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The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va. The Capitol of the Virginia Colony During the 18th century, Which Was Reconstructed and Restored to its Original State by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., During the 1930's – Vintage Wall Art

The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va. The Capitol of the Virginia Colony During the 18th century, Which Was Reconstructed and Restored to its Original State by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., During the 1930's, c. April, 1943 — historic image
The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va. The Capitol of the Virginia Colony During the 18th century, Which Was Reconstructed and Restored to its Original State by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., During the 1930's, c. April, 1943. Historic image from the Jefferson collection.

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Few buildings in colonial America were as central to royal rule as the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, which housed the colony's royal governors. Williamsburg became the capital in 1699, and the palace was finished around 1720 before a fire damaged it in the 1781 and it was later left to decline. John D. Rockefeller Jr. financed its reconstruction in the 1930s, and this 1943 color transparency by Howard R. Hollem shows the restored building during the Second World War, when Williamsburg was still a working reminder of the colonial past.

Created / publishedc. April, 1943
NotesHollem, Howard R., photographer. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. (transparency, color)
Original scan2,716 × 2,136 px · prints to 9 × 7 in at 300 dpi
Reference1a34987u The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va.

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