Virginia: the Old Dominion, as seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time.

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Date: 1921

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North America United States Virginia

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Chromolithography Photography See America First Travel & Scenery

Jamestown Island from the River

The Beach at Jamestown Island

Wharf Sign at Jamestown Island

The "Lone Cypress"

The Bridge Across Back River

The Road Across the Island

The Ruined Tower of the Old Village Church

A Corner in the Old Graveyard

View from the Confederate Fort

Looking Toward the First Landing-place

Locating What Is Left of the Site of the First Settlement

An Excursion Day at Jamestown Island

Gadabout Looking For the Lost Isthmus

A Visit to the "Lone Cypress"

One of the Earliest Excavations

Hunting For the First State House

Entrance to Chippoak Creek

Cove in Chippoak Creek

Riverward Front of Brandon

The Portico of Brandon, from the Garden

A Side Path to the Manor-house

The Woodsway to Brandon

In the Drawing-room

"Venerable Four-posters, Richly Carved and Dark"

A Corner in the Dining-room

The Drawing-room Fireplace

Treasured Parchments, Including the Original Grant of 1616

The Ancient Garrison House

Miss Harrison in the Court Gown of Her Colonial Aunt, Evelyn Byrd

Sturgeon Point Landing

Map of the James River from Richmond to Its Mouth

At the Mouth of Kittewan Creek

The Forest Tomb

The Old Kittewan House

Hunting For the Channel

Approaching A Narrow Place

An Ancestress of Weyanoke

Chief-justice John Marshall

At Anchor Off Weyanoke

The Houseboat Gadabout

Present-day Fleur De Hundred

A Fishing Hamlet

A River Landing

"Little Boats Were Nosing Into the Bank Here and There"

Riverward Front of Westover

The Hall, With Its Carved Mahogany Staircase

The Hepplewhite Sideboard With Butler's Desk

"Four-posters and the Things of Four-poster Days"

The Romantic Centre of Westover; Evelyn Byrd's Old Room

The Colonial Courtyard Gates

In the Forward Cabin

Tomb of Colonel William Byrd

The Drawing-room Mantelpiece at Westover

Tombs in the Old Westover Churchyard (In the Foreground Is the Tomb of Evelyn Byrd)

A Trapper's Home By the River Bank

"Often ... the Wandering Houseboat Comes Along to Find Only An Empty Pier"

Berkeley; the Ancestral Home of A Signer of the Declaration of Independence and of Two Presidents of the United States

The Field Road and the Quarters

Riverward Front of Shirley

The Old "Great Hall"

The Drawing-room

Looking Aft from the Forward Cabin

The Kitchen Building, Fifty Yards from the Manor-house

A Brick Oven in the Bake-Room

Some Noteworthy Pieces of Old Shirley Plate

Peale's Portrait of George Washington

Dutch Gap Canal

The Voyage Ended, Gadabout in Winter Quarters

Along the Shore of Chuckatuck Creek

"Just the Wild Beauty of the Shores, the Noble Expanse of the Stream, ... and Gadabout"

"Formerly published under the title Houseboating on a colonial waterway."

299 p., plates (part col.) : col. ill., map ; cm.


1. Front Cover
10. Jamestown Island from the River
11. In Back River
12. The Beach at Jamestown Island
13. Wharf Sign at Jamestown Island
14. The "Lone Cypress"
15. The Bridge Across Back River
16. The Road Across the Island
17. The Ruined Tower of the Old Village Church
18. A Corner in the Old Graveyard
19. View from the Confederate Fort
2. Title Page
20. Looking Toward the First Landing-place
21. Locating What Is Left of the Site of the First Settlement
22. An Excursion Day at Jamestown Island
23. Gadabout Looking For the Lost Isthmus
24. A Visit to the "Lone Cypress"
25. One of the Earliest Excavations
26. Hunting For the First State House
27. Entrance to Chippoak Creek
28. Cove in Chippoak Creek
29. Riverward Front of Brandon
3. The Portico of Brandon, from the Garden
30. A Side Path to the Manor-house
31. The Woodsway to Brandon
32. In the Drawing-room
33. "Venerable Four-posters, Richly Carved and Dark"
34. A Corner in the Dining-room
35. The Drawing-room Fireplace
36. Treasured Parchments, Including the Original Grant of 1616
37. The Ancient Garrison House
38. Miss Harrison in the Court Gown of Her Colonial Aunt, Evelyn Byrd
39. Sturgeon Point Landing
4. Map of the James River from Richmond to Its Mouth
40. At the Mouth of Kittewan Creek
41. The Forest Tomb
42. The Old Kittewan House
43. Hunting For the Channel
44. Approaching A Narrow Place
45. Lower Weyanoke
46. An Ancestress of Weyanoke
47. Chief-justice John Marshall
48. Upper Weyanoke
49. At Anchor Off Weyanoke
5. The Houseboat Gadabout
50. Present-day Fleur De Hundred
51. A Fishing Hamlet
52. A River Landing
53. "Little Boats Were Nosing Into the Bank Here and There"
54. Riverward Front of Westover
55. The Hall, With Its Carved Mahogany Staircase
56. The Hepplewhite Sideboard With Butler's Desk
57. "Four-posters and the Things of Four-poster Days"
58. The Romantic Centre of Westover; Evelyn Byrd's Old Room
59. The Colonial Courtyard Gates
6. In the Forward Cabin
60. Tomb of Colonel William Byrd
61. The Drawing-room Mantelpiece at Westover
62. Tombs in the Old Westover Churchyard (In the Foreground Is the Tomb of Evelyn Byrd)
63. A Trapper's Home By the River Bank
64. "Often ... the Wandering Houseboat Comes Along to Find Only An Empty Pier"
65. Berkeley; the Ancestral Home of A Signer of the Declaration of Independence and of Two Presidents of the United States
66. The Field Road and the Quarters
67. Riverward Front of Shirley
68. The Old "Great Hall"
69. The Drawing-room
7. Looking Aft from the Forward Cabin
70. The Kitchen Building, Fifty Yards from the Manor-house
71. A Brick Oven in the Bake-Room
72. Some Noteworthy Pieces of Old Shirley Plate
73. Peale's Portrait of George Washington
74. Varina
75. Dutch Gap Canal
76. Falling Creek
77. The Voyage Ended, Gadabout in Winter Quarters
8. Along the Shore of Chuckatuck Creek
9. "Just the Wild Beauty of the Shores, the Noble Expanse of the Stream, ... and Gadabout"

Publisher: Boston : The Page Company

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Date Added: 2020-06-28

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Virginia: the Old Dominion - Front Cover (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Jamestown Island from the River (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - In Back River (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Beach at Jamestown Island (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Wharf Sign at Jamestown Island (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The "Lone Cypress" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Bridge Across Back River (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Road Across the Island (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Ruined Tower of the Old Village Church (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Corner in the Old Graveyard (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - View from the Confederate Fort (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Title Page (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Looking Toward the First Landing-place (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Locating What Is Left of the Site of the First Settlement (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - An Excursion Day at Jamestown Island (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Gadabout Looking For the Lost Isthmus (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Visit to the "Lone Cypress" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - One of the Earliest Excavations (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Hunting For the First State House (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Entrance to Chippoak Creek (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Cove in Chippoak Creek (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Riverward Front of Brandon (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Portico of Brandon, from the Garden (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Side Path to the Manor-house (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Woodsway to Brandon (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - In the Drawing-room (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - "Venerable Four-posters, Richly Carved and Dark" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Corner in the Dining-room (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Drawing-room Fireplace (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Treasured Parchments, Including the Original Grant of 1616 (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Ancient Garrison House (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Miss Harrison in the Court Gown of Her Colonial Aunt, Evelyn Byrd (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Sturgeon Point Landing (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Map of the James River from Richmond to Its Mouth (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - At the Mouth of Kittewan Creek (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Forest Tomb (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Old Kittewan House (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Hunting For the Channel (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Approaching A Narrow Place (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Lower Weyanoke (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - An Ancestress of Weyanoke (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Chief-justice John Marshall (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Upper Weyanoke (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - At Anchor Off Weyanoke (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Houseboat Gadabout (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Present-day Fleur De Hundred (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Fishing Hamlet (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A River Landing (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - "Little Boats Were Nosing Into the Bank Here and There" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Riverward Front of Westover (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Hall, With Its Carved Mahogany Staircase (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Hepplewhite Sideboard With Butler's Desk (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - "Four-posters and the Things of Four-poster Days" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Romantic Centre of Westover; Evelyn Byrd's Old Room (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Colonial Courtyard Gates (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - In the Forward Cabin (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Tomb of Colonel William Byrd (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Drawing-room Mantelpiece at Westover (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Tombs in the Old Westover Churchyard (In the Foreground Is the Tomb of Evelyn Byrd) (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Trapper's Home By the River Bank (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - "Often ... the Wandering Houseboat Comes Along to Find Only An Empty Pier" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Berkeley; the Ancestral Home of A Signer of the Declaration of Independence and of Two Presidents of the United States (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Field Road and the Quarters (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Riverward Front of Shirley (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Old "Great Hall" (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Drawing-room (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Looking Aft from the Forward Cabin (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Kitchen Building, Fifty Yards from the Manor-house (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - A Brick Oven in the Bake-Room (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Some Noteworthy Pieces of Old Shirley Plate (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Peale's Portrait of George Washington (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Varina (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Dutch Gap Canal (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Falling Creek (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - The Voyage Ended, Gadabout in Winter Quarters (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - Along the Shore of Chuckatuck Creek (1921)

Virginia: the Old Dominion - "Just the Wild Beauty of the Shores, the Noble Expanse of the Stream, ... and Gadabout" (1921)

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