This undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts craft items for sale in a Cherokee craft shop on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Native-made articles on display in...
This undated color drawing was reproduced as a postcard. It depicts a Cherokee craftswoman making a basket at a site on the Qualla Boundary, the area of land owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The card reads, "Basket Weaving. One of the Arts...
This undated informational insert was included with a collection of 20 postcards in a package sold together called, "The Land of the Cherokees." This flyer highlights three figures in Cherokee history: Junaluska, Sequoyah, and Tsali and advertises...
This photographic postcard of an unidentified woman and child shows a great wheel or walking wheel, which was traditionally used to spin cotton or short-staple wool into thread. Such wheels were often used by craftswomen in cottage industries to...
Trading posts -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.);
W.M. Cline, Co. was established in 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company was founded by Walter Matson Cline, Jr. (1914-1984) who had learned photographer from his father, Walter M. Cline, Sr. (1873-1941). The elder Cline had come to...
Musicians -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Music -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Veterans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; American Legion. Post No. 104 (Sylva, NC)
Doreyl hosts thirteen musicians from the Nikwasi Dulcimer Players who meet in Franklin; they play the songs "Angel Band" and “Black Mountain Rag.” Then Amy welcomes Clyde Bumgarner from Sylva, who talks about Sylva’s Post 104 of the American...
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
This page of four pictures from a report by the United States Census Office, 'Extra Census Bulletin. Indians. Eastern Band of Cherokees of North Carolina' (Washington, D.C.: United States Census Printing Office, 1892), shows 'Eastern Cherokee...
Highland Highlights was a newsletter "published every once in a while by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild" starting in 1942. It usually gave members news from the shops, information from and about Guild meetings, tips and reminders, as well...
Whiteside Cove (N.C.); Coves (Valleys) -- North Carolina; Post office buildings -- North Carolina; Farm life -- North Carolina; Dwellings -- North Carolina; Buildings -- North Carolina; Picklesimer family
Reinfried Armstrong Romanes (April 4, 1896 - 1978), more often known as R. A. Romanes or simply as Romanes, was born and raised in Europe. In 1919, he emigrated to America and, through family and political connections, wound up living in Alto,...
Church buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville; Baptist church buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville;
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
Hotels -- North Carolina -- Asheville; Asheville (N.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.; Tourism -- North Carolina;
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
Waterfalls -- North Carolina -- Asheville; Water mills -- North Carolina -- Asheville
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
This series of historic postcards depicts various sites in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County and is the largest city in western North Carolina. In 1880, Asheville was linked by a rail line that...
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “Eagles Nest Hotel and Camp.” The hotel and camp sit at 5,050 feet elevation, 2,300 feet above Waynesville, N.C.
This view of the Cherokee County Courthouse in Murphy, N.C., was postmarked March 25, 1907, at Murphy and on March 25 at Hayesville, N.C. As indicated on the card, the Courthouse was built in 1892, then seriously damaged by fire in 1895, and...
This close up picture of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville, N.C., shows the tower which distinguished the building as a town landmark. The Courthouse dated from 1884 and served the county until a new building was constructed in 1931 to...
This rendering from an elevated perspective of the Margo Terrace, a hotel located in Asheville, N.C., provides a juxtaposition of various modes of transportation available in the city, with an automobile seen in conjunction with a horse and...
Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee art -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina;
Postcard of Cherokee crafts on display in front of souvenir shop. Caption reads, 'Cherokee Tavern, Cherokee, N.C./Headquarters for Indian Crafts and Souvenirs.'
