Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia

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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."

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

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

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.