October 27, 2024
Tag: Chesapeake Bay
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Two DelMarVa Sketch Artists and Their Postcards
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Each generation has its own sketch artists who use pencils, charcoals, pastels, chalks, and crayons to render hometown scenes, rural vistas, and family events in sketchbooks that are cherished by a cadre of descendants. This article by Bill Burton, Postcard History’s publisher, highlights two such practitioners of pencil art who lived and worked in a…
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Oyster Culture on Chesapeake Bay
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The Chesapeake Bay is known for it natural beauty and its healthy bounty, but since the middle of the 20th century the beauty and the bounty have diminished. The shell fishery businesses, that for generations relied on oystering, are changing. This is their story.
Past Article
August 18, 2024 3 Comments
Jacob Tome has been forgotten by all except the historians in northeast Maryland. He died more than a century ago but his legacy – The Tome Institute for Boys – made it possible for young men to prepare themselves for very successful lives. Postcards help tell the story of this Port Deposit, Maryland, philanthropist.