Roan Mountain (N.C. and Tenn.); Carolina Mountain Club of Asheville
This Carolina Mountain Club 'Trip Report' of an excursion to Roan Mountain notes that the roundtrip by automobile from Asheville, North Carolina, was 123.8 miles, with an additional 18 miles covered by foot. The total time for the trip was two...
This photograph shows George Masa (1881-1933), on the left, with an unidentified chauffeur posing on the runner of an automobile. Masa, a native of Japan, opened a photograhic studio in Asheville, North Carolina in 1920 and was active until his...
This photograph taken in the 1920s shows John Hall and his wife carving wood on the porch of their home. John Hall was a member of the woodcarving cooperative founded at the John C. Campbell Folk School which later became known as the Brasstown...
This photograph depicts an unidentified man and woman in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Note baskets on view through windows at left. The shop was...
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman sitting on the front porch of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Note baskets on view through windows at left. The...
This photograph depicts the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story cabin used as a...
This photograph depicts the approach to the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story...
This photograph depicts the sign on the road in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The sign reads "Allanstand Cottage Industries, Pioneers." The shop...
This photograph depicts two cars stopped in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand,...
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and a small boy working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the...
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and two small boys working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the...
This photograph shows an arrangement of items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries probably during the 1920s. Depicted are cornhusk dolls made by Margaret Revis, along with rustic brooms, a ladder back chair, two child-size chairs,...
This photographic postcard shows two women (left) making splint baskets and a third feeding fiber on to her spinning wheel. There are numerous baskets about the porch and ceramic items on the shelf in the background. This postcard was produced by...
This photographic postcard depicts a woman putting the finishing edge on a small basket, while other baskets are displayed beside her on the porch. This postcard was produced by the Blue Ridge Weavers most likely for tourists visiting the region...
This photographic postcard depicts a woman in a rustic cabin working the edging on a decorative basket. This postcard was produced by the Blue Ridge Weavers most likely for tourists visiting the region around the 1920s. Blue Ridge Weavers was...
These carvings of a mama bear with two cubs are made from walnut. A 1977 appraisal of the Hubert Hayes Collection attributes these to Goingback Chiltoskey. Chiltoskey (1907-2000), also known as Going Back Chiltoskie and G. B. Chiltosky, was a...
This pottery figure of a woman with a hat was made by Clara Maude Cobb Hilton (1885-1969) probably during the 1920s. This early figure is roughly painted with a clear overglaze. Hilton Pottery was a family pottery which made functional pottery...
This slat-back or ladder back chair made in the New England style, has eight stretchers, 5 horizontal banisters, two uprights that are turned at the top into a rounded off cone. Material is possibly chestnut and maple. The chair was probably made...
This slat-back slipper chair made in the New England style has a rope rush seat and six stretchers, 2 on each side, one on the front and back. The chair was probably made in the 1920s and is attributed to Max Woody, a seventh-generation...
These carvings of a mama bear with two cubs are made from walnut. A 1977 appraisal of the Hubert Hayes Collection attributes these to Goingback Chiltoskey. Chiltoskey (1907-2000), also known as Going Back Chiltoskie and G. B. Chiltosky, was a...
