King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece
Visitors, Foreign - Greece
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964
Frederika, Queen, consort of Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1917-1981
Heads of state - Greece
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (WIlliamsburg, Va.)
King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece descending the stairs at the WIlliamsburg Inn. The King and Queen were among the first foreign dignitaries to visit Colonial Williamsburg through the State Department program established by Colonial Williamsburg President (and former State Department official) Carlisle Humelsine.
Beamish, George
1953-11-27
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Hiroshima Maidens
Visitors, Foreign - Japan
Celebrities - Japan
Atomic bomb - Physiological effect
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History - Bombardment, 1945 - Health aspects
"Hiroshima Maidens," a group of Japanese women in the U.S. to treat disfigurements from the atomic bombing, visit Colonial Williamsburg on October 18, 1956. By October of 1956 the women had completed most of the surgeries, and were preparing to return home. In this photograph, the 'Maidens' observe a Colonial Williamsburg interpreter in possibly the old Cabinetmakers shop. Their visit to Colonial Williamsburg was one of many tours of the nation during their 18 month stay.
Beamish, George
1956-10-18
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Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary General of NATO
Spaak, Paul-Henri, 1899-1972
Statesmen - Belgium
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary General of NATO and Belgian statesman, is seated in a carriage in front of the Williamsburg Inn, preparing for a ride around the Historic Area.
Crane, John
1957-10
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King Muhammad V of Morocco
Muhammad V, King of Morocco, 1909-1961
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Visitors, Foreign - Morocco
Heads of State - Morocco
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
King Muhammad V of Morocco in the Capitol. King Muhammad visited Colonial Williamsburg in 1957 as part of a regular state visit. Colonial Williamsburg President Carlisle Humelsine invited the King to luncheon at Christiana Campbell's Tavern, a favorite of George Washington. During the luncheon, the King accidentally placed a scoop of salt in his juice instead of sugar. This was due to the nature of 18th century table setting, which the tavern still followed. After taking a drink, the King spat out the juice, yelling that he had been poisoned. Royal guards and Secret Service members jumped to assist the King. The tense moment was alleviated when President Humelsine realized and explained what had happened.
Crane, John
1957-11
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Chinese Table Tennis Team
Visitors, Foreign - China
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Table Tennis players - China
As part of warming relations with China following President Nixon's February 1972 visit, the Chinese table tennis team toured America in April 1972, including a stop at Colonial Williamsburg. In this photograph, a costumed interpreter and translator help explain America's colonial history to the visitors, seated inside the Capitol.
Davis, Frank
1972-04
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Jacques Cousteau
Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997
Visitors, Foreign - France
Celebrities - France
Williamsburg Lodge (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 44-1. Building 03.
French explorer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau chats with a costumed interpreter outside the Williamsburg Lodge. Mr. Cousteau's visit came during the 1981 bicentennial celebration of the French and American victory at Yorktown. The bicentennial celebration also saw the visit of the heads of state of both nations, Ronald Reagan and François Mitterrand.
Davis, Frank
October 1981
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Sir Winston Churchill and General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 6A.
Heads of State - United Kingdom
Prime Ministers - United Kingdom
Visitors, Foreign
Generals - United States
During his 1946 tour of the United States with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sir Winston Churchill made plans to visit Colonial Williamsburg, now twelve years old after the opening of its Historic Area. Mr. Churchill and General Eisenhower arrived by a special train on Friday, March 8, 1946. Their party enjoyed a tour of the Historic Area, followed by a visit to the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary. During their carriage ride, the horses were frightened and the tour continued by car. General Eisenhower recalled how “Sir Winston didn’t pay any attention [to the frightened horses], he just lit his cigar.”
After the tour, Mr. Churchill and General Eisenhower were invited to tea at Raleigh Tavern by Mr. Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where this photograph was taken. They proceeded to dinner at the Williamsburg Inn. Sir Winston Churchill graced Colonial Williamsburg with an eloquent speech at dinner, concluding with a generous wish: “Long may Colonial Williamsburg flourish! Firm may be the links which it may forge with our past, and may those links of distant by-gone days be reinforced by new links and new bonds which will reach across the ocean and join our two peoples together.”
Dementi, Frank A.
Larson, Chiles
1946-03-08
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Queen Mother of Great Britain Walking with Winthrop Rockefeller
African American Photographers
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
Her Majesty Elizabeth, Queen Mother of Great Britain, being escorted around Colonial Williamsburg by Winthrop Rockefeller during her official visit.
Durant, Albert W
1954-11
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson), 1890-1970
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England walking with Governor Thomas Stanley outside the Williamsburg Inn during her visit in 1957. The Queen's visit to Williamsburg came as part of her visit to Jamestown, celebrating the 350th anniversary of its founding. 50 years later, the Queen would duplicate her visit to both Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg, even staying in the same suite at the Williamsburg Inn.
Durant, Albert W.
1957-05
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Her Majesty Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Children clap in welcome for Her Majesty Elizabeth The Queen Mother of England during her 1954 visit to Williamsburg, Virginia. During her visit, the Queen Mother had dinner in King's Arms Tavern, enjoyed a carriage ride around the Historic Area, and received a handmade cribbage board and silver tea set. The Queen Mother's visit preceded her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, by three years, who would come to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Jamestown's founding.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Queen Elizabeth II and Governor Thomas Stanley
African American Photographers
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1925 -
Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson), 1890-1970
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain riding in a car with Virginia Governor Thomas Stanley during her visit to the Williamsburg, Virginia area in 1957. The Queen and the governor participated in the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.
Durant, Albert W.
1957
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Queen Mother Visiting Colonial Williamsburg's Millinery Shop
African American Photographers
Documentary Photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Margaret Hunter Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
Block 17. Building 09.
Her Majesty Elizabeth, Queen Mother of Great Britain, in the doorway of the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop in Colonial Williamsburg. Winthrop Rockefeller is turned towards her as she exits the building.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Queen Mother's Automobile Arriving at Williamsburg Inn
African American Photographers
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
Her Majesty Elizabeth, Queen Mother of Great Britain, arrives back at the Williamsburg Inn after a tour of Colonial Williamsburg. Winthrop Rockefeller, who served as her tour guide, is seated in the front seat of the automobile.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Queen Mother Visiting Courthouse of 1770
African American Photographers
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Courthouse (Williamsburg, Va.)
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Block 19. Building 03.
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
Her Majesty Elizabeth, Queen Mother of Great Britain, leaving the Courthouse of 1770 with Winthrop Rockefeller during her official visit. Carlisle Humelsine stands behind Mr. Rockefeller.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Queen Mother of Great Britain in Colonial Williamsburg
African American Photographers
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Rockefeller, Winthrop, 1912-1973
Her Majesty Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of Great Britain, leaving the Williamsburg Inn with Winthrop Rockefeller to start her official visit to Colonial Williamsburg.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Her Majesty Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Greeting Officials
African American Photographers
Documentary photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Kings, Queens, Rulers etc.
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Her Majesty Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of Great Britain, greets officials outside the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, Virginia, November 1954.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Queen Mother Departing Governor's Palace
African American Photographers
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
Kings, Queens, Rulers etc.
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Her Majesty Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of England, departing the Governor's Palace during her visit to Colonial Williamsburg in November 1954.
Durant, Albert W.
1954-11
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 1940-
Visitors, Foreign - Denmark
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visited Colonial Williamsburg in February of 1991 as part of an official state visit. The Queen was welcomed by the Fife and Drum Corps, took a carriage ride around the Historic Area, and visited the cabinetmakers shop.
Green, Thomas E.
1991-02
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Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his wife Wang Yeping
Jiang, Zemin, 1926-
Wang, Yaping
Visitors, Foreign - China
Presidents - China
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 3A.
Wilburn, Robert
Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his wife Wang Yeping are presented with gifts by President Wilburn at the Governor's Palace. Jiang's visit to Colonial Williamsburg came with national attention. He took a short tour of the town before meeting with a Colonial Williamsburg interpreter, Bill Barker, who portrayed Thomas Jefferson, one of Jiang's favorite Americans to quote. After the tour, Jiang and his wife were entertained by a harpsichord recital of Telemann and Handel. This photograph was taken after Jiang had donned the colonial three cornered hat presented to him. Jiang's short visit came as part of his first official diplomatic visit to the United States as President of China.
Green, Thomas E.
1997-10-27
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Indira Gandhi
Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984
Prime ministers - India
Visitors, Foreign - India
Heads of state - India
As part of an official state visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (center) visited Colonial Williamsburg in March of 1966. Here, she is pictured exiting a building in the Historic Area. Prime Minister Gandhi would later enjoy a carriage ride with United States Chief of Protocol James Symington.
Sawyers, Art
1966-03
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