– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Chesapeake Bay Oyster Canning Industry The Chesapeake Bay has been a major source of seafood for as long as man has lived near its bountiful waters. After maybe the famous blue crab, the Chesapeake’s most valuable resource was the oyster. In the years after the Civil War, oysters from the Chesapeake Bay were, in...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Independence Hall Princess Anne is the county seat of Somerset County on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The town has maintained much of its architectural integrity due in large part to a lack of economic growth in the area in the mid-twentieth century. Although this town has been the center of government for the...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – The Blacksmith Shop On the way to the Grapevine Vintage Railroad we were invited into a blacksmith shop which was alongside the station in Grapevine, TX. Although the forge had not been fired up that day, the shop proved to be a wonderland for the photographer. Here we see the forge and the spectacular sign...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar Today we return to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia. This post looks at the DC Transit Company PCC Streetcar. This particular example was built in 1945 by the St. Louis Car Company. It was one of 485 operated by the Capital Transit Company between 1937 and...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – McNeel Mill The McNeel Mill is located in Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It was built between 1860 and 1868 by Isaac McNeel. Although currently inoperable, the mill stands today in almost perfect condition. It is owned by Lanty McNeel, whose great-grandfather, Isaac McNeel originally purchased the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Scotchtown Scotchtown is a colonial era plantation house in Hanover County, Virginia. The property was part of a large land grant given to Charles Chiswell in 1717. Chiswell built the first house on the site in 1720. The building was expanded around 1760 to its present size. The house is not only architecturally...
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