The Media Collection

Production still from the electronic field trip, "Will of the People". A crowd burns an effigy on Duke of Gloucester Street. For more information about this program see: https://history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

Radish blooms in the spring at the Colonial Garden.

Detail of bookbinder's wheels on display at the Bookbinder's Shop.

Production still from the electronic field trip, "Soldier of Liberty". Interpreters portray loyalist soldiers (red armbands) marching to battle. For more information about this program see: https://history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

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

View looking west on Duke of Gloucester Street, likely taken from the balcony or cupola of the Capitol, shortly before reconstruction of the street and removal of center island. The Cary Armistead House is on the right, and the Palmer House is on the left. Image dated January 15, 1934. Frank Nivison Photography Collection -- Visual Resources Collections

Laborers install underground wiring along Duke of Gloucester Street in the Business Block (now Merchants Square) c. 1932. Frank Nivison Photography Collection -- Visual Resources Collections

Leicester longwool sheep and their new spring lambs in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Spring tulips bloom in the Historic Area.

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

An Historic Trades gardener at work in the Colonial Garden.

A pre-restoration view of Duke of Gloucester Street looking towards the Raleigh Tavern site (L.W. Lane, Jr. store), 1910s-1920s. --Visual Resources Collections

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (l) and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin on the front steps of the George Wythe House, ca. 1920s. --Visual Resources Collections

Production still from the electronic field trip, "A Publick Education". A cabinetmaker teaches his young apprentice the art of cabinetmaking. For more information about this field trip please see: https://www.history.org/history/teaching/resourcelibrary/index.cfm

A pair of snow covered wreaths hang on a gate at Bruton Parish Church during the Christmas holiday season.

A coachman drives the Royal Governor's Carriage along Duke of Gloucester Street in the fall.

Members of the senior fife and drum corps march down Duke of Gloucester Street in the fall.

A late afternoon view of the Magazine, Guardhouse, and Market House in the fall. The Magazine is one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

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

Rear view of the James Moir House, Shop, and surrounding outbuildings during a winter storm in the Historic Area.

The Capitol on a snowy winter's day in the Historic Area.

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

Interpreters greet one another on a foggy/misty winter day in front of the Pasteur & Galt Apothecary Shop on Duke of Gloucester Street.

An Historic Trades tinsmith works in the Tin Shop on a late fall afternoon.

Flanked by four boxwood topiaries, a native dahoon holly is the featured plant in the Bryan House garden.