This photograph of the Cherokee Boarding School was taken in 1890. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends (Quakers). The school...
This picture from the publication issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, "Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of...
This picture from the publication issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, 'Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in Relation to the Forests, Rivers and Mountains of the...
This photograph of an Allanstand Cottage Industries display includes baskets, brooms, and metal fireplace tools. There are also two oval mats made from cornhusks to be used as doormats. The photograph was made on October 3, 1935 to be used for...
In this panoramic view of Waynesville, N.C., from the booklet "Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892," the mountain setting of the town of Waynesville is readily apparent. The...
A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph identifies this as "Razorback," drawing attention to the razorback hog in the center of the picture. Kephart writes of razorbacks in his journals, his correspondence, and "Our...
In this panoramic view of Waynesville, N.C., from the booklet 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892,' the mountain setting of the town of Waynesville is readily apparent. The Haywood...
The caption for this photograph, simply labeled "Laurel," does not note that the man in the picture is Kephart. A similar picture appeared in several of Kephart's publications (see, "Roving with Kephart," "All...
The Album caption reads simply "The Everett Copper Mine." The text on the reverse of the picture elaborates, "The Everett copper mine. My cabin is just above it. Hampton lives in upper (1 1/2 story) house, alongside boiler house....
A view of Horace Kephart's cabin on Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. The caption reads, "The Cabin in Winter" This photograph appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders," 1921 edition, p. 161, as "Cabin on the Little...
This photograph of a Wade Martin woodcarving depicts a male fiddle maker seated on a bench. The man has a long beard and overalls. The picture also shows the man holding the back of the fiddle while the rest of the instrument and various tools rest...
The Album caption reads simply "Widow Davis." The caption on the reverse of the picture is more detailed and notes: "Widow Davis' cabin on Dick Creek near Dillsboro. Fair sample of all the cabins in these mts., but better chimney...
Daniel Boone, fifth generation from the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820), working on wrought iron at Boone Forge, in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, N.C. This picture was taken around the year 1927.
Daniel Boone and his brother Lawrence, fifth generation from the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820), work at their forge in Spruce Pine, in Mitchell County, North Carolina, doing wrought iron work. The picture dates from about the year...
This undated photograph was taken while Amanda Swimmer was demonstrating pottery making. The picture shows her work table and tools. The youngest of 12 children, Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (b. 1921) was born and raised in the Straight Fork section...
This photograph of the Smoky Mountain Power Plant at Ela, North Carolina, near Bryson City, N.C., by R.A. Romanes (1896–1978) was dated October 18, 1937. The dam, which is on the Oconaluftee River near its confluence with the Tuckasegee River,...
Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000), also known as Going Back Chiltoskie and G. B. Chiltosky, was a renowned Cherokee Indian woodcarver who also taught wood crafts at the Cherokee School in Cherokee, North Carolina. Here he is demonstrating relief...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural homestead figures using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called...
