– 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 – Owens Thomas House In a previous post we visited the Isaiah Davenport House on Columbia Square in Savannah Georgia. Built a year or so earlier in the adjacent Oglethorpe Square is the Owens Thomas House. This is considered by architectural historians to be one of the finest examples of English Regency architecture...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Highway Post Office Bus In the early 1940s the railroad system in the United States was in decline in many areas of the country. Up until then the Postal Service had used specialized rail cars to move the mail. With the decline in the rail service, the US Post Office needed to find a replacement. On February 10,...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Metropolitan African American Episcopal Church The Metropolitan African American Episcopal Church is sandwiched between two modern office buildings on M Street, NW in Washington, DC. This red-brick church is a superior example of Gothic revival architecture. Built in 1886 to a design by Samuel G. T. Morsell, it...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Indian Creek Covered Bridge Indian Creek Covered Bridge in Monroe County, West Virginia was originally built in 1903. It can be found on US Route 219 about 1.5 miles south of Salt Sulphur Springs. The bridge was originally built by Ray and Oscar Weikel who at the time were 16 and 18 years old, respectively, and...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Latane-Customs House Tappahannock Aa earlier post we visited the Essex County Courthouse in Tappahannock. Tappahannock is located on the Middle Penninsula between the James and Rappahannock Rivers in Virginia. The town was named by Captain John Smith when he visited the area in 1608. At the time it was a Native...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – B&O No 5300 President Washington Today we return to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. The North Car Shop contains some of the larger exhibits including the subject of today’s post. B&O No 5300 President Washington was the first of 20 class P-7 Pacific-type locomotives built for the railroad...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Jacksons Mill Covered Bridge There are three covered bridges in Pennsylvania known by the name Jacksons Mill Bridge. This particular Jacksons Mill Covered Bridge spans Octoraro Creek in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The other two are in Bedford County and Washington County. Just to add to the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Lorton Reformatory In the last post we say how the former Occoquan Workhouse at the Lorton Reformatory in Virginia had been converted into the Workhouse Arts Center. The artist studios are great places to visit especially as the artists are quite often in the studios and are open to discuss their work with you....
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