Powder Magazine
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Powder Magazine (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 12. Building 09.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers
Recto and verso, postcard titled "Williamsburg, Virginia, The Old Powder Horn, built in 1714 by Gov. Spotswood."
Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Circa 1909
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Perukemaker's Shop
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores & shops - Virginia - Williamsburg
Handicraft - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "Perukemaker's Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia. " Verso reads: "The perukemaker fashions a wig such as was used by eighteenth-century gentlemen on formal occasions, This is one of Restored Williamsburg's operating Craft Shops, open to the visitor."
Colonial Williamsburg
H. S. Crocker Co., Inc.
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The King's Arms Barber Shop
King's Arms Barber Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Handicraft - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores & shops - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "The King's Arms Barber Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia." Text on verso reads: "The colonial perukemaker provided a number of basic services: fashioning, selling, and dressing wigs and false hair pieces; cutting and dressing natural hair; and shaving men."
Colonial Williamsburg
H. S. Crocker Co. Inc.
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Wigmaker's Shop
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Handicraft - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores & shops - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "Wigmaker's Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia. " Text on verso reads: "The Williamsburg barber or wigmaker usually performed at least one and frequently all three of the Craft's basic services: (1) making, selling, and dressing wigs and false hair pieces for men and women (2) cutting and dressing men's, women's and children's natural hair and (3) shaving men. Here he dresses a wig typical of the type that would have been used by a gentleman in eighteenth-century Virginia."
Colonial Williamsburg
H. S. Crocker Co. Inc.
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Galt Cottage
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
James Galt House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "The Galt Cottage and Garden, Williamsburg, Virginia. " Text on verso reads: "A colonial house restored on historic Duke of Gloucester Street. The steeple of Bruton Parish Church may be seen in the background." This postcard shows the house after its move from the grounds of Eastern State Hospital to Block 13, where it stood from 1929-1954, and then moved again to its present location at 420 Tyler Street.
Colonial Williamsburg
Albertype Co.
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Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Prentis Store (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 18-1. Building 05.
Stores & shops - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcard, "Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia," featuring a costumed interpreter smoking a pipe outside the Prentis Store when it housed the Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop,
Caption reads: "Originally an apothecary shop in the early 18th-century, this structure has been restored to its early appearance, and is now furnished as a typical colonial barber and wig maker's establishment."
The composition of this postcard is based upon a photograph taken by Colonial Williamsburg's first staff photographer, Thomas Williams, in 1947 (image # 1947-W-737.) Mr. Sam Helfrich posed as the 18th-century barber sitting outside his shop.
Colonial Williamsburg
Runca Import Company
1949
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The Gunsmith Shop
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Handicraft - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores & shops - Virginia - Williamsburg
Ayscough House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Recto and verso of postcard titled "The Gunsmith Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia." Text on verso reads: "Skilled gunsmiths make and mend flintlock arms - long rifles, fowling pieces, and pistols using the same hand tools and methods as their colonial predecessors."
Colonial Williamsburg
H. S. Crocker Co., Inc.
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Ayscough Shop
Handicraft - Virginia - Williamsburg
Ayscough House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Woodworking - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "Ayscough Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia." Text on verso reads: "Cabinet makers in costume make and repair furniture here."
Curteich-Chicago
Circa 1942
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Governor's Palace Gardens
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled, "The Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, Va." Text on verso reads: "The Governor's Palace and its dependencies, preeminent among notable estates in colonial America. The gardens are considered more typical of formal eighteenth century gardens than any others in America."
Walter H. Miller
Walter H. Miller & Co.
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Duke of Gloucester Street, Merchants Square
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled, "New Shop Buildings, Williamsburg, Virginia." Text on verso reads: "Part of the new business area erected to be in keeping with the restored area of the city." The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company food market is shown on the left.
Colonial Williamsburg
Albertype Co.
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Duke of Gloucester Street, Business Section
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "Duke of Gloucester Street, Business Section, Williamsburg, Virginia." The recto features a street scene of the Business Block, later known as Merchants Square, looking west from Henry Street toward the College of William & Mary.
Albertype Co.
Williamsburg Drug Co.
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The Capitol Restaurant
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard titled "The Capitol Restaurant..." Text on verso reads: "The Capitol Restaurant -- Adjoining Williamsburg Theatre. Best place to eat in the Colonial City. Air Conditioned for your comfort. Telephone 9172. Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia."
Dexter Press
Williamsburg Photo Studio
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'Aunt Mary'
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Museum docents
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
African American women - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, postcard illustrated with the painting “‘Aunt Mary" by Eleanor R. Craighill, published by The Albertype Co., Text on verso reads: ' "Aunt Mary', born a slave and one of the old cooks of Williamsburg, is now the custodian of the kitchen of the restored Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia.'
Albertype Co.
Albertype Co.
1930s
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Governor's Palace Kitchen Yard
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
African American women - Virginia - Williamsburg
Laundresses - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, postcard, “Kitchen Yard, Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia,” published by the Albertype Company, Text on verso reads: 'It is laundry day for the hostesses' costumes of Colonial Williamsburg.'
Albertype Co.
Albertype Co.
1930s
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Palace Gardens, Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, postcard, “Palace Gardens, Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia,” published by Albertype Co. Text on verso reads: 'Ballroom Gardens viewed from cupola.'
Albertype Co.
Albertype Co.
1939
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Reconstructed Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 20. Building 03.
Recto and verso, postcard, “The Reconstructed Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia,” printed by The Albertype Co., and published by The Williamsburg Drug Co. Text reads "On its original foundation an authentic replica of the house or palace where the royal governors of Virginia lived while Williamsburg was the capital of the colony."
Albertype Co.
Williamsburg Drug Co., Printed by Albertype Co.
1930s
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Ballroom Garden, Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 20. Building 03.
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto, postcard, “Ballroom Garden, Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia,” published by Runca Import Company for Colonial Williamsburg, Inc. Text on verso reads: "In 1724, The Reverend Hugh Jones wrote of the Governor's Palace, 'a magnificent Structure, built at the public Expense, finished and beautified with Gates, fine Gardens, Offices, Walks, a fine Canal, Orchards, Etc.'. The Palace, its dependencies and gardens have been reconstructed to their original appearance."
Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.
Runca Import Co.
Circa 1930s
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Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, postcard, “The Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, Va.,” published by the Cole Shop.
The Cole Shop
The Cole Shop
1930s
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Kitchen at Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
African American women - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, postcard, “Kitchen at Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, Va.,” printed by Dexter Press and published by Miller’s Camera Shop. Text on verso reads: 'The kitchen of the Governor's Palace is one of the out buildings as was customary in most of the colonial houses. The Palace was the center of social life in the Virginia colony.'
Miller, Walter H.
Miller's Camera Shop
1953
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Governor's Palace Kitchen
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Museum docents
Recto and verso, postcard, “Governor’s Palace Kitchen, Williamsburg, Virginia,” printed by the Albertype Co. and published by Williamsburg Craftsmen Inc.
Text on verso reads: '"Aunt Mary" at the fireplace in the kitchen of the Governor's Palace.'
Williamsburg Craftsman, Inc., printed by Albertype Co.
1930s
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