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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. |
| Identifier | PSC_RG3_CR046 |
| Format | postcard
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| Date Created | 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
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| Subject - Craft | Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern
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| Subject - Group | Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.)
Appalachian Industrial School
Penland School of Handicrafts
Penland Weavers and Potters
Penland School of Crafts
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| Craft Category | textiles
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| Decade | 1930s
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| County | Mitchell County, N.C.
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| Creator | Gray and Thompson Advertising (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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| Contributor | Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959
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| Source Institution | Penland School of Crafts
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| Collection | Penland School of Crafts Records - Penland Publications |
| 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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