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The Three Hundredth Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Jamestown

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Date

1907

Artist

Edward Biedermann (1864-)

Collection

Acknowledgements

Bridgeman Images

Descriptive Medium

gouache, watercolour & pencil on paper

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

image © Christie's

Location

Sewell's Point, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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Category

Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

The United States government pier -- “erected by the United States government, under an appropriation of $400,000 for that specific purpose, encloses a water space in its grand basin of two hundred and eighty acres." The Jamestown Exposition commemorated the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. It was held from April 26 to December 1, 1907, in Norfolk, Virginia. (https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-ARTS-PC-441&R=DC-ARTS-PC-441)

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