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Do All Indians Live in Tipis?

How much do you really know about totem poles, tipis, and Tonto? There are hundreds of Native tribes in the Americas, and there may be thousands […]

Traders in Men

Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Plain Paths and Dividing Lines

Plain Paths and Dividing Lines: Navigating Native Land and Water in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake

Working with “Old Stuff”

A collections intern reflects on her year in the Vault Jamestown Rediscovery, Ava Geisel Jamestown recently said goodbye to Ava Geisel, who interned in Collections as […]

Architectural

Many of Jamestown’s first buildings were constructed using “mud-and-stud” architecture, a style which would have been known to some individuals in the fort from their hometowns. […]

Muskrat Bones

Artifact number – Various Material – Bone: Faunal Bone Place of Origin – Virginia Date – Fort Period Context – First Well, Powder Magazine, East Bulwark […]

Spanish Eight Reale

Object number – #140581 Material – Coin: Silver Place of Origin – Maybe Mexico City Date – 1772-1825 Context – James Fort Location – Collections Category […]

Spanish One Reale, Phillip IV

Object number – #138643 Material – Coin: Silver Place of Origin – Potosí, Bolivia Date – 1664 Context – Jamestown Churches Location – Collections Category – […]

Vintage John Smith Statue Magnet

This magnet’s design comes from a vintage postcard featuring the John Smith Statue on Jamestown Island, looking over the James River towards a ship in the […]

Vintage Pocahontas Statue Magnet

This magnet’s design comes from a vintage postcard featuring the Pocahontas Statue on Jamestown Island, in front of a sunset over the gates to James Fort. […]

Vintage Church Tower Magnet

This magnet’s design comes from a vintage postcard featuring the 17th Century Church Tower on Jamestown Island. Image reads “Ruins of old Church (First English Church in […]

Vintage Engraving Sticker

The design of this sticker comes from a vintage postcard. It details historical facts about Jamestown Island along with engraved likenesses of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, […]

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