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Aunt Harriet at the Flax Wheel, Penland, N.C.
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Title
Aunt
Harriet
at the
Flax
Wheel
,
Penland
,
N.C
.
Creator
Gray and Thompson Advertising (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Contributor
Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959
Medium of Original
postcards
Date of Orginal
1935/1936
Dimensions
3.25" x 5.25"
Description
This
postcard
depicts
two
women
spinning
flax
in
front
of the
fireplace
in the
newly
constructed
Edward
F
.
Worst
Craft
House
adjacent
to the
campus
of the
Appalachian
School
in
Penland
,
North
Carolina
, ca.
1935-1936
. The
older
woman
seated
to the
right
is
Harriet
Conley
(1855-1940)
, a
Western
North
Carolina
native
who
taught
flax
spinning
at the
school
during
the
1930s
. The
woman
seated
on the
left
may
be
either
Harriet
or
Janet
Turnball
,
both
of
whom
were
students
in the
summer
Weaving
Institutes
from
Casanova
,
VA
. The
photograph
for this
postcard
was
taken
by
Bayard
Wootten
. From
1923
to
1938
the
Appalachian
School
served
as the
umbrella
institution
under
which
the
Penland
Weavers
and
Potters
were
organized
and the
Penland
School
of
Handicrafts
(now
Penland
School
of
Crafts)
was
established
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group
Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.)
Appalachian Industrial School
Penland School of Handicrafts
Penland Weavers and Potters
Penland School of Crafts
Craft Category
textiles
Time Period
1930s
Location
Mitchell County (N.C.)
Source Institution
Penland School of Crafts
Collection
Penland School of Crafts Records
Inventory Number
PSC_RG3_CR046
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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