– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – 1934 Lake Style Ford Coupe Hot Rod Rodder’s Journal, a magazine for the hot rod enthusiast, held their second annual Vintage Speed & Custom Revival at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on September 28 and 29. The day before they had a day time cruise to Havre de Grace on the banks of the Susquehanna...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Franklin County Courthouse The county seat of Franklin County, Virginia is Rocky Mount. Here you will find the impressive, 1910-built, white Franklin County Courthouse. The courts that were held in this building were probably responsible for locking up more bootleggers than any other building in the country....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Booker T Washington National Monument Located just over 20 miles south-east of Roanoke in Hardy, Virginia, the Booker T Washington National Monument recalls the early childhood of the man who was to become one of the most influential African-American men of his time. The park that is the National Monument...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Introduction of the Model T Ford It was exactly 105 years ago today on October 2, 1908 that Henry Ford changed the automobile forever with the introduction of the Model T Ford. Before the Model T, cars were a luxury item: At the beginning of 1908, there were fewer than 200,000 on the road. Though the Model T...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Norfolk & Western Class A #1218 gets a new coat of paint On July 12-14, 2013 the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke held special day/night sessions when their two iconic steam engines were taken out of their normal protective display area and staged for the benefit of photographers. Here we see...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – H&C Coffee Sign Just a few yards down Campbell Avenue from the City Market Building in downtown Roanoke is one of the stand-out features of the local skyline. Originating from 1946 after one of the founders of H&C Coffee Company, Harold Wood (the C being his brother Clarence), took a trip to New York...
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