Whistle-stop tour through Eastern Baltimore County

(Times-Herald) ... In eastern Baltimore County, the B&O was in constant competition with its rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), for access to track between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Ultimately, in the late 1880’s both railroads eventually developed parallel routes of track between the two cities. Today’s “Penn Line,” which is utilized by both Amtrak and the Maryland Transit Administration’s MARC commuter rail service, was the PRR’s track while the rail line about five miles to the north was the B&O’s Philadelphia Branch. Continued.

Photo by Warren Olt: MA&PA Railroad at Glen Arm, Maryland. MDRails collection.

History of photoshopping from 1860 to present day

(boingboing) - This nearly iconic portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a composite of Lincoln's head and the Southern politician John Calhoun's body. Link

A new branch of history

(Slashdot) - "The team of 'digital archaeologists' who developed the technology behind the Intel Museum's 4004 microprocessor exhibit have done it again. 36 years after Intel introduced their first microprocessor on November 15, 1971, these computer historians have turned the spotlight on the first application software ever written for a general-purpose microprocessor: the Busicom 141-PF calculator. Link

Slate roof

York County, Pennsylvania

Canon EOS 5D, 28-135mm IS lens

Country Churches: Highland Presbyterian

Street, Maryland

Canon EOS 30D & EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens

Delta Wye Trestle

We hear that the remaining trestle at the Wye in Delta, Pa. may soon be coming down. Meanwhile, up in Red Lion, I hear the trestle there may be preserved. Two different ways of thinking, I guess. It's all rumor, though if you like looking at old bridges & ditches (or anything MA&PA related), this may be a good time to go and examine the thing. I'll leave it to you, clever reader, to find it.

1. 2000-ish, Olympus D-60

2. & 3. 2007, Canon 20D, Kim Choate

3. 1949, Warren Olt

Miss Oxford Diner

Oxford, Pa.

Canon EOS 30D & EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens

The Great War

This is a picture of one of my relatives who fought in World War One. He was in the 141st Infantry ("First Texas") AEF.
The 141st, part of the 36th Division, fought well at the Meuse-Argonne, and other places in France through the end of the war. See here for more info.

Antietam morning

Sharpsburg, Md

Canon EOS 30D & EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens

Industrial landscape

Wrightsville, Pa.

Canon EOS 30D & EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens

Historical Society of Cecil County posting its death & burial records online

"... Locally the burial permits were issued by coroners and the burial spreadsheet contains abstracted data data from 1912 to 1955. The death certificates came from the file copies kept in the local corners office. These records are important sources of genealogical information and Evelyn and Billie are working on more of these valuable projects, including additional death records. Billie, our most experienced genealogist and the person we turn to with our complex family history research questions, is also working on digitizing (with images) some of our naturalization records. ..." Link

Country Churches: Holy Trinity Episcopal

Churchville, Maryland

Photos by Kim Choate, Canon EOS 20D & EF-S 10-22mm lens

A Peek Into Pennsylvania's Most Unique Museums

(PRNewswire) - What do elephants, lighters, bugs, trains, Houdini, and Pez dispensers have in common?
They are just a few of Pennsylvania's offbeat museums which everyone can tour with Dave Rhodes and Dave Hallewell in their next Pennsylvania Public Television Network (PPTN) show called Pennsylvania's Offbeat Museums with Dave and Dave.

... WPSU - Sunday, November 11 at 7pm -- WQED - Thursday, November 15 at 8pm and Sunday, November 18 at 5pm -- WITF - Sunday, November 18 at 5pm -- WVIA - Monday, December 31 at 10pm; Friday, January 11 at 10am; and Saturday, January 12 at 11pm Link

November's "Historic Harford"

This month's edition takes a look at the defunct & submerged town of Conowingo in Cecil County, Maryland. It premiered this evening and will be repeated on Comcast channel 21 throughout the month.

The RR bridge at Conowingo Creek (by the boat launch), marks the approximate location of the old town.

Photo courtesy of MDRails

Barton's Farm Market

Wiley, Pennsylvania
Canon EOS 30D & EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS lens