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John F. Wight

IN MEMORY JOHN F. WIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR-1957-1970 HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO HERRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SURROUND YOU

IN MEMORY JOHN F. WIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR-1957-1970 HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO HERRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SURROUND YOU

    Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • gammage
    • asu
    • arizona
    • tempe
    • frank lloyd wright

    The Barnes Dance diagonal street crossing

    Sidewalk plaque marking the creation by traffic engineer Henry Barnes of the first traffic lights that included a pedestrian “Walk” signal. The arrangement triggered diagonal crossings that...

    Sidewalk plaque marking the creation by traffic engineer Henry Barnes of the first traffic lights that included a pedestrian “Walk” signal. The arrangement triggered diagonal crossings...

    • traffic
    • denver
    • colorado
    • downtown
    • automobile
    • walking
    • 1950s
    • pedestrian

    The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea PartyIn the late 1960s, as the club The Boston Tea Party, thiswas a gathering place for a wildly diverse mix ofpeople who joined together to listen to live music and to bepart of...

    The Boston Tea PartyIn the late 1960s, as the club The Boston Tea Party, thiswas a gathering place for a wildly diverse mix ofpeople who joined together to listen to live music and to bepart...

      Roald Amundsen

      Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the...

      Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the...

      • san francisco
      • bay area
      • california
      • norway
      • south pole
      • north pole
      • magnetic
      • bering straits
      • gjoa
      • oslo