Freeway Revolt
DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 TO HONORABLE SUSAN J. BIERMAN THIS BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF TREES AND GREENERY HONORS A TRUE CHAMPION WHO BROUGHT THE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER IN AN EIGHT YEAR STRUGGLE TO...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- grove
- trees
- freeway
- panhandle
Key Route Terminal
KEY ROUTE TERMINAL This was the main terminal for the Key System Railway during World War II. The Shipyard Railway – also known as the “Pass the Ammunition” Railway – was built by the Key...
- oakland
- wwii
- kaiser
- railway
- san francisco
- san jose
- key route
Aviation Park Grand Reopening and Aviation Field Grand Opending
Submitted by @zeroisme.
- redondo beach
- california
- park
Daniel Freeman Leased the Land
Submitted by @zeroisme.
- redondo beach
- california
- park
- pollywog
Glen M. Anderson Park
Submitted by @zeroisme.
- redondo beach
- california
- park
Attacked by a Herd of Walruses
IN MEMORY OF SGT.No. 3566 R. M. L. DONALDSON DROWNED ON AUGUST 14, 1908, WHEN HIS POLICE BOAT WAS ATTACKED BY A HERD OF WALRUSES OFF MARBLE ISLAND, HUDSON BAY, NORTH WEST TERRITORIES Full story...
- churchill
- manitoba
- canada
- boat
- police boat
- walrus
- herd of walruses
The Last Hangings in Toronto
Submittted by @ScenesFromACity
- jail
- hanging
- york
- toronto
- canada
Fred the Character and Shem the Gentleman
IN MEMORY OF FRED THE CHARACTER AND SHEM THE GENTLEMAN NOW FOREVER IN TRAPALANDA Submitted by @disastrophe
- fred
- shem
- traplanda
- england
- uk
Disappearance of Albert J. Fountain and his son Henry
Albert Jennings Fountain was a Civil War veteran, New Mexico legislator and prominent lawyer. On February 1, 1896 Fountain and his eight-year-old son, Henry, were traveling home to Mesilla...
- new mexico
- civil war
- veteran
- cattle
- rustling
- legislator
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB OAKLAND EST. 1957 Submitted by @3liz
- motorcycle
- hells angels
- club
- oakland
- california
- bay area
Dedication plaque at Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
"This stone was laid by Her Majesty The Queen on the twelfth day of July 1970" In 1970, Queen Elizabeth II came to Canada to celebrate the Province of Manitoba's 100th anniversary as a member of...
- queen elizabeth ii
- qeii
- manitoba
- canada
Clara Barton
Submitted by @cv4nash.
- civil war
- washington dc
- harlowe
- barton
- nurse
- nursing
- geneva convention
- red cross
The Normal Schools of Alberta
Submitted by @shawnbrackett Located at: University of Calgary, 1340 Education Tower, 2750 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
- alberta
- canada
- schools
The First Successful Flight of an Airplane
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF AN AIRPLANE WAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY ORVILLE WRIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT THIS TABLET...
- wright brothers
- airplane
- north carolina
That Inhaling Ether Causes Insensibility to Pain
TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVER THAT THE INHALING OF ETHER CAUSES INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN FIRST PROVED TO THE WORLD AT THE MASS. GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BOSTON OCTOBER AD MDCCCXLVI Submitted by @thatmattwade
- boston
- massachusetts
- medicine
- ether
- mgh
Canada Place
Canada Place Canada Place was the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Pier B-C ocean liner terminal in the 1920s. In 1982, the Government of Canada redeveloped it as the Canadian Pavilion for The Expo ’86...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- canada place
- sails
- expo 86
The Fathomless Richness of the Seabed
The Fathomless Richness of the Seabed Mural by Jordi Bonet In 1968 Jordi Bonet was commissioned to design this mural. By the abstract treatment of his subject the sea, with colour and texture,...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- art
- mural
- guinness tower
- office
- jordi bonet
Officer Thomas F. Griffiths Memorial Plaque
Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Officer Thomas F. Griffiths Killed in the Line of Duty - June 25, 1913 Officer Thomas Griffiths, 39, responded to a call near 250 West 200...
- police
- memorial
- utah
- salt lake city
Cavern Lighting
Cavern Lighting Carlsbad Cavern's modern lighting system includes more than 1000 bulbs and tubes, and 19 miles of concealed wires. The lights are designed to reveal the cavern's natural...
- carlsbad cavern
- national park
- cave
- lighting
Pittsburgh Bridge
HISTORIC LANDMARK ROBERTO CLEMENTE BRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICK WORKS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, ENGINEERS 1928 PITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION
- bridge
- clemente
- pittsburgh
- allegheny
- 1928