Jamestown Festival Park, 1957, photo 1

This image shows Earleen Pritchett and two other employees of Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) standing on the beach at the newly opened Jamestown Festival Park in Jamestown, VA, which opened in 1957 for the 350th anniversary of the original settlement's founding in 1607. The park included recreations of Native American and English settlements and three replica ships. The opening celebration lasted from April 1 to November 30, 1957.

Staff

Local History

Appalachian State University

News Bureau Faculty and Staff Biographical File, 2004.265, Box 7, Pritchett, Mrs. Earleen, C11.1.3.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1957

News Bureau

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1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Jamestown Festival Park. Jamestown (Va)

Pritchett, Earleen Greene, 1906-2004

Series 11 -- Local Area. Series 2 -- Events

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