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[Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers]
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| Title | [Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers] |
| Identifier | JCCFS_05TTM |
| Format | photograph
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| Date Created | 1917 |
| Dimensions | 5" x 7" |
| Description | This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows a wooden Noah's Ark set in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, North Carolina, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to Tryon, N.C. in 1915 and established the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers. Vance and Yale trained local boys to carve in the attic workshop of a house called Hillcote. The carved and painted wooden toys, designed by Vance, were sold across the country. |
| Subject - Topic | Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Craft | Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Group | Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers
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| Craft Category | woodwork
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| Decade | 1910s
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| County | Polk County, N.C.
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| Creator | unknown
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| Source Institution | John C. Campbell Folk School
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| Collection | Historical Photograph Collection |
| Copyright Information | All rights reserved. John C. Campbell Folk School. For permission to reproduce items, contact Folklorist/John C. Campbell Folk S; |
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