– 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 – Thurmond, West Virginia In the next two weeks we will visit Thurmond, West Virginia. This is a town that is intrinsically tied to coal and timber and the C&O railroad that was used to transport these commodities out of the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. In its heyday in the 1920s, Thurmond had...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Searight’s Tollhouse The Searight’s Tollhouse is one of the two remaining tollhouses on the National Road in Pennsylvania. The National Road played one of the most important roles in the opening of the old Western Territory. It was authorized by the federal government in 1806 in response to the need to...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – James Andersons Blacksmith Shop Having visited such craftman as the shoemaker and the harpsichord maker, today we take a look at the craftsman who was partially responsible for the security of the colony. James Andersons Blacksmith Shop is located behind James Anderson’s house on the south side of Duke of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Eastern View Schoolhouse The Eastern View Schoolhouse was originally constructed and located at Eastern View Farm, near Owenton, King and Queen County, Virginia. It was constructed about 1870, used first as a private and then a public school until about 1903. It was the last remaining log built school in King...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Glade Creek Grist Mill Glade Creek Grist Mill has been in Babcock State Park, West Virginia since 1976. This fully operational mill is a reconstruction of one that was also located on Glade Creek, but across and a little down-stream known as Cooper’s Mill. Cooper’s Mill was destroyed in the 1920’s when a...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Hilltop Tower Kiva, Picuris Pueblo In the last post we looked at the San Lorenzo de Picuris Mission Church. Most people, though, visit the Picuris Pueblo in Taos County, New Mexico to see the rare hilltop tower Kiva. Picuris is known as the Mountain Pueblo. The small village is tucked into a beautiful high...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – San Lorenzo de Picuris Mission Church The San Lorenzo de Picuris Mission Church has a long and storied history. There was a rudimentary mission at the Picuris Pueblo in Taos County, New Mexico since sometime between 1581 and 1620 when Fray Francisco de Zamora was charged with the establishment of a permanent...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – BL2 Road Switcher The BL2 Road Switcher was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) between September 1947 and May 1949. EMD had been producing diesel powered locomotives since the 1930s with the most successful being the F-series which was introduced in 1939. The F-series design made them the...
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