– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Sotterley Plantation Slave Cabin Part of the history of Sotterley Plantation that we missed in the previous post relates to the period in which its third family owned it. In 1826 Walter and Emily Briscoe purchase Sotterley. It was during this era that the Plantation was the site of one of the largest...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Sotterley Plantation Sotterley Plantation is the only remaining Tidewater Plantation in Maryland that is open to the public. It is located on the banks of the Patuxent River in Hollywood, St. Mary’s County. The Plantation House is older that Mount Vernon, older than Monticello, and in fact older than the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Classical Gas Museum Embudo My last three posts have all highlighted beautifully restored classic cars. As a change of pace, I thought we should return to the Classical Gas Museum which we first visited a couple of months ago. Located on Highway 68 at Embudo between Espanola and Taos in New Mexico is one of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – 1954 Chevrolet Corvette 1954 was to be a very rough year for the Chevrolet Corvette. Introduced only the previous year, the latest GM sports car suffered from an identity crisis that could not be solved on any psychiatrist’s couch. As introduced in 1953, the Corvette was mostly a thrown together...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – 1929 Cadillac Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton In the last post we took a look at the 1936 Cadillac Fleetwood V-12. Today we are going to look at an earlier classic from the same stable. The 1929 Cadillacs were among the first examples of the prestigious marque to feature styling developed under the direction of Harley...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – 1936 Cadillac Fleetwood V-12 Spring has finally arrived here in the Mid-Atlantic region which means that the Antique Car Shows are just around the corner. Over the next few posts we will look at some of the beautiful designed wonders that can be found at these shows. In 1936 Cadillac introduced the Series 70...
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