Photos tagged as jamestown

Jamestown

• Date: 10 June 2008
• Photographer: Midworlder: gallery
• Location: USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Godspeed

This is a replica of the second of the three ships that brought the initial 104 settlers to Jamestown.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Three_Ships

These are replica's of the three ships that brought settlers to Jamestown in 1607.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Susan Constant

This is a replica of the largest of the three ships that brought the settlers to Jamestown.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Discovery

This is a replica of the smallest of the three ships that brought settlers to Jamestown. It remained with the settlement after the others returned to England.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Susan Constant Cabin Bed

I tried this straw bed in the cabin of the largest ship, it wasn't that bad

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Powhatan Stew

This re-enactor made a turkey stew

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Corn Patties

The Powhatan fried corn patties on slate. Since it wasn't available on the coastal planes, they had to trade with western tribes to obtain it.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Clay_Jug

This Powhatan clay jug is pointed at the base. This way, it could be stuck in the sand. If it needed to be heated, they would pile hot coals or rocks around the base

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Powhatan Dwelling Interior

This is a replica of the type of Native American dwellings in Virginia when the English arrived. In addition to providing shelter, a families wealth was stored here, mostly consisting of deer hides.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Yehawkans

The Powhatan indians called their dwellings yehawkans. They were semi-permanent and covered in mats or thatch.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Glass

This wine jug is a recreation of one found at Jamestown

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown, Glass Making Today

This is a a workshop set up to demonstrate glass blowing techniques as they might have looked in the 1600's

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown, Ruins of Glass Furnace

These are the ruins of the glass furnace at Historic Jamestown.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown, Glass Furnace Ruins Enclosure

This building covers the ruins of the colonies glass blowing operations

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Supplies

This is an example of how supplies and stores would have been kept in Jamestown about 1614

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort Oven

This is a replica of an oven found during excavations at historic Jamestown.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Francis & Eileen & Mom

These ladies represented some of the first English women to join the colony at Jamestown.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Mom's Cart

Both the VA State living history museums we visited had nice electric cats mom could use to get around better.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fishing Nets

One of the re-enacters had been weaving fishing nets outside the replica of Fort James.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fireplace

There aren't any rocks in the coastal planes of Virginia to speak off, so before the Colony started making bricks, fireplaces were just mud.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort Bldgs

At the Jamestown Settlement facility built by the State of Virginia, the original Buildings at Fort James have been reconstructed in replica form.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Fort Well

This is an example of a bucket for pulling water from a well

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Blacksmith

There was a blacksmith fairly early on in Fort James, but only to repair tools and armor.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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Day 91 - Jamestown Stlmt, Armory

The initial settlement was a Fort populated by Soldiers.

• Date: 1 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Jamestown, USA: gallery
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