College Creek, Williamsburgh, Va.
Dublin Core
Title
College Creek, Williamsburgh, Va.
Subject
Albumen prints
Centennial Photographic Company
College Creek (Va.)
Rivers - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
Once known as Archer's Hope Creek, College Creek is a tributary of the James River located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The creek bounded one side of the palisade of Middle Plantation, the 17th-century settlement that preceded Williamsburg. Along with Queen's Creek on the opposite side of the palisade, its waters offered colonists a mode for transporting tobacco hogsheads to the James and York rivers.
The Centennial Photographic Company most likely photographed this landscape scene due to the creek's associations with the recent events of the Civil War. The creek stood at one end of the line of fourteen redoubts built to defend the two main roads leading to Williamsburg.
The Centennial Photographic Company most likely photographed this landscape scene due to the creek's associations with the recent events of the Civil War. The creek stood at one end of the line of fourteen redoubts built to defend the two main roads leading to Williamsburg.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Company
Date
ca. 1875
Rights
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Is Part Of
Marcus Whiffen Papers, MS1991.9
Format
jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
D2014-SC-0002
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Albumen print on board
Physical Dimensions
11 x 14 inches
Citation
Centennial Photographic Company, “College Creek, Williamsburgh, Va.,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 26, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/520.