Allanstand Cottage Industries salesroom interior
About this photograph
Created by Herbert W. Pelton of the Allanstand Cottage Industries. From the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Archival Collection.
- Date created
- 1920–1929
- Location
- Buncombe, County
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2009. All Rights Reserved
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- North Carolina in the early 20th century: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the first decades of the twentieth century (1900–1929). Topics include changes in technology and transportation, Progressive Era reforms, World War I, women's suffrage, Jim Crow and African American life, the cultural changes of the 1920s, labor and labor unrest, and the Gastonia stirke of 1929. (Page 7.7)
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Used for the Allanstand Cottage Industries publicity, this photograph shows the types of wares that were sold in the shop in the 1920s. Baskets of all shapes and sizes are displayed on the floor in front of a glass case with smaller baskets and pottery in it. A spinning wheel and a table with textiles draped over it can also be seen in the picture.
