Text on verso reads: 'The Tap Room of "the Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, the most famous of colonial taverns, where Washington, Jefferson, and other great patriots stayed.']]> D2021-COPY-1014-0006 V
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Among the furnishings, earthenware jugs (accession # 1930-305) stand atop the cupboard against the right wall of the room. Windsor armchairs (accession # 1930-64) surround a table in the center of the room. Interior furnishings and decor reflect curators' views in the 1930s as to how Williamsburg's historic interiors may have looked in the eighteenth century. Nevertheless, with new research advances over the years, the Raleigh Tavern's interiors have changed and evolved to reflect a more authentic and accurate view of each room's likely contents and arrangements.
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Caption reads: "Originally an apothecary shop in the early 18th-century, this structure has been restored to its early appearance, and is now furnished as a typical colonial barber and wig maker's establishment."

The composition of this postcard is based upon a photograph taken by Colonial Williamsburg's first staff photographer, Thomas Williams, in 1947 (image # 1947-W-737.) Mr. Sam Helfrich posed as the 18th-century barber sitting outside his shop.]]>
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