Colonial Williamsburg is staffed by many period costumed characters. Here, one takes a break with his tavern pipe on Duke of Gloucester Street. The long-stemmed clay pipes were used to smoke tobacco. As a new tavern customer picked up the public pipe, he would simply snap off the end where his predecessor had place his mouth and light up.
6 comments:
What a nice and lovely portrait. It has that certain je-ne-sais-quoi.
Fun photo depicting the habits of that time period. Interesting lesson about pipe history too.
How interesting! That is a great shot.
Interesting tidbit of history.
I like how they dress up in period attire. It gives a visitor the sense that they are back in colonial times.
nice capture! love your blog with so much info of Williamsburg.
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