A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Buster Posey Presutti

Buster Posey Presutti Canine Operating Officer Hotel Nikko San Francisco LEGENDS OF LUCK Hotel Nikko San Francisco presents this bronze statue of our beloved Canine Operating Officer, Buster. He...

Buster Posey Presutti Canine Operating Officer Hotel Nikko San Francisco LEGENDS OF LUCK Hotel Nikko San Francisco presents this bronze statue of our beloved Canine Operating Officer, Buster....

  • dog
  • statue
  • bronze
  • luck
  • 1634
  • selfies

Tom Otterness, Life Underground

Tom OtternessLife Underground2001BronzeCommissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transit Authority Arts for TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

Tom OtternessLife Underground2001BronzeCommissioned and owned by Metropolitan Transit Authority Arts for TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • mta
  • subway
  • transit
  • art
  • tom otterness
  • bronze
  • sculpture
  • 2001

SALADA TEA DOORS

SALADA TEA DOORSEnglish sculptor Henry Wilson wascommissioned to design these doorsby Salada Tea Company's founderPeter LarkinCast by The Gorham Company in 1926, the bronze panels depict the...

SALADA TEA DOORSEnglish sculptor Henry Wilson wascommissioned to design these doorsby Salada Tea Company's founderPeter LarkinCast by The Gorham Company in 1926, the bronze panels depict...

  • boston
  • back bay
  • tea
  • bronze
  • ceylon

Porcellino

Porcellino was donated to the University of Waterloo by Professor Henry Crapo, Pure Mathematics. Cast in bronze in 1973 from the original boar in Florence, Italy, he brings good luck to all who...

Porcellino was donated to the University of Waterloo by Professor Henry Crapo, Pure Mathematics. Cast in bronze in 1973 from the original boar in Florence, Italy, he brings good luck to all who...

  • waterloo
  • ontartio
  • canada
  • pig
  • porcellino
  • "henry crapo"
  • bronze

Marshall Stevens Memorial Plaque

Bronze plaque on SJ7996 : Marshall Stevens Memorial, Trafford Park Village. It is inscribed: Marshall Stevens 1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development of...

Bronze plaque on SJ7996 : Marshall Stevens Memorial, Trafford Park Village. It is inscribed: Marshall Stevens 1852–1936 To whose foresight, energy and ability the successful development...

  • memorial
  • people
  • events
  • industry
  • industrial heritage
  • geograph
  • panasonic dmc-g3
  • manchester
  • historic sit...
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • monument
  • trafford park
  • industrial estate
  • bronze

Commemorative Plaque for Nat Lofthouse, Reebok Stadium

One of two commemorative plaques next to the statue of Nat Lofthouse at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium. This one shows Lofthouse playing for England; the other one (SD6409 : Nat Lofthouse...

One of two commemorative plaques next to the statue of Nat Lofthouse at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium. This one shows Lofthouse playing for England; the other one (SD6409 : Nat...

  • memorial
  • england
  • people
  • events
  • sculpture
  • football
  • geograph
  • relief sculpture
  • bolton wanderers
  • sport
  • leisure
  • reebok stadium
  • bronze
  • monument
  • footballer

Nat Lofthouse Commemorative Plaque

One of two commemorative plaques next to the statue of Nat Lofthouse at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium. This one shows Lofthouse holding the FA Cup after Wanderers' 2-0 victory in the 1958 Cup...

One of two commemorative plaques next to the statue of Nat Lofthouse at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium. This one shows Lofthouse holding the FA Cup after Wanderers' 2-0 victory in the 1958 Cup...

  • memorial
  • england
  • people
  • events
  • football
  • geograph
  • relief sculpture
  • bolton wanderers
  • sport
  • leisure
  • reebok stadium
  • bronze
  • monument
  • footballer

Chopin Plaque

The plaque on SJ8398 : Fryderyk Chopin Statue, Deansgate (See also SJ8398 : Chopin and Piano, Deansgate) Fryderyk Chopin Born 1810, Żelazowa Wola, Poland Died 1849, Paris, France Fryderyk Chopin...

The plaque on SJ8398 : Fryderyk Chopin Statue, Deansgate (See also SJ8398 : Chopin and Piano, Deansgate) Fryderyk Chopin Born 1810, Żelazowa Wola, Poland Died 1849, Paris, France Fryderyk Chopin...

  • composer
  • 1849
  • 1848
  • 1810
  • fryderyk chopin.
  • people
  • events
  • sculpture
  • musician
  • memorial
  • geograph
  • city
  • town centre
  • manchester
  • statue
  • chopin
  • music
  • piano
  • frederic chopin
  • bronze

Kay Monument (detail)

John Kay was a prolific inventor. Plaques around the sides of SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury commemorate his other inventions as well as the 'flying shuttle', for which he is most famous. This one is...

John Kay was a prolific inventor. Plaques around the sides of SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury commemorate his other inventions as well as the 'flying shuttle', for which he is most famous. This one is...

  • memorial
  • people
  • events
  • industry
  • grade ii listed
  • geograph
  • bronze
  • historic sit...
  • cotton industry
  • monument
  • listed building
  • textile industry

Kay Monument, Inscription

This bronze plaque is beneath the relief portrait of John Kay on the north face of SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury. The inscription reads: THE GIFT OF HENRY WHITEHEAD OF HASLAM HEY TO HIS NATIVE TOWN...

This bronze plaque is beneath the relief portrait of John Kay on the north face of SD8010 : Kay Monument, Bury. The inscription reads: THE GIFT OF HENRY WHITEHEAD OF HASLAM HEY TO HIS NATIVE...

  • memorial
  • people
  • events
  • industry
  • grade ii listed
  • geograph
  • cotton industry
  • monument
  • listed building
  • bronze
  • textile industry