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	[Weaving Institute Group Photograph, 1935] Title [Weaving Institute Group Photograph, 1935] Identifier PSC_RG6_CR063 Format photograph Date Created 1935 Dimensions 8" x 10" Description This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1935 on the steps of the newly constructed (but not yet completed) Edward F. Worst Craft House located adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina. Pictured are students, instructors, staff and visitors involved in the summer weaving institute sponsored by the Penland Weavers and Potters. The Worst Craft House was named after Penland's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established. Subject - Topic Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject - Group Appalachian Industrial School Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts Weaving Institute (6th : 1935 : Penland, N.C.) Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.) Decade 1930s Creator Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959 Appalachian Industrial School Source Institution Penland School of Crafts Collection Bayard Wootten Photograph Collection Copyright Information All rights reserved. For use permission contact, Archives, Penland School of Crafts, P. O. Box 37, Penland, NC, 28765 or archives@penland.org.;
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