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[Allanstand cabin, woman and boys with dye pot]
[Allanstand cabin, woman and boys with dye pot]
Title[Allanstand cabin, woman and boys with dye pot]
IdentifierSHCG_FLG3_8_17
Formatphotograph
Date Created1920/1929
Dimensions2.5" x 4.25"
DescriptionThis 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 logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story cabin used as a stopover for drovers on the road from Tennessee. This series of photographs are contact prints made from the original negatives. The original photographer and dates are unknown.
Subject - TopicAppalachians (People)
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - CraftDyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - GroupAllanstand Cottage Industries
Craft Categorydyes
Decade1920s
CountyMadison County, N.C.
Creatorunknown
Source InstitutionSouthern Highland Craft Guild
CollectionFrances L. Goodrich Papers
Copyright InformationAll rights reserved. For use permission, contact library@craftguild.org or Southern Highland Craft Guild, P. O. Box 9545, Asheville, NC 28815.;
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