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February 26, 2014

colors at Williamsburg

Posted by Jennifer under CAA/CWF Symposia, Colonial Williamsburg
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Are you old enough (as I am) to remember when “Williamsburg colors” were dull, muted, and … well, faded, versions of blue, green, and the like?

I don’t remember how long ago it happened, but I do remember reading that many of the Colonial Williamsburg buildings, including the governor’s palace, were re-envisioned and reinterpreted once the curators realized that the faded-looking colors had, in fact, simply faded over the years.

On Sunday, before heading home from the Carriage Symposium, I was finally able to tour the palace … and all I can say is, wow, do those gorgeous colors POP …

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February 24, 2014

here come the militia!

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As promised, here are a few photos of the fife-and-drum corps, militia, and cannon demonstrations on the courthouse square, which I happened to see on Friday evening while at Colonial Williamsburg.

The man in this first photo was watching the proceedings as well, from across the street.

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March 13, 2012

a new blacksmith’s apprentice

Posted by Jennifer under Colonial Williamsburg, history, people | Tags: |
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I learned this morning (through the Two Nerdy History Girls blog) that Colonial Williamsburg’s blacksmith has a new apprentice.*

Coincidentally (well, not really, given its location), I had visited the blacksmith’s shop during our CAA / CWF International Carriage Symposium in January and thought this would be a good time to share a few more photos of the shop.

First, a photo of the front of the Deane Shop, home of Williamsburg’s wheelwrights, which I took on the freak-snowstorm Saturday during our 2010 CAA / CWF International Carriage Symposium. The blacksmith’s shop is in the lean-to at the left.

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Next, the back door to the blacksmith’s shop (in the white building at the left), as seen from across the wheelwrights’ yard during our visit earlier this year:

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And several shots of the interior of the blacksmith’s shop, from our late-afternoon visit in January:

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* You can see more photos of Aislinn’s new outfit on the FB page of Williamsburg’s milliners’ shop.

 

January 18, 2012

just a little off-topic

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Are you on Facebook? If you are, you too can “like” the Colonial Williamsburg page. A status update from Colonial Williamsburg just popped onto my FB news feed, and I thought it was really rather interesting, especially since we were just there, exploring the Historica Area and meeting people.

On this website of “behind the scenes” info at Williamsburg, you can listen to or (if you lack speakers) read the transcript of two interviews with the director of their Costume Design Center. There’s a lot of other interesting information there, as well.

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If you are on Facebook and haven’t yet “liked” the Carriage Association page, you can check us out here.

 

January 16, 2012

scenes from the 18th century

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For a lazy winter-time holiday, here are some scenes from Colonial Williamsburg. I took these in the late afternoon last Friday.

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