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Production stills from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's "Connect" video series. Interpreters in this "Revolutionary City" scene depict reactions to Lord Dunmore's emancipation proclamation. This segment was filmed in the kitchen at Great Hopes Plantation.

Interpreters make candles in the Historic Area.

Interpreters make candles in the Historic Area.

An interpreter uses a yoke to carry two buckets of water to fill the water barrel in the Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way".

An interpreter shovels dirt onto a wheelbarrow in the Historic Area.

Eighteenth century food created by Historic Trades Foodways staff in the Governor's Palace kitchen.

An interpreter stands at the front door of a building in the Historic Area.

An interpreter stands in the doorway of an outbuilding in the Historic Area.

Portrait of an Historic Trades Silversmith in the Historic Area.

An interpreter tunes a spinet in the parlor of the George Wythe House.

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

An Historic Trades Gardener loads baskets onto a wheelbarrow in the Colonial Garden.

An Historic Trades Gardner fills a watering can with water in the Colonial Garden.

An interpreter reads a letter at night by candlelight.

Interpreters sit with their yoken oxen and wagon just before wagon rides begin on Palace Green.

An Historic Trades Apprentice Tinsmith works inside the Tin Shop.

In Historic Trades: bookbinders at work in the Bindery.

In Historic Trades: bookbinders at work in the Bindery.

In Historic Trades: bookbinders at work in the Bindery.

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

In Historic Trades: A bookbinder at work in the Bindery.

In Historic Trades: A bookbinder 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.