Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia
Dublin Core
Title
Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia
Subject
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03A.
Postcards - Virginia - Williamsburg
Public buildings - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
Recto and verso of official Colonial Williamsburg postcard featuring costumed interpreters posing next to a carriage in front of the Governor's Palace. Published by H.S. Crocker Co. of San Francisco, California, it is an example of a 1950s card produced to promote the growing living history museum.
The caption reads: "An eighteenth-century carriage stands before the residence of the Royal Governor of Virginia, one of the most elegant mansions in colonial America. The formal gardens show the lavishness of the period. Open daily."
The caption reads: "An eighteenth-century carriage stands before the residence of the Royal Governor of Virginia, one of the most elegant mansions in colonial America. The formal gardens show the lavishness of the period. Open daily."
Creator
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., publisher
Date
ca. 1950s
Is Part Of
Postcard Collection
Format
jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
AVPC-046-R
AVPC-046-V
AVPC-046-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 Foundation, H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., publisher, “Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed March 29, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/595.