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Outfitting Jefferson Today; White House History (Number 32) - Photo 1

Outfitting Jefferson Today; White House History (Number 32) - Photo 1

Outfitting Jefferson Today; White House History (Number 32) - Photo 1

President Jefferson ordered costly textiles for upholstery and curtains, but took little interest in fine fabrics for his clothes. Bill Barker represents Jefferson here in a blue linen frock coat, walking with a lady in the garden of the colonial Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg. Costumes and characters blend with the re-created colonial period scene to kindle the twenty-first century visitor’s imagination.

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