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Mac's Mural

MAC'S MURAL THIS MURAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF H. "MAC" RUDDELL, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NORWESTER ROTARY CLUB OF PORT ANGELES, FOR HIS VISION, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, WHICH MADE THE...

MAC'S MURAL THIS MURAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF H. "MAC" RUDDELL, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NORWESTER ROTARY CLUB OF PORT ANGELES, FOR HIS VISION, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, WHICH MADE...

  • port angeles
  • murals
  • washington
  • norwester

MV Kalakala

MV Kalakala This 1995 Rotary Nor'Wester Mural Project depicts the Kalakala leaving the Port Angeles Harbor. Kalakala means "Flying Bird" in the North West Indian language. For the 1930's, this...

MV Kalakala This 1995 Rotary Nor'Wester Mural Project depicts the Kalakala leaving the Port Angeles Harbor. Kalakala means "Flying Bird" in the North West Indian language. For the 1930's, this...

  • kalakala
  • port angeles
  • washington
  • ferry
  • aluminum
  • wwii
  • ench
  • seattle
  • victoria
  • rotary
  • mural

American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial Wall of Honor

  Submitted by @zeroisme

  Submitted by @zeroisme

  • los angeles
  • california
  • merchant marine
  • veterans
  • memorial

Jasper D'Ambrosi

  Submitted by @zeroisme

  Submitted by @zeroisme

  • los angeles
  • california
  • jacob's ladder
  • sculpture

Downtown Harbor

Submitted by @zeroisme

Submitted by @zeroisme

  • los angeles
  • california
  • harbor
  • 2014
  • garcetti
  • buscaino
  • martinez
  • arian
  • castellanos
  • pirozzi
  • renwick
  • seroka

Ravine Park

Ravine Park American Indians frequented this area, rich in natural resources. The ravine provided water from natural springs, marl for lime, and  clay for bricks for nineteenth- century residents...

Ravine Park American Indians frequented this area, rich in natural resources. The ravine provided water from natural springs, marl for lime, and  clay for bricks for nineteenth- century...

  • ravine park
  • attica
  • indiana
  • american indians

Unisphere

UNISPHERE Dedicated to man's aspirations towards Peace through understanding and symbolizing his achievements in an expanding universe. Built and Presented by United States Steel Corporation to...

UNISPHERE Dedicated to man's aspirations towards Peace through understanding and symbolizing his achievements in an expanding universe. Built and Presented by United States Steel Corporation...

  • steel
  • new york
  • world's fair
  • 1964
  • uss
  • stainless

In Honor of Sheldon Wilson

IN HONOR OF SHELDON WILSON 1923 - 2011  Sheldon Wilson, lifelong resident of Sawyers Bar, was instrumental in the operation and maintenance of the Sawyers Bar County Water District Plant,...

IN HONOR OF SHELDON WILSON 1923 - 2011  Sheldon Wilson, lifelong resident of Sawyers Bar, was instrumental in the operation and maintenance of the Sawyers Bar County Water District...

  • water
  • wilson
  • sawyers bar
  • california

Original Peets

BERKELEY HISTORY Peet’s Coffee & Tea A revolution began here in 1966 when Alfred H. Peet (1920–2007) opened his first coffee roastery and store. Arriving in San Francisco in 1955, “Mr. Peet” was...

BERKELEY HISTORY Peet’s Coffee & Tea A revolution began here in 1966 when Alfred H. Peet (1920–2007) opened his first coffee roastery and store. Arriving in San Francisco in 1955, “Mr. Peet”...

  • coffee
  • peets
  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area

USTA National Tennis Center

  • tennis
  • new york
  • flushing medows
  • hester
  • slew
  • boundless energy

Yellow Fever Memorial, Martyrs Park

In grateful memory of the sacrifice of the heroes and heroines of Memphis in the 1870's, who gave their lives serving the victims of the yellow fever. Thousands died and thousands fled during...

In grateful memory of the sacrifice of the heroes and heroines of Memphis in the 1870's, who gave their lives serving the victims of the yellow fever. Thousands died and thousands fled...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Nurse Cavell's Last Message to the World

NURSE CAVELL'S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD. "BUT THIS I WOULD SAY, STANDING AS I DO IN VIEW OF GOD AND ETER-NITY, I REALISE THAT PATRIOTISM IS NOT ENOUGH. I MUST HAVE NO HATRED OR BITTER-NESS TO...

NURSE CAVELL'S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD. "BUT THIS I WOULD SAY, STANDING AS I DO IN VIEW OF GOD AND ETER-NITY, I REALISE THAT PATRIOTISM IS NOT ENOUGH. I MUST HAVE NO HATRED OR BITTER-NESS TO...

  • wwi
  • cavell
  • firing squad
  • nursing
  • nurse

Cherokee Boundary

23 30 CHEROKEE BOUNDARY (1767) In 1766-67 S.C. & N.C. negotiated with the Cherokee to establish a boundary between Indian land to the west and new settlement to the east. This north-south line ran...

23 30 CHEROKEE BOUNDARY (1767) In 1766-67 S.C. & N.C. negotiated with the Cherokee to establish a boundary between Indian land to the west and new settlement to the east. This north-south line...

  • cherokee
  • south carolina
  • north carolina
  • 1767
  • tryon
  • spartanburg

Richmond - San Rafael Bridge

    Jamaicaway Bridge

    Commonwealth of Massachusetts National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 Project No. NRM 235E Franklin Delano Roosevelt President of the United States James Michael Curley Governor Department of...

    Commonwealth of Massachusetts National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 Project No. NRM 235E Franklin Delano Roosevelt President of the United States James Michael Curley Governor Department of...

    • boston
    • massachusetts
    • jamaicaway
    • bridge
    • route 9

    Fort Pickering

    FORT PICKERINGProtecting Memphis In June 1861, Confederate supporters in Memphis erected earthworks to protect the city here at Fort Pickering, the site of a frontier-era fortified trading post....

    FORT PICKERINGProtecting Memphis In June 1861, Confederate supporters in Memphis erected earthworks to protect the city here at Fort Pickering, the site of a frontier-era fortified trading post....

      The Butterfly Man

      Robert Nelson's performances at PIER 39 in the 1970s and 1980s inspired a generation of street performers in San Francisco and around the world. The Butterfly Man, as he was known, was brash,...

      Robert Nelson's performances at PIER 39 in the 1970s and 1980s inspired a generation of street performers in San Francisco and around the world. The Butterfly Man, as he was known, was brash,...

      • san francisco
      • bay area
      • california
      • bay
      • shoreline
      • pier 39
      • butterfly

      In Memory of Josh Raley

      Follow Your Dreams In Memory Of Josh Raley  If Tears Could Build A Stairway, And Memories A Lane, I'd Walk Right Up To Heaven and Bring You Home Again. Submitted by @Mostly_Filled .

      Follow Your Dreams In Memory Of Josh Raley  If Tears Could Build A Stairway, And Memories A Lane, I'd Walk Right Up To Heaven and Bring You Home Again. Submitted by @Mostly_Filled .

      • vancouver
      • washington
      • raley

      Ancaster Village

      Submitted by @jonaskayla.

      Submitted by @jonaskayla.

      • ancaster
      • ontario
      • 1791
      • willson's mills

      Hellman's Hollow

      HELLMAN'S HOLLOW  BIRTHPLACE OF THE HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL You feel the thirst but none can make you drink The answer's waiting for you here but it's not what you think It won't steal...

      HELLMAN'S HOLLOW  BIRTHPLACE OF THE HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL You feel the thirst but none can make you drink The answer's waiting for you here but it's not what you think It won't steal...

      • san francisco
      • bay area
      • california
      • hardly strictly
      • bluegrass