October 23, 2012
I’ve just returned home from my first-ever visit to the fall edition of Martin’s Auction.
One of the stars of the auction was this gypsy wagon, which fetched nearly $30,000.
(If you have a copy of the October issue of The Carriage Journal, you can read an article on gypsy caravans.)
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October 10, 2012
During our morning at Perryville, and after the 2 0’clock battle reenactment, we strolled through the “living history” camp. Here, people were cooking, quilting, playing music, sewing, and just hanging out and chatting with each other and with visitors.
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We had a nice chat with this man (below), who had four huge oxen and a replica Virginia Road Wagon that he’d built himself, by hand, using historic methods and materials …
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October 6, 2012
As you might imagine, there’s a heck of a lot going on in this photo, which was taken outside New York’s Grand Central Station and Hotel Manhattan, c. 1903. Streetcars, commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, Hansom Cabs, pedestrians, a rider, a bicyclist …
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October 5, 2012
October 3, 2012
There are work vehicles, at least one passenger vehicle, a horseless carriage, and quite a few “ghosts” (blurry images of people moving through the long-exposure frame) in this image of the Suffolk County courthouse in Boston, c. 1906. And do you see the dog?
The Slower Road 