Apollo Room, Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1940

Subjects: Interiors Restaurants & Taverns
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Apollo Room, Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1940, c. 1915 linen postcard — Back

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The card pictures the Apollo Room of Raleigh Tavern, furnished as a colonial-era gathering room with a long table, chairs, fireplace, and a keyboard instrument with sheet music in the foreground. Raleigh Tavern was a prominent Williamsburg inn and meeting place in the 18th century, and its Apollo Room was used for dances, society meetings, and other assemblies. The tavern was reconstructed during the 20th-century restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.

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PublisherColonial Williamsburg, Incorporated

Apollo Room, Raleigh Tavern --- APOLLO ROOM, RALEIGH TAVERN Williamsburg, Virginia Above the fireplace in this tavern room is inscribed "Hilaritas Sapientiae et Bonae Vital Proles" — (Mirth the offspring of wisdom and good living). From about 1740, until the tavern burned in 1859 the Apollo was a center of social and political activity. COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, INCORPORATED Made in Switzerland and imported exclusively by K.S. Tanner, Jr., Rutherfordton, N.C., U.S.A. POSTCARD THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. 98

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Publisher	Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, VA
Publisher	Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, Williamsburg, VA
Notes	White border; visible linen texture. No postmark. Divided-back card printed in Switzerland for Colonial Williamsburg; white border on front; unused — no message, address, or sender written.

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Apollo Room, Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/apollo-room-raleigh-tavern-williamsburg-virginia-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.