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September 19, 2013

slightly newer old horsepower

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Yaaaay!! The October issue of The Carriage Journal is finished.

As I think I may’ve mentioned earlier, one of the articles coming up in this issue is on the carriage collection owned by the DeHaans, CAA members in Michigan.

I traveled up to Michigan last month to talk with them about their collection and to photograph it. I was also delighted to learn that Dale has a few 1929 Fords (a pickup truck, a sedan, and a convertible roadster with a rumble seat) and two vintage John Deere tractors. As you know if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, I adore old cars, so I had fun photographing all five of these slightly newer specimens of antique and vintage horsepower.

Here, first, are a few close-up shots of the Fords …

If this by any chance has you intrigued and wanting to see a few more photos of old cars, please see the “old cars” gallery on my website.

Tomorrow, I’ll share a couple of photos of the two tractors.

August 30, 2013

a quick turnaround

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On Wednesday, I flew to western Michigan to photograph the carriages in this lovely carriage house (on the left); two sweet Morgan mares and a cute pony live in the barn on the right …
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As soon as I’ve downloaded and edited them all, some of the photos I took will appear in an upcoming issue of The Carriage Journal. Others will probably appear here on the blog, so stay tuned.

To see a few off-topic-for-this-blog photos from my quick trip, head on over to my other blog: Sunlight on Stuff.

May 22, 2013

gypsy wagons 2

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As promised, here are a few close-up photos of exteriors and interiors of a few Romani caravans in the Jim Lawes & Harriet Crowther’s collection …

May 21, 2013

gypsy wagons 1

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… and speaking of colorful vehicles, here are some of Jill’s photos of Jim Lawes & Harriet Crowther’s stunning collection of Romani caravans. If you have a copy of the October 2012 of The Carriage Journal, you can read (if you haven’t already!) Ken Wheeling’s article on this same collection.

Tomorrow, we’ll see a few close-up shots that Jill took of individual caravans.

May 20, 2013

trade vehicles

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One of my favorite classes at the Royal Windsor Horse Show is always the Light Trade Vehicles class. During the horse-drawn era, businesses all had their own specialty vehicles: each in a different size, shape, and style. And every one of them was, without fail, brightly painted and decorated.

Those in the small CAA group that traveled on to Norfolk from Windsor last week were fortunate to visit the impressive (and colorful!) carriage collection of Jim Lawes and Harriet Crowther. Jill took these photos of some of their trade vehicles …