Estelle and John Pearson Honeymoon Scrapbook
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Content Description
Collection of ticket stubs, postcards, and ephemera, related to a honeymoon visit to Williamsburg and surrounding areas from April 28- May 1 of 1959. Ephemera includes restaurant menus and visitor brochures to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Festival Park, and the Yorktown Battlefield. Restaurant menus are from Chowning's Tavern, The Williamsburg Inn, The King's Arms Tavern, and Christiana Campbell's Tavern in Williamsburg as well as paper place mats from the Ivy House and Florentine Restaurant in Williamsburg and Tappahannock, VA, respectively. A map on the Florentine Restaurant mat shows the major routes between Washington, D.C, Richmond, Tappahannock, and Williamsburg. Without Interstate 95 or 64, the Florentine Restaurant was a mid way location for all Southern routes heading to the Williamsburg area.
Dates
- Creation: 1959 April 28- May 1
Creator
- Pearson, John and Estelle (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Williamsburg Historical Records Association by the children and grandchildren of Estelle and John Pearson.
- Title
- Guide to the Estelle and John Pearson Honeymoon Scrapbook
- Author
- Christina R Luers, CA
- Date
- 2018-09-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository