Down the Road - What Remains

Carolina Finishing Company 

What remains of the old Yadkin River plant. At one time, a thriving business supporting many families and communities in the surrounding counties.

Down the Road - Priddy’s General Store

 2121 Sheppard Mill Rd

Danbury, NC  27016

Established in 1888, it is a true North Carolina Treasure. So many interesting things to ponder in this store that takes you back in time.

The Hulk and Captain America

 My wife snapped a picture with her cell phone on Halloween of my twin grandsons. Well about a week later I get the message that my daughter-in-law wanted the picture for the boys bedroom. I then went to work on this project which turned out to be far more work than I had imagined. I decided that it needed to be a comic art picture and then the fun begins. Getting all the colors right and printed took many hours and several test prints. But I finally got it completed and was able to print a 13 inch by 19 inch poster print. Needless to say two little boys were happy to get this print for their birthday.

Wheels of Time - The Railroad Café

The Railroad Café has a strong link to the Old Draper Speedway and the many racing heroes of the past. 

It is also a link to the old Fieldcrest  mill village. It is one of those places where everyone knows everybody. 

In Rockingham County. It’s on the corner of North Main Street and NC 770, next to an abandoned textile mill. It’s the last relics of the old mill village of Draper. 

Homer Wood is the Railroad Cafe’s ,70-year-old proprietor. His his father and mother both worked at Fieldcrest, but his dad left the company and opened the cafe next to the railroad tracks in 1955.

Two years after in 1957, Homer Wood’s father moved the cafe to the white brick building that used to be a Pure Oil gas station and a Cadillac dealership.

The mill was shut down in the ‘60s.

Wheels of Time - Bobby's Legendary Flathead Ford

Bobby Apple's

Legendary Flathead Ford

 

(Artwork copyright 2018 by Russ Mann)

 

 

In tribute to a man who had a lifetime passion for racing and loved to go fast!



Down the Road - Flowers and Such

 

Shenandoah Surprise

 

(Artwork copyright Russ Mann)

 

(Artwork copyright Russ Mann)

 

(Artwork copyright Russ Mann)



Wheels of Time - Curtis Turner Ford

This Ford Modified was once driven by Curtis Turner.

 (Artwork copyright by Russ Mann)

This car is owned by Mr. Bud Layton of Cross Ga. The artwork is a pastel on William Turner paper and is based on some photographs that were taken at the Occoneechee/Orange Speedway 10/01/2016. Margaret Sue Turner Wright is the young lady waving to the crowd!