Digges House
Yorktown (Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Yorktown
Historic buildings - Virginia - Yorktown
Streets - Virginia - Yorktown
Motorists parked on Main Street looking east towards the Digges House, Yorktown, Virginia
Barrows, John
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Williamsburg Lodge
Williamsburg Lodge (Williamsburg, Va.)
Hotels & taverns - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 44. Building 03.
Guests sitting on rocking chairs outside the Williamsburg Lodge soon after its completion in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1939.
Nivison, Frank
1939
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Mount Vernon
Nash, Susan Higginson
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Fairfax County
Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, circa 1930's
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1930's
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John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Physician with Coach Driver
African American Photographers
Coaches & carriages - Virginia - Williamsburg
Coach drivers - Virginia - Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s personal physician posing with a Colonial Williamsburg coachman in front of his carriage near Market Square.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Tourists Leaving Yorktown Victory Center
African American Photographers
Yorktown Victory Center (Yorktown, Va.)
Tourists - Virginia - Yorktown
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Guests exiting a building at Yorktown Victory Center, Yorktown, Virginia, during Bicentennial celebrations, 1976.
Durant, Albert W.
1976
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Guest Conferring with Chauffeur
African American Photographers
Tourists - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Chauffeurs - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 02. Building 65.
Guest conferring with a chauffeur outside the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1976.
Durant, Albert W.
1976
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Yorktown Victory Center Bicentennial Celebration
African American Photographers
Yorktown Victory Center (Yorktown, Va.)
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Guests listen to speakers at a special Bicentennial celebration at Yorktown Victory Center, Yorktown, Virginia, 1976.
Durant, Albert W.
1976
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Group of Tourists
African American photographers
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Tourists - Virginia - Williamsburg
A group of sightseers in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Sam Robinson Giving a Tour
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Jamestown Island (Va.)
Museum docents
Sam Robinson, long-time guide for Jamestown Church, speaking to a group of visitors.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Rockefeller's Physician Touring Colonial Williamsburg
African American Photographers
Documentary Photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Carriages & coaches - Virginia - Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s personal physician riding in a carriage at Colonial Williamsburg with Mrs. Esther Ruffin and her daughters.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Tourists Posing at John Smith Monument
African American Photographers
Documentary Photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Jamestown Island (Va.)
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Jamestown
John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s personal physician poses with Mrs. Esther Ruffin and her daughters in front of the John Smith monument on Jamestown Island, Virginia.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Sam Robinson Leading a Tour
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Museum docents
Jamestown Island (Va.)
Sam Robinson, a long-time tour guide for Jamestown Church, speaking to a group of visitors at the site of the historic structure on Jamestown Island, Virginia, circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, Va.
Williamsburg Lodge (Williamsburg, Va.)
Hotels & taverns - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard illustrated with a Kodachrome photo by Walter H. Miller of the front entrance of the Williamsburg Lodge.
The caption reads: "The Lodge offers excellent and attractive accommodations at moderate rates, and also coffee shop and special facilities for tour parties."
Miller, Walter H.
Miller's Camera Shop
1950s
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Public Gaol, Williamsburg, Virginia
Public Gaol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 27. Building 02.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of a postcard featuring a view of tourists posing in the pillory outside the Public Gaol. An official Colonial Williamsburg card published by the H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. and postmarked 1962, it depicts a popular gathering place for tourists to commemorate their visit to Colonial Williamsburg. The pillory and stocks have since been moved to a more centralized location outside the Courthouse on Market Square.
According to the caption, "Blackbeard's pirates, captured in 1718, were imprisoned here before being hanged. Debtors and criminals were confined here. Pillory, stocks, and whipping post are favorite camera subjects today. Open daily."
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
1962
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Christiana Campbell's Tavern
Christiana Campbell's Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 07. Building 45.
Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Official Colonial Williamsburg postcard featuring a photo of diners at Christiana Campbell's Tavern in the 1950s. The waiter holding the teapot in the center is Hugh Augustus Winfree, Jr., who worked for Colonial Williamsburg for ten years and often posed as a model in promotional photos. An aspiring artist, Winfree held an art exhibition at the Franklin House Dormitory, a housing unit for Colonial Williamsburg employees, in 1956.
The other waiter featured on the postcard to the left is Dick Owens.
According to the card's caption, "This well-known eighteenth-century tavern is operated today in the hospitable spirit of its colonial proprietors. Remembered by millions for its delicious seafood from the Chesapeake Bay, steaks, coffees and "Black Velvet" cocktails, Campbell's is one of Virginia's finest restaurants."
H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. for Colonial Williamsburg
ca. 1950s
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Fort Magruder, Williamsburgh, Va.
Albumen prints
Centennial Photographic Company
Fort Magruder (Va.)
Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862
This photo captures several men sitting atop redoubts as they contemplate the events that took place not so long ago at the site of Fort Magruder, the most important Confederate defense line immediately east of Williamsburg. They are seated upon a portion of the earthen walls that once formed the outline of the fort.
The Battle of Williamsburg occurred on May 5, 1862. To buy time for Confederate troops evacuating the peninsula towards Richmond, General Johnston chose to send a smaller contingent back to take defensive posts outside of Williamsburg. Led by General James Longstreet, the troops assembled around earthworks constructed to protect two roads leading to Williamsburg. As the rebels pursued the Confederates, they encountered the surprise defense line and a bloody skirmish ensued. The Union assault proved to be too powerful for the Confederate soldiers, who eventually retreated, yet were pleased with their efforts to delay the Union army’s progress towards the Confederate capital at Richmond.
Centennial Photographic Company
ca. 1875
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College Creek, Williamsburgh, Va.
Albumen prints
Centennial Photographic Company
College Creek (Va.)
Rivers - Virginia - Williamsburg
Once known as Archer's Hope Creek, College Creek is a tributary of the James River located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The creek bounded one side of the palisade of Middle Plantation, the 17th-century settlement that preceded Williamsburg. Along with Queen's Creek on the opposite side of the palisade, its waters offered colonists a mode for transporting tobacco hogsheads to the James and York rivers.
The Centennial Photographic Company most likely photographed this landscape scene due to the creek's associations with the recent events of the Civil War. The creek stood at one end of the line of fourteen redoubts built to defend the two main roads leading to Williamsburg.
Centennial Photographic Company
ca. 1875
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