Inscribed "Old kitchen to the house where Martha Dandridge Washington lived." Page contains one pre-restoration photograph of the Custis Kitchen, Williamsburg, Virginia
Creator
Armistead, Julia Champion
Date
Circa 1910
Is Part Of
Armistead Family Scrapbook, AV2001.5
Format
jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
AV2001-05-P6
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
5 x 7 inches
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The caption reads: "Williamsburg, Va. Mrs. Washington's kitchen. All that is left of her once imposing property, which was in the center of extensive grounds, enclosed by handsome Cedar and Holly trees."
Henry Dennison Cole operated the Cole News Shop located on the site of the present day Taliaferro-Cole Shop. He published many early postcards with illustrations of surviving 18th-century buildings in Williamsburg. His store provided maps, postcards, and travel pamphlets for early 20th-century tourists passing through the area.]]>2021-03-23T17:07:59-04:00
Dublin Core
Title
Mrs. Washington's Kitchen
Subject
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 4-2. Building 02.
Custis Kitchen (Williamsburg, Va.)
Kitchens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
Postcard featuring the Custis Kitchen created by C.T. American Art Blue-Sky and published by H.D. Cole, Williamsburg, Va.
The caption reads: "Williamsburg, Va. Mrs. Washington's kitchen. All that is left of her once imposing property, which was in the center of extensive grounds, enclosed by handsome Cedar and Holly trees."
Henry Dennison Cole operated the Cole News Shop located on the site of the present day Taliaferro-Cole Shop. He published many early postcards with illustrations of surviving 18th-century buildings in Williamsburg. His store provided maps, postcards, and travel pamphlets for early 20th-century tourists passing through the area.
Creator
C.T. American Art Blue-Sky
Publisher
H.D. Cole
Date
ca. 1920s
Rights
This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). For reproduction queries: Rights and reproductions
Format
jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
AV-2000-02-15-R
Rights Holder
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation