Through the fog to auction

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Amish buggy fog to auction
An early morning buggy ride to auction.  New Wilmington, PA.  Courtesy of Rick Harrison.

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  1. Michelle P
    June 8, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    That is a real foggy ride. Lovely picture.

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  2. deb r.
    June 9, 2009 at 8:07 am

    I love those foggy Pennsylvania mornings. Great picture, captures it perfectly.

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  3. Rick
    June 13, 2009 at 3:56 am

    Thanks for sharing, Emele. I always like to see the different buggy styles from different communities. I saw some of those larger ‘touring buggies’ in Holmes Co a few months ago.

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  4. Emele
    June 13, 2009 at 3:23 am

    Speaking of auctions, I have a couple of photos of an Amish quilt auction (Clare County/Yoder’s Amish Auction) on my Flickr here:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabbitt511/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabbitt511/sets/72157603186236454/

    This is in Clare, Michigan. Clare just a little north from around the mid point of the state, around 2/3 all the way up north before you’d hit the upper peninsula. Thought I’d share them here!

    http://www.clarecounty.com/amish.html

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  5. Bethany Becker
    November 2, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    amish auctions

    hi i am from ks however can i find an Amish auction,,, local?

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