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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King's Arms Tavern
King's Arms Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 09. Building 29A.
Taverns - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Postcard depicting the interior of King's Arms Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, published by Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., ca. 1950s.
The caption reads: "King's Arms Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. Meals served in the seven dining rooms of the King's Arms, a reconstructed colonial tavern on Duke of Gloucester Street, are prepared from eighteenth-century recipes. Costumed hostesses and waiters enhance the charm of an authentic early American setting."
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
ca. 1950s
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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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Dining Room Waiters at Log Cabin Beach.
African American Photographers
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Social life and customs
Log Cabin Beach (Williamsburg, Va.)
Segregation - Virginia - Williamsburg
Group photo of dining room waiters at Log Cabin Beach, a segregated swimming and recreational facility located along the James River just outside of Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1950s. Waiters identified (l to r) as: Dillard or James? Brown, Robert Lee, Donald Brown or Pete Coley?, James Payne, John Holcomb, & Unidentified.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950's
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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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Dining Room of SS United States
African American Photographers
United States (Steamship)
Dining rooms
Waiters
Ocean liners - American - 1950-1960
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
African American waiter posing in the dining room of the SS United States during one of the ocean liner's trial runs from Newport News, Virginia, 1952.
Durant, Albert W
1952
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Travis House Dining Room
Garrison, Richard
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 14. Building 04.
Costumed employees pose in the Travis House dining room, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1930's
Garrison, Richard
Circa 1930's
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Banquet Attendees
Banquets - Virginia - Williamsburg
African Americans - Virginia - WIlliamsburg - Social life and customs
African Americans - Virginia - Williamsburg - Photographs
African American and white community members seated around banquet tables at an unidentified event in the Williamsburg, Virginia area
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Banquet Attendees
Banquets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Organizations - Virginia - Williamsburg - 1950-1960
An unidentified group seated around banquet tables at an unidentified restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Banquet Attendees
Banquets - Virginia - Williamsburg
Restaurants - Virginia - Williamsburg
Organizations - Virginia - Williamsburg - 1950-1960
An unidentified group of people seated at banquet tables at an unidentified restaurant in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.
Durant, Albert W.
Circa 1950s
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Wedding Reception
Weddings - Virginia - Williamsburg, 1950-1960
Wedding photography - Virginia - Williamsburg
An unidentified bride and groom sip punch at their wedding reception at the Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Durant, Albert W.
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