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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- WILL_050930_017.JPG: Harness and saddlemaker. These tradesmen cut and sew leather to furnish Williamsburg with a variety of saddles, harnesses, tack and other useful goods. Original building.
- WILL_050930_090.JPG: Shoemaker. Here, tradesmen hand sew shoes and boots for gentlemen. This shops represents that of George Wilson, who moved to Williamsburg in the late 1760s and competed with as many as 12 other local shoemakers.
- WILL_050930_108.JPG: The wooden thing is an old-fashioned mouse/rat trap
- WILL_050930_128.JPG: Magazine and Guardhouse. A warehouse for military equipment and gunpowder, the Magazine houses a collection of both original and reproduction muskets and cannons. A replica of a 1750 Newsham fire engine is displayed at the adjacent guardhouse. The Magazine is an original building. [This was closed for refurbishing when I was there.]
- WILL_050930_134.JPG: Courthouse. The county and city courts provided local justice and were the principal agents of local government. Learn about the kinds of cases of principles of law handled here. Fines were common, but, when corporal punishment was ordered, the sentence was carried out quickly and publicly at the stocks and pillory, which stand just outside. Original building.
- WILL_050930_206.JPG: Blacksmith. During the Revolution, James Anderson's business repaired arms and produced ironwork for the Virginia military. Inside, you will find the tools, materials and ongoing work typical of a blacksmith's business in the colonial period. The smiths who work here today make many of the tools and much of the iron hardware used in the Historic Area.
- WILL_050930_260.JPG: Wigmaker. Using horse, goat, and human hair, the perukemaker crafts the finest wigs, curls and queues for people of fashion. A business of this sort offered all manner of shaving, washing, and bathing, along with the finest soaps, perfumes and powders.
- WILL_050930_315.JPG: Gunsmith. Gunsmiths make flintlock firearms like those imported from England or made in the 18th-century Virginia. Discover the importance of rifles, fowling pieces, pistols and muskets in the colony.
- WILL_050930_341.JPG: Silversmith. In the Golden Ball, James Craig's shop, skilled artisans use the tools and methods of their predecessors to cast sterling silver ingots and hammer them into beautiful flatware and hollowware. Decorative piercing and engraving are often a part of their work as well.
- WILL_050930_345.JPG: Milliner. Learn about changing 18th-century fashions, the importance of appearance to colonial society, and the economics of business, including how shopkeepers survived the nonimportation agreements. Explore the trades of millinery, mantuamaking, and staymaking. Original building.
- WILL_050930_425.JPG: Great Hopes Plantation. Construction work has just begun on this re-creation of a typical, middle-sized, 18th-century farm. Watch as interpreters and artisans build dwellings and agricultural buildings, grow crops, and tend gardens. Learn about enslaved African Virginians and their masters and how they lived and worked together.
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- Wikipedia Description: Colonial Williamsburg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. It consists of many of the buildings that from 1699 to 1780 formed the colonial capital of Williamsburg straddling the boundary of two of the original shires of Virginia, James City Shire (now James City County), and Charles River Shire (now York County). For most of the 18th century, Williamsburg was the center of government, education and culture in the Colony of Virginia.
Colonial Williamsburg is meant to be an interpretation of a Colonial American city with exhibits including dozens of authentic or accurately-recreated colonial houses and American Revolutionary War history exhibits. Prominent buildings in Colonial Williamsburg include the Raleigh Tavern, the Capitol, The Governor's Palace, and Bruton Parish Church. However, rather than simply an effort to preserve the antiquity, the combination of extensive restoration and thoughtful recreation of the entire colonial town facilitates envisioning the atmosphere and embracing the ideals of the 18th century patriots. It was here that Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Monroe, James Madison, George Wythe, Peyton Randolph, and dozens more helped mold democracy for the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States.
The Historic Area is located just east of the College of William and Mary which was founded at Middle Plantation in 1693 just prior to the establishment of the town as capital of Virginia and its renaming. The university's historic Wren Building stands at the west end of Duke of Gloucester Street. Colonial Williamsburg is a major source of tourism to Williamsburg , as well as a touchstone for many world leaders, including U.S. Presidents and many heads of state. The United States hosted the first World Economic Conference at Colonial Williamsburg in 1983. It is the centerpiece of the surrounding Historic Triangle of Virginia area, which has become one of the more popular tourist destinations in the world.
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