Madison at 83 by Longacre
This portrait was the last painted of James Madison during his lifetime. James Barton Longacre visited Madison at Montpelier in July of...
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B. Sullivan
- Aug 15
Mold - P-U!
Please, protect your special treasures properly. It is sad when you see the damage that is done by moisture when something is saved in a...
B. Sullivan
- Feb 15
“Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black.” Henry Ford
(All images are the 1924 Model T donated by Tex Webb.) With regard to the color of the Model T's (1919 - 1925), Henry Ford is quoted for...
B. Sullivan
- Feb 10
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...
Anyone who had watched Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" remembers the wicked Queen, obsessed with her beauty, uttered those...
B. Sullivan
- Nov 3, 2022
I'll connect you...
We've very recently received a donation from Robbie Colvin of the original phone switchboard of the President Madison Inn (James Madison...
B. Sullivan
- Oct 6, 2022
Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders
I will admit straight out that my knowledge of inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison is weak, limited. For myself, the donation of...
B. Sullivan
- Jul 1, 2022
July 2nd, our "real" Independence Day?
Here we are, another July 4th looming when we celebrate "Independence Day". Time again to ponder "why" don't we celebrate July 2nd? ...
B. Sullivan
- May 20, 2022
Happy Birthday, Dolley!
Watercolor by Quaker Artist John B. Collins - 1869 May 20, 1768 Dolley Payne was born at New Garden settlement in North Carolina. Her...
B. Sullivan
- Dec 15, 2021
I'm baaaack!
Today, December 15th, is my second day back at the museum. Had a bit of a health scare but surgery was successful and no bad news for...
B. Sullivan
- Aug 19, 2021
"Newman's Castle" or Mt. Athos
Mount Athos in Orange County, not Greece, has a rather “colorful” history filled with hard work, romance, excess, jealousy, betrayal,...
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