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A costumed interpreter enters the Great Hopes plantation kitchen door while reading a book.

An interpreter picks vegetables in the Great Hopes Plantation garden in the fall.

Historic Trades shoemakers at work inside the Shoemaker's Shop.

An interpreter strides away from the Capitol on an early spring day.

An Historic Trades gardener at work in the Colonial Garden.

An Historic Trades shoemaker works in the Shoemaker's Shop in the winter season.

Coachmen smile as they drive a coach on Duke of Gloucester Street.

Interpreters talk with each other outside the George Wythe South Office on a warm winter day.

Interpreters chat with one another on the steps of the Greenhow Tenement while another interpreter peers into her bag outside the Shoemaker's Shop.

A winter street scene showing the (l-r) Russell House, Millinery Shop, the Golden Ball, Unicorn's Horn and John Carter's Store on Duke of Gloucester Street.

Interpreters stand at the northern gates of the Capitol on a brisk winter day in the Historic Area.

An interpreter stands in the doorway of the Millinery Shop during the Christmas season.

In the Peyton Randolph Kitchen, a Foodways Journeywoman cuts a lemon on a work table filled with a cooked ham and a variety of side dishes.

Two interpreters prepare root vegetables for soup and serve up pieces of a fresh baked pumpkin pie in the Great Hopes Plantation Kitchen.

An interpreter guides rams through a winter pasture behind the Gaol.

Colonial musicians play the viola da gamba (l) and the baroque flute in the Governor’s Palace ballroom.

Colonial musicians play the baroque violin (l), the viola da gamba (center) and baroque flute (r) in the Governor’s Palace ballroom.

Colonial musicians sing and play music in the Governor’s Palace ballroom. The woman at left is a soprano and the gentleman to the right plays the viola da gamba.

Interpreters use a horse-drawn plow in a field in the Historic Area as a carriage passes in the street behind them.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". Interpreters portray an enslaved couple on the second floor of the Benjamin Powell House. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". Interpreters portray a woman (left) collecting money from another woman in the parlor of the George Wythe House. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Women of the Revolution". An interpreter portrays an enslaved woman holding her baby boy at Great Hopes Plantation. --Media Collections. For more information about this field trip please see : https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm.

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Soldier of Liberty". A interpreter portrays a camp follower knitting for the soldiers amidst a row of tents in the military encampment. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

Production still from the Electronic Field Trip (EFT), "Soldier of Liberty". A interpreter portrays a camp follower knitting for the soldiers amidst a row of tents in the military encampment. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Ann Wager. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made significant contributions to the American story.