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Title
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D.N. Davidson Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Black and white photographs
Architectural photographs - 1920-1930
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
In 1933, the Williamsburg Holding Corporation acquired a set of over one hundred photographs from Newport News photographer D.A. Davidson. Described in a January 3, 1933 letter by Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin as "...the most valuable photographs which we have...," it formed the nucleus of what would later become an extensive photo archive relating to Williamsburg's restoration. Taken in the Williamsburg, Virginia area, circa 1928, the images offer many pre-restoration views of the town just prior to the commencement of restoration work funded by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Many local businesses, residences, and even streets known to townspeople in the 1920s but demolished or relocated as part of the development of Colonial Williamsburg in the late 1920s and early 1930s are documented in Davidson's photographs. The collection also provides a visual record of the appearance of many of the surviving eighty-eight public and private buildings dating to the eighteenth-century.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1928
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
D.N. Davidson Photograph Collection
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Creator
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Davidson, D.N.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
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8 x 10 inches
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tazewell Hall
Subject
The topic of the resource
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tazewell Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 44-1. Building 03K.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Front and side elevation of Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1928, prior to its dismantling and move to Newport News, Virginia, in 1954.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Davidson, D. N.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1928
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
Circa 1928
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
D. N. Davidson Photograph Collection, AV-2013.2, Box 1, Folder 2
Format
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jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
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D-23B
see also 1979-02
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Chimneys
Columns
D. N. Davidson
Dormers
Pediments
Porticoes
Pre-Restoration
Shutters
Tazewell Hall
Virginia
Weatherboarding
Williamsburg
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Title
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Edward Beckwith Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Beckwith, Edward A.
Photographs - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Beckwith, Edward A.
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
363 photographs
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Description
An account of the resource
Another collection of photos purchased by the Boston architectural firm of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn in 1930 originated with photographer and town resident Edward A. Beckwith. A letter preserved in Corporate Archives indicates that Mr. Beckwith dropped off a selection of images with Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin who forwarded a list of their subjects to Perry, Shaw & Hepburn for their consideration. Beckwith’s photos date to 1926-1933, a critical period in the town’s transformation. Tremendous changes began to occur in rapid succession as properties were acquired, buildings moved or torn down, foundations unearthed, and the first exhibition building, the Raleigh Tavern, opened in September 1932. While he was never on the architectural team’s payroll, Beckwith’s images attracted interest and became part of the growing archive assembled to aid ongoing restoration work.
Beckwith’s subjects encompass a broader geographic area and feature many examples of colonial homes in the mid-Atlantic region examined by the architects as part of their fieldwork. It is possible he accompanied them on some of their trips and helped to document extant structures. His images of Williamsburg are purely architectural in focus and highlight aspects of surviving colonial architecture under study. They offer a contrast to other pre-restoration photo collections which give glimpses into town life with street vistas, carriages, automobiles, and residents. As the third decade of the twentieth century started in Williamsburg, Beckwith stood poised with his camera to change the focus to the architectural transformations that were soon to take place. Evidence of early steps towards investigating structures and removing nineteenth-century additions and modifications is visible in several of his compositions. His contrasting views of the George Wythe House in 1926 and 1929 document its transition from a dilapidated and deteriorating building to the headquarters for Dr. Goodwin’s office to oversee restoration activities.
The collection encompasses black and white photographs and associated negatives documenting extant colonial era architecture throughout the state of Virginia in the late 1920s. They offered crucial visual references of specific architectural features of interest for the restoration of eighteenth century buildings in Williamsburg’s historic area. Williamsburg, Virginia structures depicted include Carter’s Grove, Barraud House, Bassett Hall, John Blair House, Bracken House, Thomas Everard House, Bruton Parish Church, Nelson-Galt House, Prentis Store, Powell House, The Quarter, Peyton Randolph House, Semple House, Tazewell Hall, Travis House, St. George Tucker House, Benjamin Waller House, and George Wythe House. In addition, many architectural sites elsewhere in Virginia that were visited and examined by the architectural team are represented in the photographs. They include Abingdon Church, Auburn, Belleville, Bonne Elms, Elmwood, Glebe House, Green Plains, Claremont Manor, Four Mile Tree, Hayfield, Jamestown Church, Kinloch, Larabee House, Little England, Lower Brandon, Mount Airy, Mount Clement, Nelson House, Port Royal, Prospect, Rosegill, Shirley, Smith’s Fort, Upper Brandon, Warner Hall, Westover, and Wilton.
All of the photos are 11 x 14 inch gelatin silver prints on paper. Originally presented in two folios, they clearly demonstrate a more direct intent to create aesthetically pleasing images that could possibly be used in a future architectural publication.
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1926-1929
Still Image
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Original Format
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Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
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11 x 14 inches
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tazewell Hall
Description
An account of the resource
Side elevation of Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia. Constructed in the mid-eighteenth-century and originally serving as the home of John Randolph, the home was once located on the southern axis of the town's plan on England Street in the approximate location of today's Williamsburg Lodge, The McMurran family purchased and dismantled the home in the early 1950s when the Lodge expanded. In 1964, they began reconstructing it on Riverside Drive in Newport News where it still stands today.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Beckwith, Edward A.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1929
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Edward Beckwith Photograph Collection, AV2009.5, Box 2
Format
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jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Be114 (see also Bec-157)
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
The topic of the resource
Tazewell Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Chimneys
Clapboard Siding
Dormers
Edward Beckwith
Porches
Shutters
Tazewell Hall
Virginia
Williamsburg
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Title
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Todd and Brown Inc. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Todd and Brown Inc., New York
Todd, Webster B.
Brown, J.O.
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg - 1930-1939
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
An account of the resource
Todd and Brown, Incorporated, a subsidiary firm of Todd, Robertson and Todd Engineering Corporation, headquartered in New York City, entered into a contract with the Williamsburg Holding Corporation on June 6, 1928. The engineers and contractors carried out work as directed by the architects and landscape architects on the reconstruction and restoration of historic structures and gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. Webster B. Todd and Mr. J.O. Brown served as the principals of Todd and Brown, Incorporated. They appointed Robert Trimble to head the firm's Williamsburg office. Between 1928 and 1934, the Williamsburg crew undertook many different construction tasks in support of the museum's development and the relocation of the town's business district to Merchants Square. The Williamsburg office closed in 1934, when Williamsburg Restoration Inc. established its own Construction and Maintenance Department. However, the firm continued to be involved in a supervisory capacity with the building of the Williamsburg Inn from 1936 to 1938.
The Todd and Brown Inc. Photograph Collection, AV2010.3, encompasses over eight hundred negatives and their corresponding photographic prints housed in an album. Systematic examination of the town and extensive planning occurred before the contractors began their assignment to demolish or move buildings not dating to the colonial era. Each photograph they took served a documentary purpose of recording a colonial structure, modern dwelling, business, church, municipal building, or outbuilding as it appeared prior to any work proceeding at a site. The collection is thus a significant archive of the many homes, grocery stores, general stores, gas stations, barber shops, banks, and offices that once stretched up and down Duke of Gloucester Street. It also offers many pre-restoration views of eighteenth-century buildings that had undergone modifications by later residents. A selection of images offers views of early progress on the reconstruction of such public buildings as the Capitol and Raleigh Tavern.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Todd and Brown Inc., New York
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
2.5 x 4 inches
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tazewell Hall
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 44. Building 01.
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Tazewell Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Description
An account of the resource
Front and side elevations of Tazewell Hall, 340 South England Street, Williamsburg, Virginia
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Todd and Brown Inc.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Todd and Brown Inc. Photograph Collection, AV2010.3, Box 1
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
TB823
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Chimneys
Clapboard Siding
England Street
Pediments
Porches
Porticoes
Shutters
Tazewell Hall
Todd and Brown Inc.
Virginia
Williamsburg
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Title
A name given to the resource
Orin Miles Bullock Jr. Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Bullock, Orin Miles Jr., 1905-1994
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Description
An account of the resource
Orin Miles Bullock Jr. (1905-1994), a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a native of Oakland, California, studied architecture at Harvard University and worked as a draftsman with the firms of McKim, Mead & White and Cram & Ferguson. In 1929, he joined the Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw & Hepburn and spent five years assisting the team with drafting designs for the restoration or reconstruction of some of the earliest exhibition buildings in the Historic Area. He departed in 1934 to take a position as a regional architect for the National Park Service in Richmond. In 1941, he began a brief appointment as Executive Director of the Portsmouth Housing and Redevelopment Authority before enlisting for military service. After active duty during World War II, he returned to Colonial Williamsburg as Supervisor of Architectural Research in 1953. He oversaw a second phase of restoration work and archaeological investigations and contributed to documentation, via research reports, of efforts to combine authenticity and sound preservation methods to the continued restoration work at each building site, including "The How, What, Why of the Restoration of the Buildings in Colonial Williamsburg." During the 1960s, he contributed to the historic preservation movement with the publication of his "The Restoration Manual" of 1966 while serving as a Rehabilitation Architect with the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Authority.
The Rockefeller Library holds a selection of eighteen black and white photographs either taken by or collected by architect Orin Miles Bullock Jr. in the 1920s as part of his fieldwork studying extant eighteenth-century buildings in Williamsburg, Virginia and the surrounding area. Public buildings featured in the photos include the President’s House, Brafferton Hall, and Wren Building at the College of William & Mary, as well as the Powder Magazine and Public Gaol. Domestic structures documented include Tazewell Hall, the Benjamin Waller House, and the James Galt House. Bruton Parish Church and the Colonial Hotel and Williamsburg Baptist Church once located on Market Square are also represented. A few photos of historic buildings Bullock examined in other parts of the state complete the collection, including Tuckahoe in Goochland County, North Wales in Fauquier County, and the Adam Keeling House in Virginia Beach.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Bullock, Orin Miles Jr.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Orin Miles Bullock Photograph Collection, AV2010.2
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
18 photographs
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
5 x7 inches
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tazewell Hall
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
Front elevation of Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia. Tazewell Hall had a prominent presence in 18th-century Williamsburg. With its location at the end of South England street, it sat at the end of an axis running from the busy Market Square area. Only three other buildings in 18th-century Williamsburg, the Wren, the Capitol, and the Palace, had long axial approaches. The central portion was originally only one story high with a dramatic two story entrance hall. Hyphens connected the main section to the two story east and west wings. During the 19th-century, the central portion was enlarged to two stories as seen in this photo.
Being outside Williamsburg’s restored area, Tazewell Hall did not make the roster of structures slated for preservation as part of Colonial Williamsburg. Planners made the decision to sell the dwelling in order to allow for expansion of the Williamsburg Lodge. Lewis A. McMurran, Jr. bought the home in the 1950s, dismantled it, and reconstructed it according to its 18th-century appearance on a lot overlooking the James River in Newport News.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Bullock, Orin Miles Jr.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1920
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Orin Miles Bullock Jr. Photograph Collection, AV2010.2, Box 1
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photograph
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Bull-008
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Balconies
Chimneys
Clapboard Siding
Orin Miles Bullock Jr.
Pavilions
Porches
Shutters
Tazewell Hall
Virginia
Williamsburg
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Title
A name given to the resource
Elizabeth Coleman Photograph Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia - Williamsburg
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Black and white photographs
Architectural photographs - 1890-1910
Lost architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
This collection was donated by the Coleman sisters: Cynthia (Mrs. Singleton Peabody Moorehead) and Janet (Mrs. Raymond Kimbrough), in 1950. Their relative, Miss Elizabeth Coleman, who lived in the Tayloe House at the beginning of the 20th century, was much interested in history and preservation and collected pictures during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were taken ca. 1890 - 1907. Some are annotated as made by Charles Washington Coleman and Robert Child; others were copied by local photographers: Frank Nivison, Clyde Holmes, and the Layton Studio in Richmond.
Albert Edwin Kendrew, the Foundation’s Resident Architect, wrote that: “As our work goes forward, I am sure we will often have occasion to refer to this collection . . . We will also often recall the splendid cooperation which we received from Miss Elizabeth, and we are deeply appreciative of the great care which she devoted to her records and the properties which were of interest to Colonial Williamsburg.”
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1890-1930
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AV-2009.56
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Original Format
If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image.
8 x 10 inches
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tazewell Hall and Mary Cary House
Subject
The topic of the resource
Block 44. Building 1.
Tazewell Hall (Williamsburg, Va.)
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Wiliamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
An account of the resource
A pre-restoration view of Tazewell Hall at the end of South England Street with the Mary Cary House to the right, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Constructed in the mid-eighteenth-century and originally serving as the home of John Randolph, the home was once located on the southern axis of the town's plan on England Street in the approximate location of today's Williamsburg Lodge, The McMurran family purchased and dismantled the home in the early 1950s when the Lodge expanded. In 1964, they began reconstructing it on Riverside Drive in Newport News where it still stands today.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Unknown
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Circa 1890
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
Circa 1890
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Elizabeth Coleman Photograph Collection, AV2009.56, Box 1, Folder 3
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
jpeg
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Cole-096 W (see also L-291)
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Balconies
Clapboard Siding
Colonial Architecture
Mary Cary House
Pediments
Porches
Shutters
Street Scenes
Tazewell Hall
Virginia
Williamsburg
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Title
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Highlights of the Susan Higginson Nash Photograph Collection
Subject
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Nash, Susan Higginson
Williamsburg (Va.)--History
Architecture, Colonial - Virginia
Documentary photography - Virginia
Architectural photographs - 1930-1940
Creator
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Nash, Susan Higginson
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Description
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Susan Higginson Nash was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on August 8, 1893 and died in Boston on July 25, 1971. She served as a consultant on antiques and interior decoration in association with the Boston architectural firm of Perry, Shaw, & Hepburn, chosen to carry out the early work on Williamsburg's restoration. Later a member of the American Institute of Decorators, she was a friend of architect William G. Perry with whom she first visited Williamsburg in 1923. During field trips to Virginia sites, she met the popular Richmond novelist Ellen Glasgow, who advised her: "If you do any work at Williamsburg, make it perceptible." Mrs. Nash felt this was a wonderful phrase and quoted it often, evidently taking it to mean that the work should be subtly and sympathetically done.
Most of the photos in the Susan Higginson Nash Photograph Collection date to the early 1930s, when steps to be taken in the physical restoration of the colonial capital were still under study. Sites include many of the important extant eighteenth-century houses in the Tidewater region of Virginia, such as Shirley, Westover, Mt. Airy, Sabine Hall and Marmion. Excursions to such sites were made to help in determining proper precedents for the work to be carried out in Williamsburg's Historic Area.
Date
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Early 1930s
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Original Format
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Gelatin silver print
Physical Dimensions
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3.25 x 4.25 inches
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Title
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Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia
Subject
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Nash, Susan Higginson
Block 44
Architecture, Domestic - Virginia - Williamsburg
Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
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Tazewell, Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1920's
Creator
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Nash, Susan Higginson
Date
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Circa 1920's
Date Created
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Circa 1920's
Is Part Of
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Susan Higginson Nash Photograph Collection, AV2009.35, Album 16, Box 5
Format
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jpeg
Type
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Image
Identifier
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Na1065
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John B. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Extent
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1 photograph
Balconies
Chimneys
Columns
Cornices
Dentils
Domestic Architecture
Pediments
Susan Higginson Nash
Tazewell Hall
Virginia
Williamsburg