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For The U.S Life- Saving Service

BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

BUILT 1878 IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AT FULTON AND LA PLAYA STS. FOR THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE MOVED HERE 1923 BY C. H. C. TORLAKSON NOTE REDWOOD FACADE TRIM

    Ike & Marlene Dweck / Victor & Cheryl Azrak

    THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן מאסו...

    THIS CORNERSTONE DEDICATED   IN HONOR OF   IKE & MARLENE DWECK   BY THEIR CHILDREN ADAM DWECK BERT & ALYSON DWECK SHIRLEY & MICHAEL CAYRE BARBARA & JACOB HAMWAY   AND THEIR FAMILIES   "אבן...

    • brooklyn
    • gravesend
    • cornerstone
    • ike dweck
    • marlene dweck
    • victor azrak
    • cheryl azrak

    Kim's Video at the Alamo Drafthouse

    Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

    Kims Video at the Alamo Drafthouse is dedicated to the Municipality of Salemi and its commitment to the promotion, maintenance, and return of the collection   Submitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • downtown manhattan
    • kim's video
    • alamo drafthouse
    • salemi
    • italy
    • wall street

    Soonae Tark - Have a Happy Day

    Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

    Soonae Tark   Have A Happy Day   2015   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studio   Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design and MTA New York City Transit   Submitted by @lampbane

    • new york
    • the bronx
    • buhre avenue
    • mta
    • subway
    • art
    • soonae tark

    Brooklyn Celebrity Path - William M. Gaines

    Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • brooklyn bot...
    • celebrity path
    • william m. gaines

    Paddling Jamaica Bay

    Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

    Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • canarsie
    • jamaica bay
    • kayaking
    • canoeing

    Lee Shelley

    Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these sites...

    Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these...

    • new york
    • brooklyn
    • canarsie
    • jamaica bay
    • shirley chis...
    • lee shirley

    Edward Drinker Cope

    EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers describing...

    EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers...

      Norwalk, Conneticut

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        JFK Remarks at Amherst College

          Twelve Oaks

          Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant claim...

          Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant...

          • mississippi
          • settlers

          Jennie Orrell House

          Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was moved...

          Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was...

          • mississippi
          • rail depot
          • private home

          St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church

          Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African American...

          Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African...

          • mississippi
          • church

          Carter~Calloway House

          Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

          Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

          • mississippi
          • steamboat house
          • architecture
          • national reg...
          • nrhp

          The Stapp Sisters

          Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins due...

          Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins...

          • mississippi
          • writer
          • dolls
          • letters

          H.O.M.E. Consolidated School

          In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to the...

          In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to...

          • mississippi
          • school

          Concord Fight

            Projects Dribble and Miracle Play

            United States Department of Defense Advance Research Projects AgencyThe Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission were conducted below this spot at a depth of 2700 and 2715 feet in...

            United States Department of Defense Advance Research Projects AgencyThe Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission were conducted below this spot at a depth of 2700 and 2715 feet in...

            • mississippi
            • nuclear test
            • cold war
            • science

            Hart Station

            Erected by his friends and the Escambia County Bar Association in memory of James Edward Hart, Jr. (1942 – 1992), who contributed much to his community, his church and his profession. He loved...

            Erected by his friends and the Escambia County Bar Association in memory of James Edward Hart, Jr. (1942 – 1992), who contributed much to his community, his church and his profession. He...

            • alabama
            • trains
            • rail
            • escambia county

            Charles Dickens in Toronto

            May 4-6, 1842 - Charles Dickens visited TO, staying at the North American Hotel, 33 Yonge St. While "full of life and motion, bustle, business and improvement", he noted "The wild and rabid...

            May 4-6, 1842 - Charles Dickens visited TO, staying at the North American Hotel, 33 Yonge St. While "full of life and motion, bustle, business and improvement", he noted "The wild and...