– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Street Photography China Part 1 This week’s posts will be short and sweet as we have guests in town. I have been experimenting with some old transparencies using Lightroom and some plug-ins to create images that better reflected what I remember when I first captured the scene. Today we have two portraits...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Bevier House Bevier House in Marbleton, New York dates back to before the birth of the nation. It was owned continuously by one family for almost 225 years. It is now the home of the Ulster County Historical Society. The original part of the building, which is currently the kitchen, dates back to around...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Historic Grayson County Courthouse The Historic Grayson County Courthouse in Independence, Virginia was built in 1908. It replaced the previous structure built in 1863 when the county seat was moved west from Old Town to Independence. The location, and name of the town, came about when the original, much larger...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Norfolk Western SD-45 Number 1776 The SD-45 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) between December 1965 and the end of 1971. In all, 1,260 were built for American railroads before being replaced by its upgrade, the SD45-2. A few remain in service but they are...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tayloe House The Tayloe House, or Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House to give it its full name, is a Federal-style mansion house on the north east corner of Lafayette Square close to the White House in Washington, DC. The house was built in 1828 by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe at the request of his wife who wanted to move from...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Pine Grove Covered Bridge The Pine Grove Covered Bridge spans the East Branch of the Octoraro Creek creating a link between Lancaster and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania. This Burr Arch Truss design bridge is the only double span covered bridge in either county still in use. It is also the longest covered...
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