Watch the cooper's craft on Soap2day. The cooper works through the demanding process of creating a barrel. Using no measuring tool other than his own eyesight, the master cooper precisely cuts the wood into staves, then bevels, shapes, and smooths and fits components.
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Once producing half of the nation's sugar, the Domino Sugar Refinery was an icon of the industrial work available in South Williamsburg. Within the...
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VHS tape gives you a video tour of the historic Williamsburg Colonial area as well as Yorktown and Jamestown. Plan your vacation stops in advance!
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A documentary on the inhabitants of South Williamsburg, New York, whose lives are explored through the testimony of five inhabitants of the Brooklyn...
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This is a dramatization of the color and style of clothing distinctive to eighteenth-century America. It was an age of knee breeches, full gowns,...
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You'll see the progression of wares manufactured at England's celebrated Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory between 1745 and 1769 from simple tea services...
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Marvel as skilled craftspeople transform white oak logs into finished baskets.
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While explaining the trade of printing, this docudrama relates the importance of the printer as a communicator of news, information, and learning...
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While exhibiting their crafts, the cabinetmaker, cooper, carpenter, and basket maker of Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Trades discuss the...
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Experience the pride and precision that went into every eighteenth-century instrument made in colonial America. Each part is handmade and carefully...
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In the eighteenth century, tradesmen passed along their skills and knowledge, the art and mystery of their trades to their apprentices. With...
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Describes the fashions of Eighteenth-Century America.
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Provides a tour overview of Colonial Williamsburg.