A Dining Room in the Travis House
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 13. Building 23A.
Lantern slide featuring a photo taken by F.S. Lincoln of the Dining Room in the Travis House as it appeared in 1935. It is the twenty-sixth 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.
A popular restaurant for tourists in the 1930s, the Travis House stood for a period of time along Duke of Gloucester Street on the site formerly occupied by the Palace Theatre. Its menu featured dishes inspired by colonial recipes. The structure moved back to its original location at the northeast corner of Francis and Henry Streets in the early 1950s.
Colonel Edward Champion Travis built the home in 1765 and it acquired several additions as successive owners occupied the site. Travis served in the House of Burgesses and was its most prominent colonial occupant. The house became a residence for superintendents of Eastern State Hospital in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Eastern State Hospital turned the building over to the Williamsburg Restoration in 1929 and this led to its temporary move to Duke of Gloucester Street to become a restaurant between 1930-1951.
Lincoln, F.S.
Pacific Stereopticon Co.
1935
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African American Men at Restaurant in Williamsburg, Virginia
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - photographs
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - social life and customs
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
African American young men at a restaurant located in Triangle block between Scotland and Prince George Streets in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's. Possibly Cook's Beer Garden. Men identified as (l to r): Erechardt Tabb, John Roberts, Herce Wallace, George Washington Jones, John Thomas.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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African Americans at a Celebratory Dinner
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
A group of African American men and women at a celebratory dinner in the Williamsburg area, circa 1950's. On Left: Helen Whitten, Helen Braxton Wynn, rest unknown. On Right: Deacon Daniels, Mrs. Daniels, Samuel Power, unknown, Leonard Wallace, rest unknown.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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African Americans Dining at Log Cabin Beach
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
African American photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Segregation - Virginia - Williamsburg
African Americans dining at Log Cabin Beach, a segregated recreation facility located along the James River just outside of Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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American Restaurant
Business Enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 21.
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
American Restaurant, 326 - 328 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to its demolition, with the Williams Barber Shop next door.
Todd and Brown Inc.
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American Restaurant
Business Enterprises - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 14. Building 21.
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Pedestrians walking past the side of the American Restaurant, 326-328 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, after removal of west portion.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1929
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Banquet Attendees
Banquets - Virginia - Williamsburg -1950-1960
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
A large crowd attends a banquet at an unidentified restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
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Capitol Restaurant
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Block 15. Building 32A.
Capitol Restaurant (Williamsburg, Va.)
Merchants Square (Williamsburg, Va.)
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcard depicting waitresses posing in front of the Capitol Restaurant on Merchants Square, Williamsburg, Va., ca. late 1940s, published by National Press Company, Chicago.
National Press Company
ca. late 1940s
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Christiana Campbell's Tavern
Christiana Campbell's Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 07. Building 45.
Taverns (Inns) - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Official Colonial Williamsburg postcard featuring a photo of diners at Christiana Campbell's Tavern in the 1950s. The waiter holding the teapot in the center is Hugh Augustus Winfree, Jr., who worked for Colonial Williamsburg for ten years and often posed as a model in promotional photos. An aspiring artist, Winfree held an art exhibition at the Franklin House Dormitory, a housing unit for Colonial Williamsburg employees, in 1956.
The other waiter featured on the postcard to the left is Dick Owens.
According to the card's caption, "This well-known eighteenth-century tavern is operated today in the hospitable spirit of its colonial proprietors. Remembered by millions for its delicious seafood from the Chesapeake Bay, steaks, coffees and "Black Velvet" cocktails, Campbell's is one of Virginia's finest restaurants."
H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. for Colonial Williamsburg
ca. 1950s
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Corner of Boundary and Duke of Gloucester Streets
Streets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
A restaurant at the corner of Duke of Gloucester Street and Boundary Street in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1930. The building housed a soda fountain and luncheonette. Several signs mark the busy intersection, including one for the Pocahontas Tea Room, one for taxi service, and a road sign pointing to Jamestown. This block is part of what is today know as Merchants Square.
Nivison, Frank
Circa 1930
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Couple at Restaurant
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
An unidentified African American couple at a restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
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Crutchfield's Restaurant
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Mr. Crutchfield posing inside his restaurant, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950's.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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Dinner at Log Cabin Beach
African Americans – Virginia – Williamsburg – Social life and customs – Photographs
Log Cabin Beach (Williamsburg, Va.)
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
Segregation - Virginia - Williamsburg
Group dinner at Log Cabin Beach, a segregated swimming beach and fellowship hall located on the James River just outside of Williamsburg, Va., circa 1950.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Duke of Gloucester Street (Williamsburg, Va.)
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lantern slides - Hand-colored - 1930-1940
Lincoln, F.S.
Hand-colored lantern slide illustrated with a photo of a view looking down Duke of Gloucester Street past the Travis House restaurant. Taken by F.S. Lincoln in 1935, the photo served as one of the earliest promotional images for the newly opened establishment.
A popular restaurant for tourists in the 1930s, the Travis House served food inspired by colonial recipes. It stood for a period of time along Duke of Gloucester Street on the site formerly occupied by the Palace Theatre (Block 13, Building 23A). The structure moved back to its original location at the northeast corner of Francis and Henry Streets in the early 1950s (Block 14, Building 4).
Colonel Edward Champion Travis built the home in 1765 and it acquired several additions as successive owners occupied the site. Travis served in the House of Burgesses and was its most prominent colonial occupant. The house became a residence for superintendents of Eastern State Hospital in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Eastern State Hospital turned the building over to the Williamsburg Restoration in 1929 and this led to its temporary move to Duke of Gloucester Street to become a restaurant.
Lincoln, F.S.
1935
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Ernest Wallace Hillside Café, or Wallace and Cook's Beer Garden
African Americans – Virginia – Williamsburg – Photographs
African American business enterprises – Virginia – Williamsburg
Documentary photography – Virginia – Williamsburg
Vernacular photography – Virginia – Williamsburg
Ernest Wallace Hillside Café, also known as Wallace and Cook's Beer Garden, located on Raleigh Lane [no longer extant] between Franklin and Nicholson Streets, Williamsburg, Va., September 1953. From left to right: Mr. Goodman, Charles Wallace, Elsie Wallace, Ernest Wallace, Blanche Taylor, Helen Wynn-Brown, Carlton Jackson.
Durant, Albert W.
September 1953
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Group Dinner
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Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
A group of unidentified African Americans enjoying a dinner at a restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
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Group Portrait at Restaurant
African American photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Portrait of a group of African Americans seated around a table at an unidentified restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area
Durant, Albert W.
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Group Portrait at Restaurant
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
A group of African Americans and a white woman and her baby seated around a table decorated for a special occasion held at a restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
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Group Portrait of Diners
African American Photographers
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Waiters - Virginia - Williamsburg
Several couples and two waiters share a light-hearted moment around a table at a restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area, circa 1950s.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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DUR-5667
Kandy Kitchen and Norfolk Cafe
Block 15. Building 38.
Stores, Retail - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Central business districts - Virginia - Williamsburg
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Kandy Kitchen and Norfolk Cafe, 428-430 West Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia, prior to their demolition to construct the Business Block, now known as Merchants Square.
Todd and Brown Inc.
1929
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