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Historical Reenactments at Colonial Williamsburg

Object Details

Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Scope and Contents
Historical reenactors and artisans talk about and illustrate working in the kitchen, creating candles from bayberries and beeswax, making roof shingles for buildings, basket making, and metal working during the 18th century in the United States. Footage of Williamsburg, including exteriors of historical buildings.
Footage of buildings and historical reenactments. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
Date
circa 1970s
Extent
1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
Type
Archival materials
Video recordings
Topic
African Americans
Museums
Historic sites
Historical reenactments
Museum techniques
Black people -- History
Artisans
African American artisans
Place
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Citation
Historical Reenactments at Colonial Williamsburg, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier
ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003198
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