Travis House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 13. Building 23A.
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
A popular restaurant for tourists in the 1930s, the Travis House stood for a period of time along Duke of Gloucester Street on the site formerly occupied by the Palace Theater. Its menu featured dishes inspired by colonial recipes. The structure moved back to its original location at the northeast corner of Francis and Henry Streets in the early 1950s.
Colonel Edward Champion Travis built the home in 1765 and it acquired several additions as successive owners occupied the site. Travis served in the House of Burgesses and was its most prominent colonial occupant. The house became a residence for superintendents of Eastern State Hospital in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Eastern State Hospital turned the building over to the Williamsburg Restoration in 1929 and this led to its temporary move to Duke of Gloucester Street to become a restaurant between 1930-1951.
A. D. Handy Co.
Circa 1930
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Travis Tea House, Williamsburg, Virginia
Block 13. Building 23 C.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Teahouses - Virginia - Williamsburg
Teahouse in the garden behind the Travis House restaurant when it was located on Block 13 along Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1935.
A.D. Handy Co.
1935
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Travis House Restaurant, Williamsburg, Virginia
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 13. Building 23.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Close-up view of a meal typically served in the Travis House restaurant when located on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1930s.
A.D. Handy Co.
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Travis House
Block 13. Building 23.
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
A woman and child walk past the front of the Travis House after its move from Block 14 to Block 13 at the foot of Palace Green to serve as a restaurant, Williamsburg, Virginia
Barrows, John
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King's Arms Tavern
King's Arms Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 29A.
Taverns - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcard depicting the interior of King's Arms Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, published by Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., ca. 1950s.
The caption reads: "King's Arms Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. Meals served in the seven dining rooms of the King's Arms, a reconstructed colonial tavern on Duke of Gloucester Street, are prepared from eighteenth-century recipes. Costumed hostesses and waiters enhance the charm of an authentic early American setting."
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
ca. 1950s
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The Capitol Restaurant
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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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Ernest Wallace Hillside Café, or Wallace and Cook's Beer Garden
African Americans – Virginia – Williamsburg – Photographs
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Documentary photography – Virginia – Williamsburg
Vernacular photography – Virginia – Williamsburg
Ernest Wallace Hillside Café, also known as Wallace and Cook's Beer Garden, located on Raleigh Lane [no longer extant] between Franklin and Nicholson Streets, Williamsburg, Va., September 1953. From left to right: Mr. Goodman, Charles Wallace, Elsie Wallace, Ernest Wallace, Blanche Taylor, Helen Wynn-Brown, Carlton Jackson.
Durant, Albert W.
September 1953
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Wallace's Beer Garden & Hillside Cafe
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Nightclubs - Virginia - Williamsburg
African American patrons at Ernest Wallace's Beer Garden & Hillside Café, a segregated tavern and restaurant formerly located on Franklin Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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African Americans Dining at Log Cabin Beach
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Segregation - Virginia - Williamsburg
African Americans dining at Log Cabin Beach, a segregated recreation facility located along the James River just outside of Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Wallace Cook's Beer Garden
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African American customers at Wallace Cook's Beer Garden, a segregated restaurant and tavern located in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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African American Men at Restaurant in Williamsburg, Virginia
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Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
African American young men at a restaurant located in Triangle block between Scotland and Prince George Streets in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. Possibly Cook's Beer Garden. Men identified as (l to r): Erechardt Tabb, John Roberts, Herce Wallace, George Washington Jones, John Thomas.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Crutchfield's Restaurant
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Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Mr. Crutchfield posing inside his restaurant, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Restaurant Customer
African American Photographers
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African American man sitting in a restaurant booth in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Group Portrait of Diners
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Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
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Several couples and two waiters share a light-hearted moment around a table at a restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area, circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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African Americans at a Celebratory Dinner
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African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
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Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
A group of African American men and women at a celebratory dinner in the Williamsburg area, circa 1950's. On Left: Helen Whitten, Helen Braxton Wynn, rest unknown. On Right: Deacon Daniels, Mrs. Daniels, Samuel Power, unknown, Leonard Wallace, rest unknown.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Dinner at Log Cabin Beach
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Log Cabin Beach (Williamsburg, Va.)
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Segregation - Virginia - Williamsburg
Group dinner at Log Cabin Beach, a segregated swimming beach and fellowship hall located on the James River just outside of Williamsburg, Va., circa 1950.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Log Cabin Beach Dinner
African Americans – Virginia – Williamsburg – Social life and customs – Photographs
Log Cabin Beach (Williamsburg, Va.)
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Segregation - Virginia - Williamsburg
Group dinner at Log Cabin Beach, a segregated swimming beach and fellowship hall located on the James River just outside of Williamsburg, Va., circa 1950.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Group Portrait at Restaurant
African American photographers
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Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Portrait of a group of African Americans seated around a table at an unidentified restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area
Durant, Albert W.
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Banquet Attendees
Banquets - Virginia - Williamsburg -1950-1960
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A large crowd attends a banquet at an unidentified restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
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Couple at Restaurant
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An unidentified African American couple at a restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
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