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In Williamsburg today, the printer works at an eighteenth-century press using old style type and producing fine custom printing. The Printing Office is open to the public as one Williamsburg’s operating craft shops. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224 Number: 524 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/tGHe67
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Deft-fingered housewives, as in colonial days, spin flax into yarn by hand and fashion fabrics on an old loom in the Greenhow Lumber House. Open to visitors. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224 Number: 530 via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/tssPEf
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Smelling of spices and herbs, the Apothecary Shop exhibits an array of "elixirs" and "ointments" of colonial medicine, medicinal herbs, and other exotic wares. In the eighteenth century, thee owner of such a shop was usually a doctor who, in addition to his medicinal practice, served as a dispenser of medicines in the role of…
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Working with hand tools, fine leathers, and unusual papers, the bookbinder fashions handsome binding such as graced the shelves of eighteenth-century libraries. The bookbinder, located in the Printing Office, is one of many craftsmen working in shops open to the public. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224…
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In this outbuilding of the home of the Royal Governor food was cook over an open fire, to be carried into the by servants. The building was reconstructed with the Palace and is open to the public. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. 21224 Number: 510 via Flickr…
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Patrick Henry cries out against taxation of the colonies without their consent in the Paramount-Colonial Williamsburg film "Williamsburg – The Story of a Patriot." The House of Burgesses is in the Capitol, one of eight-exhibition buildings of Williamsburg, Virginia, open daily to the public. OFFICIAL COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CARD Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc.,…
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