Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia

Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia

Prentis Store (Williamsburg, Va.)

Block 18-1. Building 05.

Historic buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg

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Postcard featuring a costumed interpreter smoking a pipe outside the Prentis Store when it housed the Barber and Peruke Maker's Shop, published by Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., ca. 1947.

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.

Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.

ca. 1947

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AV-2000-02-27-R

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Postcard

5.5 inches x 3.5 inches