James Buchanan Henry family plot at St. Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland. Gravemarker in memory of John Read Magruder, Emily Nicholson Magruder, John Randall Magruder, Mary Nicholson Magruder, Eliza Nicholson Magruder and Margaret Regan.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Cabinet card of a drawing of Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony and Archduke Otto Franz of Austria. From an album of loose photographs of members of various royal families. File also includes a French newspaper clipping.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock is kneeling at front and center.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock is making the first half of a sand mold. Sand molds must be made in two halves in order to separate them and remove the pattern.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock is pouring 1500 degree molten metal into the sand molds. Special knowledge of how to pour molds is extremely important.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock dumps his molds after solidification of the Aremtale. Time for solidification depands on the size of casting but usually is a matter of minutes.
Colonial Crafts Days during the celebration of Heritage Month in Annapolis, MD. Participation in the event was by inivintation from Historic Annapolis, Inc. Red Hancock checks his castings - but he never makes mistakes!