by Sears Homes | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Several months ago, I went looking for a GriefShare group to join, and chose one in Poquoson (Virginia). The primary reason was this: I didn’t know anyone in Poquoson, so if I had a panic attack or started crying or acted like a fool, I could surreptitiously...
by Sears Homes | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Now we just need some names. Thanks to Steven Beauter, a sharp-eyed and devoted historian and lover of history, we have pictures of the people of Penniman. A few years ago, Steven purchased an early 20th century photo album that he’d found on eBay. More...
by Sears Homes | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The houses that DuPont built for their munitions workers at Penniman, Virginia featured “Beaverboard” interiors. Sounds pretty fancy, but in fact, it was an economical alternative to real plaster walls. Bill Inge lent me his “Sweet’s...
by Sears Homes | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The hunt is on. We’re working on a new book about a piece of Virginia’s regional history that is utterly and wholly captivating. Penniman: Virginia’s Own Ghost Town. In 1916, DuPont opened a new munitions factory on the old Bechtel Farm, on a piece...
by Sears Homes | Jan 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Since August 2010, I’ve written almost 700 blogs. That’s a lot of blogs. Each blog has three or more photos. That’s thousands of photos. Some of these blogs took several hours to compose, and then get bumped off the page within a week of their...
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