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Governor's Evening Musick program of chamber music at the Governor's Palace. Detail of the hands of a musician and a lit candle in a candlestick on her music stand.

Production still from the electronic field trip, "A Publick Education". An apprentice writes in an account book. For more information about this program see: https://history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

An interpreter writes with a quill pen at a desk in the John Greenhow Store.

Detail of the hands of the interpreter who portrays barber John Hope at Hope's Barber Shop. Hope is the only historical figure portrayed in the Historic Area who was born in Africa, and therefore survived the Middle Passage. He was an enslaved tradesman who eventually earned freedom for himself and family members.

Detail of men's hand gambling at a game of cards in the Raleigh Tavern.

Interpreters make candles in the Historic Area.

Turnip-rooted Parsley from the Colonial Garden.

A hand holds Old White Shallots that are drying, showing how a single bulb propogates others. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

Detail of hands shearing a sheep in the Historic Area.

In Historic Trades: the hands of a foodways journeyman shucks fresh oysters in the Governor's Palace Kitchen.

A interpreter's hands write letters in a book using a quill pen and ink.

Detail of a thumb pot in use in the Colonial Garden in the Historic Area.

Historic Trades Printers set type in the Printing Office.

In Historic Trades : detail of the hands of a Military Artificer at work in his shop at Colonial Williamsburg's Guardhouse.

In Historic Trades: detail of a bookbinder's hands at work in the Bindery.

In Historic Trades: detail of a bookbinder's hands at work in the Bindery.

The Historic Trades Milliner embroiders by the front window of the Millinery Shop using colorful thread dyed by the Weaver's Shop.

The Historic Trades Milliner embroiders by the front window of the Millinery Shop using colorful thread dyed by the Weaver's Shop.

The Historic Trades Milliner displays an embroidered pocket she made in the Millinery Shop.

Historic Trades Wheelwrights make a French artillery wheel.

An Historic Trades Founder cuts clear channels into a sand mold in the James Geddy Foundry.

An Historic Trades Founder burnishes a pewter badge in the James Geddy Foundry.

An Historic Trades Founder drills a hole into a pewter badge in the James Geddy Foundry.

Detail of the hands of an Historic Trades Cabinetmaker carving a piece of wood in the window of the Cabinetmaker's Shop,

Detail of the hands of the Historic Trades printer setting type in the printing office.