by Sears Homes | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized |
While little is known about the men who worked at Penniman, even less is known about the women of Penniman, and yet, the majority of the workforce at DuPont’s 37th munitions plant were women. Loading TNT powder into 75mm and 155mm shells was a nasty bit of...
by Sears Homes | Feb 11, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Last month, Steven Beauter was kind enough to share an incredible vintage photo album with me, which featured more than a dozen pictures from 1918-era Penniman, Virginia, a “ghost city” six miles from Williamsburg. There are several unidentified folks...
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...
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