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Trinity College Medical School

Trinity College Medical School in Cabbagetown. A school for 30 years, the building was a mattress factory for decades & later adapted to townhouses in the late 1970s. Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

Trinity College Medical School in Cabbagetown. A school for 30 years, the building was a mattress factory for decades & later adapted to townhouses in the late 1970s. Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

    Alex Maclean Howard House, The Second Mile Club

    Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

    Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

      Freret's Folly / Plessy

        First Library Building, Livermore

        FIRST LIBRARY BUILDING BUILT 1878 LIVERMORE'S FIRST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING FROM 1878 UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS BUILT. COMMEMORATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC...

        FIRST LIBRARY BUILDING BUILT 1878 LIVERMORE'S FIRST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING FROM 1878 UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS BUILT. COMMEMORATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE...

          Taddle Creek History

          Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as springtime...

          Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as...

            Big Horn Basin

            Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

            Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

            • wyoming
            • big horn mountains
            • u.s. 14a
            • big horn basin

            To the Officers and Soldiers Killed

            The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

            The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

            • custer natio...
            • little big h...
            • nez perce
            • montana
            • native americans
            • indian wars

            HOWARD HUGHES FLYING BOAT "THE SPRUCE GOOSE"

            HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE LARGEST...

            HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE...

            • military
            • airplanes
            • aviation
            • oregon

            42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line

            MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G. Reuter...

            MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G....

            • new york
            • manhattan
            • mta
            • subway
            • transit
            • 1932
            • 2003

            Ysabel Rita Bertolucci 1949 - 2012

            Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The Medical...

            Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The...

              Church of Santa Cruz

              Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33172803

              Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https ://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3317280 3

                Ronald D. Nelson

                  Chief Crazy Horse

                  The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for the...

                  The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for...

                  • fort robinson
                  • nebraska
                  • crazy horse
                  • indian wars

                  Yankton Sioux Treaty of 1858

                  A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about 13...

                  A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about...

                  • yankton sioux
                  • south dakota
                  • charles mix county
                  • treaty of 1858
                  • native americans

                  The Ranger Tower

                  The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

                  The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

                  • forest ranger
                  • fire tower
                  • wanakea ny
                  • alan r reno
                  • forestry

                  Lillian Litzsey

                    Ice Center of San Jose

                      George Shirakawa, Sr.

                      GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

                      GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

                        Riverside Trail - The Unseen History of Riverside Park

                        WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

                        WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

                        • wpa
                        • parks
                        • campsite
                        • river
                        • logjam
                        • grand rapids
                        • michigan
                        • logging

                        Wolf Point Bridge

                        One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's <a href="https://ci.wolf-point.mt.us/community/page/history-wolf-point"...

                        One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's...

                        • missouri river
                        • wolf point
                        • bridges
                        • montana