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Title
["The
Spinning
Wheel
"
Girls]
Creator
unknown
Medium of Original
photographs
Date of Orginal
1928-1942
Dimensions
2.5" x 3.5"
Description
In
December
1928
, a
group
of
weavers
from The
Spinning
Wheel
shop
,
referring
to
themselves
as "The
Spinning
Wheel
Girls
",
gave
Clementine
Douglas
a
looseleaf
volume
of
lyrics
from
mountain
folk
songs
.
Douglas
kept
the
volume
and
added
this
photograph
of
some
of the
weaving
women
to the
first
page
. The
photographer's
name
is
unknown
. The
weavers
are
identified
on the
verso
of the
photograph
as:
Julia
,
Flonnie
[Harwood]
,
Ollie
[Peek]
,
Grace
, and
Myrtle
[Jump
Austin]
. The
song
notebook
identifier
is
titled
"
Songs
Written
By from "The
Spinning
Wheel
"
Girls
".
Subject - Topic
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group
Spinning Wheel (Firm : Asheville, N.C.)
Time Period
1920s
1930s
1940s
Location
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Source Institution
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection
Southern
Highland
Craft
Guild
Records
.
Clementine
Douglas
papers
.
Inventory Number
SHCG_CDP2_notebook_01a
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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