Vegetable Garden, Williamsburg, Virginia
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored -1930-1940
Outbuildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
An unidentified vegetable garden at Colonial Williamsburg. Often known as a kitchen garden, such plots provided space behind a colonial dwelling to grow vegetables and herbs for the household. A necessary or privy stands adjacent to the garden in a private spot often reserved for such outbuildings.
A.D. Handy Co.
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Colonial Garden, Williamsburg, Virginia
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Herbs and vegetables growing in an unidentified garden at Colonial Williamsburg. Brick pathways divide planter boxes filled with a variety of plants used by colonial cooks. A necessary or privy is visible at the back of the garden in a private spot often reserved for this type of outbuilding.
A.D. Handy Co.
Circa 1930s
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Ballroom Garden, Governor's Palace
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03A.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Recto of an official Colonial Williamsburg postcard illustrated with a view looking down from the Governor's Palace cupola on the formal garden behind the Ballroom Wing.
The card offers a view of the formal gardens behind the Governor's Palace, flanking one side of the Ballroom Wing. These gardens, designed by Arthur Shurcliff, include boxwood parterres and one dozen large cylindrical shrubs known as the Twelve Apostles, a feature often appearing in eighteenth-century English gardens. Near the top of the photo, a pleached hornbeam arbor is visible to the left. Just beyond the arbor is a small structure built into the garden wall that served as a privy (necessary).
The caption reads: "In 1724, the Reverend Hugh Jones wrote of the Governor's Palace 'a magnificent Structure, built at the public Expense, finished and beautified with Gates, fine Gardens, Offices, Walks, a fine Canal, Orchards &c.' The Palace, its dependencies, and gardens have been reconstructed to their original appearance."
Colonial Williamsburg inc.
ca. 1950s
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Governor's Palace Landscape Plan, Williamsburg, Virginia
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Landscaping plans
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Landscape plan for the Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia, offering an aerial view of the formal gardens, kitchen garden, canal, terraced gardens, maze, and icehouse.
Eldridge Studios
Circa 1935
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Governor's Palace, Formal Garden
Block 20. Building 03.
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Public buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Gardens -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
View of the formal gardens behind the Governor's Palace, flanking one side of the Ballroom Wing, 1935. These gardens, designed by Arthur Shurcliff, include boxwood parterres and one dozen large cylindrical shrubs known as the Twelve Apostles, a feature often appearing in eighteenth-century English gardens. Near the top of the photo, a pleached hornbeam arbor is visible to the left. Just beyond the arbor is a small structure built into the garden wall that served as a privy (necessary). An earthen mound is also visible (featuring a stair and viewing platform on top), and served as the site of the Palace's original eighteenth-century Ice House.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Governor's Palace, Burying Ground
Block 20. Building 03.
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Public buildings -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Cemeteries -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
View of the Revolutionary War burial ground, behind the formal gardens of the Governor's Palace, 1935. Soldiers' bodies were interred here when the Palace served as a hospital during the Revolution. The structure to the far right, built into the corner of the Palace garden wall, is one of two privies (also referred to as "necessaries") on the outskirts of the Palace property.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Robert Carter House, Garden
Robert Carter House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 30. Building 13.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the formal garden behind the Robert Carter House taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. Geometric parterres bordered with boxwood hedges are intersected by brick pathways to create an ornate and orderly vista. The necessary or privy is situated at the back of the garden, as was customary to provide privacy. A bench along the back path offers a spot to enjoy the scents and colors of the flowers.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Garden of the Carter-Saunders House
Robert Carter House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 30. Building 13.
Hand-colored lantern slide featuring a photo of the formal garden behind the Robert Carter House, formerly known as the Carter-Saunders House, taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. It is the sixteenth slide in a set produced by the Pacific Stereopticon Co. of Los Angeles, California, now defunct, to illustrate the story of Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's dream to restore a portion of Williamsburg, Virginia to its 18th-century appearance as a shrine to early American ideals.
The formal garden is located behind the Robert Carter House. Geometric parterres bordered with boxwood hedges are intersected by brick pathways to create an ornate and orderly vista. The necessary or privy is situated at the back of the garden, as was customary to provide privacy. A bench along the back path offers a spot to enjoy the scents and colors of the flowers.
Lincoln, F.S.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
1935
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Carter-Saunders Garden, Williamsburg, Virginia
Robert Carter House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 30-2. Building 13.
Lincoln, F.S.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored -1930-1940
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the formal garden behind the Robert Carter House taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935. Geometric parterres bordered with boxwood hedges are intersected by brick pathways to create an ornate and orderly vista. The necessary or privy is situated at the back of the garden, as was customary to provide privacy. A bench along the back path offers a spot to enjoy the scents and colors of the flowers.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Governor's Palace Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia
Cemeteries - Virginia - Williamsburg
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lincoln, F.S.
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
View of the Revolutionary War burial ground, behind the formal gardens of the Governor's Palace, 1935. Soldiers' bodies were interred here when the Palace served as a hospital during the Revolution. The structure to the far right, built into the corner of the Palace garden wall, is one of two privies (also referred to as "necessaries") on the outskirts of the Palace property.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Governor's Palace Gardens, Bird's-Eye View of Boxwood Parterre
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Gardens - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
View of the formal gardens behind the Governor's Palace, flanking one side of the Ballroom Wing, 1933. These gardens, designed by Arthur Shurcliff, include boxwood parterres and one dozen large cylindrical shrubs known as the Twelve Apostles, a feature often appearing in eighteenth-century English gardens. Near the top-center of the photo, a pleached hornbeam arbor is visible. In the top-left corner, beyond the arbor, is a small tent-roofed structure built into the garden wall. This building served as a privy (necessary).
Shaw, Thomas Mott
1933
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