


The Great Valley, Yorktown, VA
Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Scarred Places Photo Series“The Great Valley,” one of the few natural openings in the marl cliffs of Yorktown. It was used as the main roadway to connect the harbor to the main street, about a city block up the hill. Slaves would be herded up the hill to the slave market on Main Street.

Yorktown Waterfront
Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Scarred Places Photo SeriesWhat is: The Yorktown, Virginia waterfront, fishing pier. A Naval ship headed out to sea.
What was: We mostly know of Yorktown as being the location of the last major conflict in the Revolutionary War. However, in the 18th Century Yorktown’s…

Ford Panel Delivery Truck
Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Roadside America Photo Series
What is: The American flag on the house and truck panels.
What was: Sitting at the side of the road on route 66, todays SUV's heritage can be traced back to the panel truck, like this one.
In 1917, nine years after the first Model…

Miller and Rhoads…a retail pioneer
Photoblog, Roadside America Photo Series, Scarred Places Photo Series
What is: A Hilton hotel and apartment building in the place of a once pioneering retail flagship store and HQ.
What was: Begun as a dry good shop by Mr. Miller and Mr. Rhoads in 1888, Miller and Rhoads became an iconic department store…

Eastern Shore Store
Binhammer Photographs, Photoblog, Roadside America Photo SeriesThis store has everything! Ashtrays, fireworks, keychains, ham, bacon, sausage, peanuts. Everything imaginable gift and trinket you can think of. It has character.