'Aunt Mary'
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Museum docents
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
African American women - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, postcard illustrated with the painting “‘Aunt Mary" by Eleanor R. Craighill, published by The Albertype Co., Text on verso reads: ' "Aunt Mary', born a slave and one of the old cooks of Williamsburg, is now the custodian of the kitchen of the restored Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia.'
Albertype Co.
Albertype Co.
1930s
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Alexander Craig Kitchen
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 17. Building 05B.
Alexander Craig House (Williamsburg, Va.)
View of the front and side elevations of the Alexander Craig Kitchen, formerly known as the Vaiden Kitchen, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Circa 1941
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AV2009-16_FER0199
Armed Services Tour at Wythe House Kitchen
Military personnel - American - Virginia - Williamsburg
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg
Museum docents - Virginia - Williamsburg
George Wythe House (Williamsburg, Va.)
African American children - Virginia - Williamsburg
African American costumed interpreter, probably Geraldine Page, speaking with soldiers on the Armed Services Tour at the Wythe House Kitchen, Williamsburg, Virginia. James and Geraldine Page and their children lived on the second floor of the Wythe Kitchen during World War II.
Dementi, Frank
1940-01
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Aunt Mary
Albertype Co.
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03J.
Kitchens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of postcard illustrated with a reproduction of a painting titled "Aunt Mary" by Eleanor R. Craighill. The African American costumed interpreter is seated on a chair in the Governor's Palace Kitchen at Colonial Williamsburg. This postcard is part of a series produced by The Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, New York, during the 1930s and is an example of a early efforts to promote the Governor's Palace after it opened as a exhibition building in April 1934.
According to the card's caption: "'Aunt Mary,' born a slave and one of the old cooks of Williamsburg, is now the custodian of the kitchen of the restored Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia."
Albertype Co.
ca.1935
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Ayscough Kitchen
Nash, Susan Higginson
Ayscough Kitchen (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 09.
Kitchens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
The Ayscough Kitchen prior to its restoration, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1930's.
Nash, Susan Higginson
Circa 1930's
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Barraud Kitchen and Garden
Barraud House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 10. Building 01.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View looking across the Dr. Barraud House garden towards the kitchen and wellhouse, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Circa 1940
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AV2009-16_FER0222
Bassett Hall
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, progress photo looking east at brick masons restoring the excavated foundation of the Kitchen at Bassett Hall, Block 1, Building 22, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
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Bassett Hall
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, progress photo of southwest elevation of Bassett Hall Kitchen and Dining Room Wings under restoration, Block 1, Building 22, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
N3568R, N3568V
Bassett Hall
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, progress photo of west elevation of Bassett Hall with Kitchen Wing from northwest with boxwoods under protective lattice in foreground, Block 1, Building 22, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
1933-03-01
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N3714R, N3714V
Bassett Hall
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Mulberry trees - Virginia - Williamsburg
Paper mulberry tree outside the Kitchen Wing of Bassett Hall, Block 1, Building 22, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nivison, Frank
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Bassett Hall Kitchen
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 21.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Todd and Brown Inc., New York.
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TB104
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 21.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Todd and Brown Inc., New York.
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TB111
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Block 01. Building 21.
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Todd and Brown Inc., New York.
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TB112
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 01. Building 22.
Architectural draftsman George Campbell standing in front of the chimney of the Bassett Hall Kitchen, Williamsburg, Virginia
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
Circa 1932
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Bassett Hall Kitchen
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 22.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, progress photo of east elevation of the Bassett Hall Kitchen on its new site, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
1933-01-03
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N3524R, N3524V
Bassett Hall Kitchen
Block 01. Building 21.
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architectural draftsman, George Campbell, standing in front of the chimney of the Bassett Hall Kitchen, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ferguson, Finlay Forbes Jr.
1932
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AV2009-16_FER0326
Bassett Hall Outbuildings
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 19.
Block 01. Building 20.
Block 01. Building 21.
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, progress photo of, left to right, the Kitchen, Dairy, and Smokehouse on the property of Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
1932-12-15
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N3509R, N3509V
Bassett Hall Outbuildings
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 19.
Block 01. Building 20.
Block 01. Building 21.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso, progress photo of the Bassett Hall Dairy, Kitchen, and Smokehouse under restoration, Williamsburg, Virginia
Nivison, Frank
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N3669R, N3669V
Bassett Hall Outbuildings
Bassett Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 01. Building 19.
Block 01. Building 20.
Recto and verso, progress photo looking north towards three outbuildings, including the Dairy, Kitchen, and Smokehouse, at the rear of Bassett Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Nivison, Frank
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N3700R, N3700V
Benjamin Waller House
Benjamin Waller House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 01. Building 16.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto and verso of photograph of west elevation of kitchen wing and south wing of house, Benjamin Waller House, Block 1, Building 16, Williamsburg, Virginia
Williams, Thomas
1950-04-18
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