About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0147
  • TitleWestover
  • 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
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Byrd, Richard E. Admiral: Family