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Allanstand Cottage Industries product display

About this photograph

Photograph taken by Howard Studio, Asheville, N.C. Part of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Archival Collection.

Date created
November 2, 1930
Location
Buncombe County, North Carolina
License
This photograph copyright ©1930. All Rights Reserved
Source
Original image housed by Southern Highland Craft Guild. Archival Collection.

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Display of the crafts of Allanstand Cottage Industries.

Size: 544×431

Pine needle basketry, cornhusk dolls, cane-bottom chairs, and rustic brooms are displayed in front of a hanging coverlet in this photograph depicting the crafts for sale at the Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1920s and early 1930s. The image may have been used in a promotional brochure or price list for the company. The items in the photograph are labeled with numbers. The cornhusk dolls were made by Margaret Revis of Buncombe County.