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- My Grandfather’s Oak Toolbox and Farm Hand-tool Collection
- Historic Photo of Confederate Solders in Frederick (Revised 2014)
- Historic Photo of Confederate Solders in Frederick (2012)
- Digitizing the 1859 Frederick Md. Directory
- 1859 Frederick Md Directory: A Snapshot of Frederick on the Eve of the Civil War
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My Grandfather’s Oak Toolbox and Farm Hand-tool Collection
An item in my bucket list is: Clean up your,stuff – don’t leave that to those who come after you! That leads to a story. In 1911 my grandfather married my grandmother and moved to a small farm in Clarksburg, … Continue reading
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Historic Photo of Confederate Solders in Frederick (Revised 2014)
This is a revised version of a 2012 blog post. It is more detailed and places the soldiers on Patrick Street instead of Market Street. I want to share a different view of the historic photograph, Confederate Soldiers in Frederick. The … Continue reading
Posted in Frederick MD History
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Historic Photo of Confederate Solders in Frederick (2012)
A more detailed and heavily revised version of this has been posted. I want to share a different way viewing the historic photograph of Confederate Soldiers in Frederick. The photo shows the soldiers as they prepare to march toward the Antietam battleground. It is embedded in a … Continue reading
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Digitizing the 1859 Frederick Md. Directory
Converting the 1859 Frederick Md directory to a searchable PDF document was a learning experience for me which I would like to share. Photographing the directory went fairly quickly. There were ninety-two images each showing two opposing pages plus images … Continue reading
1859 Frederick Md Directory: A Snapshot of Frederick on the Eve of the Civil War
The “Williams’ Frederick Directory, City Guide, and Business Mirror, Volume 1–1859-’60” was published in 1859 by the C. S. Williams. A copy was presented to the HSFC on November 19, 1957 by Mrs Bessie P. Keefer of Frederick. I recently … Continue reading
Photographing Historic Documents and Pictures with the Nikon 1 V1 Camera
One of my main volunteer tasks at the Historical Society of Frederick County is photographing historic pictures and documents. You can find many of pictures I have copied in the Online Catalog on the HSFC web site. I have done this for a several years using … Continue reading
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