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Title
SPINNING AND WEAVING HOUSE - This tiny shop building, located on the grounds of the George Wythe House, is a free exhibition building where the spinning and weaving methods of two centuries ago are demonstrated. In the background can be seen historic Bruton Parish Church. The George Wythe House, with it outbuildings and gardens, is one of the principal exhibition buildings in Williamsburg and typifies the plantation-like town dwelling of the colonial period. Wythe, law tutor of Jefferson, was the first Virginia signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first professor of law in an American college. Williamsburg, Virginia
Creator
Charles Lowe
Contributor
Gifford M. Mast
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Publication Information
Keystone View Company
Contributing Institution
UC Riverside, California Museum of Photography
Collection
Keystone-Mast Collection
Rights Information
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Description
SPINNING AND WEAVING HOUSE - This tiny shop building, located on the grounds of the George Wythe House, is a free exhibition building where the spinning and weaving methods of two centuries ago are demonstrated. In the background can be seen historic Bruton Parish Church. The George Wythe House, with it outbuildings and gardens, is one of the principal exhibition buildings in Williamsburg and typifies the plantation-like town dwelling of the colonial period. Wythe, law tutor of Jefferson, was the first Virginia signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first professor of law in an American college. Williamsburg, Virginia.
Type
image
Format
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt567nc1hp
1996.0009.38457
Language
English
Subject
Facilities
Commercial facilities
Service industry facilities
Interiors
Spinning and Weaving House
Machinery
Spinning machinery
Place
North and Central America
United States
Virginia
Williamsburg

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