Off To - 18th-Century America

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1780 Blacksmith Simon Wickes' House, Chestertown, Maryland

On my blog It's About Time, I am trying to take little photographic day-trips to pockets of 18th-century architecture & culture preserved in America today.

So far we have visited:

Old Salem in North Carolina,

Colonial Kitchens,

Historic Annapolis in Maryland, &

Old Town Alexandria in Virginia.

Our newest junket is to Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Chestertown was a bustling seaport town in the 18th century. Please come along to historic Chestertown. 1769 Thomas Smythe's Widehall. Chestertown, Maryland
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Pedigree Slow Motion (Long version)

Whippet in PetSmart Commercial

Update: The whippet in the ad is FC Onyxx gone With The Wind, Fld Ch, NA, NAJ,
CGC, CD, LCM. Owner is Sally Elliott.

Colonial Kitchens, Gingerbread, and Old Salem

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Old Salem's Moravian Gingerbread

Just posted a a tour of Colonial Kitchens and of the buildings at Old Salem, a mid-18th century Moravian village in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on my It's About Time Blog. Also posted the Moravian Gingerbread recipe.

The Moravians were featured on this blog in the story of arist Johann Valentin Haidt. Please come visit the other blog for modern depictions of the restoration.

The Single Brothers House, 1769, Old Salem, North Carolina.

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Whippet Racing 1914 (British Pathe Video)

WHIPPET RACING, TROTTING RACE AND DONKEY RACE

(click image to view video on British Pathe)

Whippet Racing, Ireland 1921 (British Pathe Video)

WHIPPET RACING IRELAND

(click on image to view video on British Pathe)

Whippet Racing 1941 (British Pathe Video)

WHIPPET RACING (Dublin issue)

In this video they are using starting boxes.
(click on the image to go to British Pathe to view the video)