Havre De Grace, MD: Havre de Grace Race TrackThis vintage linen postcard captures the Havre de Grace Race Track in Havre de Grace, Maryland, a sports and recreation landmark of its era. Located in Harford County where the Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay, the track operated for decades in the first half of the twentieth century and drew crowds of horse racing enthusiasts to this corner of Maryland's Upper Bay region. From the 1930s through the 1940s, American "linen" postcards reached

agricultural fair grounds

The building stands as a testament to the rich architectural heritage of North Carolina

This vintage linen postcard captures the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

which aimed to document the historic architecture in the southern United States

a common element in Southern architecture that highlights both functionality and aesthetic appeal

The image captures various elements of the garden

Mississippi

the son of a Confederate general

The image was later published in Thomas Tileston Watermans The Early Architecture of North Carolina

offering insight into the design and aesthetics of the time

This survey aimed to document and celebrate the rich architectural heritage of the American South

when the sighting was shaped by its eyewitness accounts