Wigmaker's Shop
Dublin Core
Title
Wigmaker's Shop
Subject
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Handicraft - Virginia - Williamsburg
Stores & shops - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
Recto and verso of postcard titled "Wigmaker's Shop, Williamsburg, Virginia. " Text on verso reads: "The Williamsburg barber or wigmaker usually performed at least one and frequently all three of the Craft's basic services: (1) making, selling, and dressing wigs and false hair pieces for men and women (2) cutting and dressing men's, women's and children's natural hair and (3) shaving men. Here he dresses a wig typical of the type that would have been used by a gentleman in eighteenth-century Virginia."
Creator
Colonial Williamsburg
Publisher
H. S. Crocker Co. Inc.
Is Part Of
Postcard Collection, AV2015.1, 5
Format
jpeg
Extent
1 postcard
Type
image
Identifier
D2021-COPY-1014-0101 R
D2021-COPY-1014-0102 V
D2021-COPY-1014-0102 V
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Collection
Citation
Colonial Williamsburg, “Wigmaker's Shop,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/5821.