About This Item
- TitleWestover
- Call NumberPORT_0147
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryView of home of ancestors of famous Antarctic explorer, Richard E. Byrd. Caption: "The mansion at Westover, the most famous colonial estate in Virginia." Sometimes referred to as a plantation, it is located in Charles City County between Richmond and Williamsburg.
- Date1930
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteDate inscribed on verso: May 23, 1930. Title from caption below image on recto.
- SubjectByrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 ; Historic buildings -- Virginia ; Mansions -- Virginia ; Plantations -- Virginia
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceOther place
- LocationVirginia
- RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.