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John Steinbeck

    KOMAGATA MARU

    KOMAGATA MARU 75TH ANNIVERSARY ON MAY 23, 1914, 376 BRITISH SUBJECTS (12 HINDUS, 24 MUSLIMS, AND 340 SIKHS) OF INDIAN ORIGIN ARRIVED IN VANCOUVER HARBOUR ABOARD THE KOMAGATA MARU, SEEKING TO ENTER...

    KOMAGATA MARU 75TH ANNIVERSARY ON MAY 23, 1914, 376 BRITISH SUBJECTS (12 HINDUS, 24 MUSLIMS, AND 340 SIKHS) OF INDIAN ORIGIN ARRIVED IN VANCOUVER HARBOUR ABOARD THE KOMAGATA MARU, SEEKING TO...

      Puertocito de la Piedra Lumbre

        Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse

        REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY ROUNDHOUSE AURORA, ILLINOIS 1866 - 1974 THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION FACILITY...

        REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY ROUNDHOUSE AURORA, ILLINOIS 1866 - 1974 THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION FACILITY...

          Friends of the Bells

            Casa de las Siete Chimeneas

              Christian Krohg

              Submitted by @caddickbrown

              Submitted by @caddickbrown

                Hoover Dam and Lake Mead

                  Meriwether Lewis Burial Site

                  Submitted by @athikers_bob

                  Submitted by @athikers_bob

                    In Memory of Dr. Edgar H. & Elva Knowlton and Dr. Edgar A. & Bobby Knowlton

                    Submitted by @LostToHistory

                    Submitted by @LostToHistory

                      Battlefield of Malvern Hill

                        Richard Register, Green City Visionary

                          CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE

                          From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in...

                          From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike...

                            Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry

                            Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the safety...

                            Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...

                            • yonkers
                            • saw mill river
                            • elisha graves otis
                            • 1852
                            • 1854

                            Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park

                            REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS HISTORICAL...

                            REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...

                            • yonkers
                            • untermyer park
                            • park
                            • samuel tilden
                            • john waring
                            • samuel untermyer
                            • 1868
                            • 1940

                            Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States

                            UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

                            UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

                            • yonkers
                            • untermyer park
                            • park
                            • 1966

                            Shorewood HIgh School

                            SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and...

                            SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...

                              Callan Hotel

                              #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                              #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                              • monkeys
                              • internment
                              • wwii
                              • concentration camps

                              Tarea Hall Pittman

                                Morro Bay

                                Submitted by @jqmcd

                                Submitted by @jqmcd