A postcard showing the picture "The Old Plantation" by John Rose, circa 1785. It shows 12 enslaved individuals, fairly dark-skinned, appearing to have a celebration. Their clothes are blue, white, and orange, with some wearing headwear. One has a stringed instrument that appears like an oversized banjo and the individual in the middle has a stick and appears to be dancing.
A projector screen has a logo with the words 5 shops, 5 traditions, 21st Annual Working Wood in the 18th Century, Colonial Williamsburg, January 17-20, 2019. Below the screen are two wooden workbenches and in front of those is a large, decorative rug.
Numerous tools including saws, squares, and other miscellaneous tools required for sawing are organized in toolboxes and on the walls of a shed.
Bigger saws and axes along with smaller tools in toolboxes hang from the wall and sit on the floor of a shed.
A look inside a big toolbox that has mallets, hammers, froes, and other tools for sawing lumber.
A bigger view of the outside of the large toolbox with the hammers and froes. It is a weathered grey look with piles of wood in the background.
A log sits partially split on top of beams. Beneath is a large open area laid with bricks for a sawyer to be underneath when splitting the log.
A tree I saw in that looked like it was being taken down. I'm not sure of the species, but it has a fascinating, rippling figure and a large hole in the middle from the ground almost to the crotch where the trunk splits left and right.
A tree that is loaded down with several burls, or large, cancerous lumps on the tree. It gives an appearance of mixing straight lines, curves, and circular shapes.
A large oak tree that I could not even capture fully for its size. It actually retains some leaves.
A tree that has a long-extending branch, going out almost directly to the side and then back up, the whole piece probably twenty feet from the main trunk.
Grass mostly browned and dead from the cold weather is the main focus. A row of barren trees is on the right and left. In the distance is the Governor's Palace, a brick building with dark shingles and a white tower in the middle.
A panoramic shot of the portion of a brick jail that is inside the walls but not yet at the jail cells. The brick on the ground is grey while the walls are varying hues from dark grey to bright red. A door with steps is on the right while an open door leading to the cells is in the middle.
A low workbench, commonly referred to as a Roman bench or a staked bench. It appears to be made from oak and it has circular legs. A few holes are on the top to hold work. There is a large piece of pine sitting on its side on top of the bench that was part of a demonstration of using the bench.
A side by side comparison of a stick and rail plane, one a more common size and the other a taller size and made by enslaved plane maker Cesar Chelor.
The side of a wooden pulpit from the African American Baptist Meetinghouse Exhibit. It has the words "Faith creates" on the side.