– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Delaplane Delaplane is a small rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. The village came into being after the building of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1852. Construction of the railroad began the previous year at the junction of the existing Orange and Alexandria Railroad at what became known as Manassas Junction. The railroad headed west towards Front Royal, through the Manassas Gap in the...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Erosion as Art I have been reading Rick Sammon’s book “Creative Visualization for Photographers”. This book is not a technique guide in the standard form. It is designed to help the photographer produce better images through ideas that may lead to better vision. Basically, the aim is to give you a better eye for an image and then post-processing it to elevate the result from a snapshot to a great...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Railroad Baggage Carts A couple of weeks ago we revisited the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. Whilst I was waiting for the steam locomotive to arrive I wandered around the historic depot. No matter the main attraction that takes you to something like a tourist train station, it is always worth taking some time to slowly explore the surroundings. As I was walking along...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Model A Ford 4-Door Convertible In the last post we took a look at creating a reasonable facsimile of the historic era represented by the preserved Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Baldwin Consolidation 2-8-0 Locomotive. In that particular image patience was required to achieve the desired result. Today we see the how pure luck can also play a key role in finding and creating a great image...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Isaiah Davenport House The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. It is located on the northwest corner of Columbia Square, one of six additional squares added to the original Oglethorpe Plan in the late 1790s. This federal-style home was built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport for his growing household as well as a means of showing his considerable building skills. Details of...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Aldie Mill Aldie Mill at Aldie in Loudoun County is one of the best preserved mills in Virginia. Managed by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, the mill is one of only two working water-powered mills remaining in the Virginia Piedmont. The mill is the center-piece of the Aldie Mill Historic District....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Mary McLeod Bethune House February 1 sees the start of African American History Month, also known as Black History Month, in the United States. Schools arrange special activities to help bring awareness of and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tredegar Iron Works – the post-war years In the last post we saw how Joseph R. Anderson, the owner of the Tredegar Iron Works, had saved his facilities from the fires which the retreating Confederate troops had set in the warehouse district when the Union forces captured Richmond on April 3, 1865. This...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tredegar Iron Works – the Civil War years In the previous post we looked at the early history of the Tredegar Iron Works. Today we will examine the Civil War years, the period in its story for which it is best known. By 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Iron Works was the largest ironworks in the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Tredegar Iron Works – the early years The Tredegar Iron Works on the north banks of the James River in Richmond is named for the Tredegar Ironworks at Tredegar in South Wales. Like it’s namesake, the Richmond Tredegar foundries produced a significant volume of rails and associated products. However, it was...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – St Pauls Episcopal Church St Pauls Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia was built in 1843-45. It is one of the largest churches in the Diocese of Virginia, seating 800 people. Located across the street from the Virginia State Capitol, it has long been a popular house of worship for political figures. Known as...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – King William County Courthouse King William County, Virginia was created in 1702 on the peninsula of land between the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers. In the early days the town of West Point was the most important and the busiest as it served as the county’s port. Being such an important place, though, did not...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk Earlier this summer I visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia for the Fly-in to Victory Day. After enjoying the exhibits outside and watching the warbirds fly out of the museum grounds, I took a while to look at some of...
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