Handicraft; Weaving; Rugs; Families; Living Rooms; Fireplaces; Older people; Cats; Children; Domestic life
A family scene of a group making rugs in Hamilton County, Tennessee. A cat laps milk at center, a man sits in a chair cutting pantyhose, a woman creates a rug, and a young girl winds the hose into a ball. A fan made of feathers hangs next to the...
A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
Country life; Basket making; Older people; Handicraft; Men
An older man is pictured weaving baskets outside of his workshop. Completed baskets can be seen as well as tools and extra wood. George McCarter was a noted basket weaver.
Elmear Kear, a broom maker, of Route 1, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. He is standing in his shop making a broom. There are brooms hanging on the wall along with other broom-making materials.
Handicraft; Chairs; Woodworking; Log buildings; Men
Frank Tabor, chairmaker, near Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee. He is seated outside a log structure, working on the ladderback of a handmade chair.
Handicraft; Brooms & brushes; Tents; Pulleys; Cooking utensils; Men
Man standing under a large outdoor tent making brooms. Broom-making materials can be seen around him and a pulley system is pictured at left. At left rear is a large black pot with a wooden spit for cooking.
Miss Dot Arnold holds a carved figurine of an ox cart and poses with hooked rug on wall. She is sitting in a caned chair near a circular shag rug. She wears her hair in pigtails.
Mrs. Dewey Bramblett and Mrs. Jack Cornult of Apison, Hamilton County, are shown stitching. One of the women is stitching on a quilt frame. The background shows beautiful completed rugs on the walls.
Mrs. Edwin Grayson from Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, demonstrates how to spin flax at the craftsman's fair. She is sitting next to a spinning wheel.
Mrs. Nancey [sic] Page, a quiltmaker from Clifty, Tennessee, near Crossville, sitting on her front porch swing with a "Dutch Doll" or "Sunbonnet Sue" quilt across her lap.