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Title
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Williamsburg Record Photographs
Description
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Arthur A. Shurcliff [ne Shurtleff] (1870 – 1957) was the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s first landscape architect. A student of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., considered the father of landscape architecture in America, Shurcliff’s Williamsburg gardens are recognized as consummate examples of the Colonial Revival style.
Record photography played an important role in the research process undertaken to restore Williamsburg’s historic district to its eighteenth century appearance. In addition to having professional contract photographers systematically produce pre-restoration and progress photos of each building site, the members of the architectural team comprising the Williamsburg office of architects Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn also took their own separate series of images to aid their specific projects. Assembled into a series of five volumes labeled "Williamsburg Record Photographs," Shurcliff’s photos document pre-restoration scenes of Williamsburg and archaeological investigations underway, as well as preliminary restoration or reconstruction work on structures, along with recreation of garden paths and plantings. Before beginning landscape work, Shurcliff carefully analyzed existing garden features at each site, examined any archaeological discoveries connected to garden layouts, and studied extant eighteenth-century sites throughout tidewater Virginia to aid with design precedents.
Creator
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Shurcliff, Arthur A.
Date
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1933-02
Is Part Of
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AV2010.5
Extent
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5 volumes; 575 photographs
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Subject
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Williamsburg (Va.) - Photographs
Williamsburg (Va.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Photograph albums
Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957
Landscape architecture - Virginia - Williamsburg
Still Image
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Original Format
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Gelatin silver print mounted on linen
Physical Dimensions
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5 x7 inches
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Aerial view looking southwest towards the Williamsburg Railroad Station and the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) building, water tower and signal tower, Williamsburg, Virginia. The rooftop of the Williamsburg High School on the site of the Governor's Palace is visible in the distance to the right and the steeple of Bruton Parish Church is visible in the distance to the left. Copy photo by Arthur Shurcliff in 1930 of a photo originally taken by Clyde Holmes in 1928.
Title
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Williamsburg Railroad Station
Creator
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Shurcliff, Arthur
Holmes, Clyde
Rights Holder
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Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Identifier
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AV201005_S37
Subject
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Railroad stations - Virginia - Williamsburg
Electric utilities - Virginia - Williamsburg
Date
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1930
1928
Is Part Of
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Arthur Shurcliff Williamsburg Record Photograph Albums, AV2010.5, Box 2, Volume 4
Format
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jpeg
Extent
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1 photograph
Type
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Image
Arthur Shurcliff
Signal Towers
Virginia
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Water Towers
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Railroad Station