Williamsburg
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates:
Lat: 37 16 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 37.2667 decimal degrees
Long: 076 42 00 W degrees minutes Long: -76.7000 decimal degreesNote: Located between Richmond & Newport News; was political & cultural center of Virginia in the 18th cen.; site of colony's first newspaper (1736) & theater (1730); beginning in 1926, John D Rockefeller, Jr. funded restoration of the city.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
O'Keeffe family house, Williamsburg, Virginia, after 1902
Item — Box 2
Identifier: 2006.6.298
Overview
O'Keeffe family's house in Williamsburg, VA. Includes envelope with following text: "Virginia envelope #4. 2 b/w photographs of bldgs of University of Virginia and 1 pix of Georgia outdoors at U. Va.", and handwritten in O'Keeffe's hand: "U.Va. Charlottes-ville".
Dates:
after 1902