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Welles-Shipman-Ward Homestead & Barns, Glastonbury CT
The Welles-Shipman-Ward House is a historic property in South Glastonbury, Connecticut, originally built in 1755 for John and Jerusha Welles. The main house is a Georgian-style mansion with one of the largest colonial-era hearth fireplaces in Connecticut. Over the years, it has been preserved and restored, maintaining its original colonial charm. The property also features several outbuildings, including: A four-story colonial-era New England bank barn. A 19th-century tobacco shed, which is now used for events. The Welles-Shipman-Ward House is currently owned and maintained by the Historical Society of Glastonbury. The society oversees tours, restoration efforts, and historical events at the property, ensuring its colonial heritage is preserved for visitors and…
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Beautiful old barn & silo, East Windsor CT
This barn and silo served two functions. The silo held some type of granular food which must have been for the farmers animals or potential storage and sale of whatever was inside. When I zoomed into the image, in hi-resolution, I could see a series of vertical boards in the upper half of the side wall that were obviously opened at times to allow for the drying of tobacco. So I would think this resourceful farm had more than one crop and possibly livestock as well. Either way to me it’s a beautiful site! I photographed this image with a Sony Nex-7, 24.3mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 18-55 f3.5-5.6…
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Beautifully maintained Tobacco Farm, Suffield CT area
The northern portion of CT straddling the CT river was rich in tobacco farming through the 19th and 20th century. As a result tobacco farms dotted the countryside and it’s almost impossible not to see dozens of them as you drive throughout the towns in this area. As a photographer and connoisseur of old barns I couldn’t help but take notice of the superior condition this tobacco barn was in. The owner has gone through great lengths to keep the exterior stained and the roof updated. Pretty much every old tobacco farm that I’ve seen has been withering in it’s natural state. That’s not necessarily a bad thing as long…
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Miniature Truck in a Big World
For this shot I photographed a 6″ metal diecast model of a 1940 Ford Pickup truck that I bought new for $23.00 at a flea market. I video taped it on a 360 deg. turnstile and also shot still photography images. I then inserted the tabletop shot of the truck into a previous picture of a tobacco barn that I had taken. I did add the signage on the side of the truck from an image I found on google images (garageartsigns.com). The barn is located somewhere in north central CT which is rich in tobacco barns. I didn’t record where the picture was taken. Settings for the diecast model…
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The sky’s warmth embraces this old barn and truck……….
This looks like the remains of what once was a tobacco barn in Manchester CT. Aging comfortably beside is an old rusting truck. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 and Nikon 18-55 lens @ 55mm. (35mm equiv. = 82mm) 1/125th, F8, ISO 400, Aperture Priority, Focus Stacked.
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Tobacco Farm in Southwick, MA.
[wzslider height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]Winter has hit this tobacco farm in Southwick, MA as it sits quiet in the calm of the moonlight. Photographed with FujiFilm Finepix F100fd, 12MP, pocket camera.
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Abandoned barn Windsor CT
[wzslider height=”600″ lightbox=”true”]This old barn has been neglected and abandoned for what appears to be many years. It was probably a working tobacco barn back in the day at the Windsor CT area was known for it’s high production of tobacco at one time. Fujifilm Finepix F100fd, 12MP, pocket camera.
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Tobacco barn in Windsor CT
[wzslider height=”700″ lightbox=”true”] One of the many tobacco barns that still stand today in the greater Windsor CT area.A throw back to when CT was one of the major tobacco providers in the country. Photographed with Samsung Galaxy Note 2, 8MP smart phone camera. 1/2800 sec; f/2.6; ISO 80
