Here, George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument

List of Illustrations

vii ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Map of Virginia’s Northern Neck Peninsula 2 2. Outline of foundations of Washington’s birth house 4 3. Daguerreotype of George Washington Parke Custis, 1840s 26 4. The “first stone” 27 5. The obelisk at the George Washington Birthplace federal monument 54 6. Portrait of Josephine Wheelwright Rust 66 7. A survey party visits Washington’s birthplace in 1930 75 8. Two women in costume pose in front of the Memorial House 82 9. The Memorial House main chamber 82 10. Rendition of the supposed foundations of Washington’s birth house as excavated in 1896 91 11. Rendition of the foundations of Building X based on 1930 and 1936 excavations 98 12. A view of the exposed foundations of Building X in 1936 98 13. The Memorial House withdrawing room, ca. 1932 132 14. The Memorial House withdrawing room in 1937 132 15. A family visits Washington’s Birthplace following World War II 142 16. Superintendent Phillip Hough leads a tour 147 17. Frank King Gasoline Alley cartoon of the Washington birthplace 155 18. Park visitors explore peanut and tobacco crops 156 19. National Park Service flier promoting the new living farm 170 20. Birthplace staff tend to tobacco plants in the core historic area 196 This page intentionally left blank ...