Laurel Valley Plantation Fall Festival
8 October 2000
Thibodeaux, Louisiana


St. Mary's Oil Engine





















MPEG of St. Mary's Engine running

Jay Bernard's Display


Jay with the museum's IH LB that he just got started.


Flywheel from Jay's Briggs


Shaft from Jay's Briggs. There are burrs that cause the flywheel not to seat properly.


Jay's Briggs


Jay's fan collection





A very nice (OSHA compliant) fan


This is Jay.



Jay exercising with his Maytag.



A real smoking maytag


Ernest Felterman's Working Display






MPEG of Ernest Felterman's Working Display


John Smietana's Display of Model Engines












Civil War Cannon Demonstration







Bob Mayeux's Regal Marine Engine


1922 2 Cylinder Regal


MPEG of Regal Marine Engine


Dick Gibben's "New" Model T







Ralph Olmstead's Overland


Ralph & Therese returning from church


1913 Model 69 Overland



Working Model Steamboat




Don Keller




Making Cane Syrup


Phil Aucoin pouring the syrup into jars





Various Marine Engines


Nick Bettivey with his Sandow stationary engine


The Sandow engine, a Detroit marine engine


Jamie Hurry's Caille on the left and Chalmers Davidson's Caille on the right.


J.B. Castagnos starting Chalmers Davidson's engine


J.B. and Chalmers working on Chalmers' engine.


J.B. and Chalmers Davidson


Another shot of the Sandow





Jamie Hurry caught off-guard


An appropriate warning