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Box 1

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Yorktown material, circa 1881-1937, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id143563
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1881-1937 and n.d., relating to the history of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown, Va. collected by members of the Morecock family of Williamsburg, Va. Includes photographs, pamphlets, Christmas cards, postcards, and wood-cut prints depicting the Powder Magazine, Bruton Parish Church, the Courthouse of 1770, the Yorktown Monument, the church tower at Jamestown as well as souvenirs of the Yorktown Centennial, 1881 and the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.

Dates: circa 1881-1937, undated

Print by William Teiser [?] in honor of the centennial of the Victory at Yorktown, 1781, circa March 1881

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id143590
Scope and Contents

The print depicts several different places and buildings, including the Nelson and Moore Houses in Yorktown, the Powder Horn in Williamsburg, pictures of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and Cornwallis surrendering to Washington. 1 item. PM.

Dates: circa March 1881

Pamphlet giving the purpose and plan of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1931 January 10

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id143592
Scope and Contents

1 item. PM.

Dates: 1931 January 10

Postcard showing the U.S.S. Yorktown, addressed to Pattie Morecock, Williamsburg, Va., 1937 July 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id143593
Scope and Contents

1 item. C.

Dates: 1937 July 14

Color print, 7"x 8.75", of Yorktown Harbor, Va., undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id143594
Scope and Contents

1 item. PM.

Dates: undated

Sepia mounted photograph, 4.75"x6.75", of the Victory Monument in Yorktown, Va.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id143595
Scope and Contents

1 item. Ph.

Dates: circa 1881-1937, undated