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James Ward Public School

Chicago Landmark  James Ward Public School  Johnston and Edelmann (1874-75);  Normand S. Patton (1897)  John C. Christensen (1924), architects  1874-75, additions 1897 and 1924  The earliest...

Chicago Landmark  James Ward Public School  Johnston and Edelmann (1874-75);  Normand S. Patton (1897)  John C. Christensen (1924), architects  1874-75, additions 1897 and 1924  The earliest...

  • chicago
  • fire
  • school
  • lintels
  • semicolon

Benicia Fire Department Headquarters Station

    Michael L. Clevenger

      Hotel Oakland

        Oakland Memorial Park

        • earthquake
        • oakland
        • loma prieta
        • 1987

        Oakland Fire Department Loma Prieta Earthquake

        • earthquake
        • oakland
        • loma prieta
        • 1987

        Reneta & Stefano Brunetto

          Bernardo de Galvez Spanish Governor of Louisiana 1776-1783

          GALVEZ, WITH THE AID OF MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS FROM LOUISIANA,WON VICTORIES AT BATON ROUGE, MOBILE, AND PENSACOLA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. BY HIS DARING LEADERSHIP HE DROVE THE BRITISH FROM...

          GALVEZ, WITH THE AID OF MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS FROM LOUISIANA,WON VICTORIES AT BATON ROUGE, MOBILE, AND PENSACOLA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. BY HIS DARING LEADERSHIP HE DROVE THE BRITISH FROM...

          • louisiana

          Eunice Jensen Park

            Benicia's Quest to Become a Tree City

              Colluseum

              From https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCeRs9jTaF/ https://twitter.com/IanThorp/status/881441340369850369

              From https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCeRs9jTaF/ http s://twitter.com/IanThorp/status/881441340369850369

                Garibaldi

                  Fort St. Joseph

                  The French fort built here in 1691 controlled southern Michigan’s principal Indian trade routes. Missionaries and fur traders were here already. The fort became a British outpost in 1761. Two...

                  The French fort built here in 1691 controlled southern Michigan’s principal Indian trade routes. Missionaries and fur traders were here already. The fort became a British outpost in 1761....

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...

                  Calata Gente di Mare

                    Church of the Heavenly Rest

                      Grand River Trail

                      The old Grand River Indian Trail, now US-16, became a plank road in 1848. A toll gate and Red Bridge Post Office were located here. Nearby were homes of John Mullett, pioneer surveyor, and John...

                      The old Grand River Indian Trail, now US-16, became a plank road in 1848. A toll gate and Red Bridge Post Office were located here. Nearby were homes of John Mullett, pioneer surveyor, and...

                      • michigan
                      • michigan his...

                      Bruat

                      • 1796

                      Playground of Dreams, Benicia

                        John G. LeFevre

                          Caroline Weedon Chen