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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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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John Wayne
Wayne, John, 1907-1979
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 3A.
Celebrities - United States
Actors - American
John Wayne strikes a funny pose at the Governor's Palace during filming of the Perry Como Christmas special. Wayne's role in the Christmas special would be one of his last filmed roles before his death the following year. Wayne stayed in the Williamsburg Inn during the filming, which featured numerous Colonial Williamsburg interpreters.
Davis, Frank
1978-11
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