

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_V">Article about the Virginia V</a>. <a href="http://www.virginiav.org/">The Virginia V. site</a> Submitted by Peggy Allen Jackson. 

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_V" >Article about the Virginia V</a>. <a href="http://www.virginiav.org/">The Virginia V. site</a> Submitted by Peggy Allen Jackson. 

    • seattle
    • washington
    • virginia
    • mosquito fleet

    Grissom Hall

    GRISSOM HALL NAMED IN HONOR OF VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S.A.F., ENGINEER, PILOT, AND TRAILBLAZER OF SPACE. HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 27, 1967, WAS THE TRAGICALLY HIGH PRICE HIS NATION...

    GRISSOM HALL NAMED IN HONOR OF VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S.A.F., ENGINEER, PILOT, AND TRAILBLAZER OF SPACE. HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 27, 1967, WAS THE TRAGICALLY HIGH PRICE HIS NATION...

    • virgil gus grissom
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • astronaut
    • space

    Herman Smith Memorial

    This tree planted in memory of Herman Smith Sept. 17, 1949 - Feb. 3,1965. A good friend and classmate. Washington School Class of 1965

    This tree planted in memory of Herman Smith Sept. 17, 1949 - Feb. 3,1965. A good friend and classmate. Washington School Class of 1965

    • herman
    • smith
    • high school
    • memorial
    • 1965

    Forty-Niners

    The Forty-Niners Near this point ten Lafayette Freemasons, operating as traveling Sierra Nevada Lodge, embarked March 27, 1849 on six months' journey by boat to Mexico, then overland to Pacific,...

    The Forty-Niners Near this point ten Lafayette Freemasons, operating as traveling Sierra Nevada Lodge, embarked March 27, 1849 on six months' journey by boat to Mexico, then overland to Pacific,...

    • lafayette
    • indiana
    • freemasons
    • forty-niners
    • gold rush

    Philadelphia Sketch Club

    PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB  America's oldest artists club was founded in 1860 to improve illustration skills. Artists found that social interaction enhanced the creation and appreciation of...

    PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB  America's oldest artists club was founded in 1860 to improve illustration skills. Artists found that social interaction enhanced the creation and appreciation of...

    • philadelphia
    • pennsylvania
    • sketch club
    • wyeth

    U.S. Airmail Pioneers

    Dedicated to U.S. AIRMAIL PIONEERS1918 - 1927  During the first decade of transcontinental airmail, pilots flew over the Alleghenies with a fueling stop in Bellefonte. Unpredictable weather...

    Dedicated to U.S. AIRMAIL PIONEERS1918 - 1927  During the first decade of transcontinental airmail, pilots flew over the Alleghenies with a fueling stop in Bellefonte. Unpredictable...

    • airmail
    • philatelic
    • hell's stretch
    • bellefonte
    • pennsylvania

    Gino P. Fornicola Memorial Fountain

    Gino P. Fornicola Memorial Fountain In memory of Gino P. Fornicola, family man, business owner and public servant. Gino was an ARMY Veteran of the Korean War who served on Bellefonte Borough...

    Gino P. Fornicola Memorial Fountain In memory of Gino P. Fornicola, family man, business owner and public servant. Gino was an ARMY Veteran of the Korean War who served on...

    • fountain
    • bellefonte
    • pennsylvania

    William Byron Rumford

    WILLIAM BYRON RUMFORD 1908 - 1986 CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLYMAN 1948 - 1967 RUMFORD CALIFORNIA FAIR HOUSING ACT, 1963  PHARMACIST * COMMUNITY LEADER * POLITICIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST * PUBLIC HEALTH...

    WILLIAM BYRON RUMFORD 1908 - 1986 CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLYMAN 1948 - 1967 RUMFORD CALIFORNIA FAIR HOUSING ACT, 1963  PHARMACIST * COMMUNITY LEADER * POLITICIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST * PUBLIC...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • fair housing act
    • sacramento street
    • pharmacy

    Camp Tippecanoe

    Camp Tippecanoe 1861-1865 May, 1861, saw this high 30-acre bluff overlooking Lafayette quickly become an induction center for enlistees in the Civil War until its end in 1865. Ample water, good...

    Camp Tippecanoe 1861-1865 May, 1861, saw this high 30-acre bluff overlooking Lafayette quickly become an induction center for enlistees in the Civil War until its end in 1865. Ample water, good...

    • camp tippecanoe
    • lafayette
    • indiana
    • civil war
    • lightning brigade

    Alcatraz Flank Defense Howizer

    Mighty and far-reaching firepower

    Mighty and far-reaching firepower

    • alcatraz
    • howitzer
    • san francisco
    • firepower
    • bay area
    • california
    • cannonballs
    • three miles

    Memorial to Irish Students Who Died in Berkeley Balcony Collapse

    A commemorative bench was unveiled in their memory last September in the Rose Garden of University College Dublin’s Belfield campus, where three of them had studied. In MemoryBerkeley,...

    A commemorative bench was unveiled in their memory last September in the Rose Garden of University College Dublin’s Belfield campus, where three of them had studied. In MemoryBerkeley,...

    • ireland
    • berkeley
    • balcony
    • joyce