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Blue Bells
About this photograph
- Provider
- Hunter Library at Western Carolina University
- Date created
- 1900–1910
- Location
- Buncombe County, North Carolina
- License
- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
- Source
- Original image housed by Southern Highland Craft Guild
See this photograph in context
- Industrialization and Progressive Reform in the Craft Revival: In this lesson plan, originally published on the Craft Revival website, students will analyze the process of making a hobby into a job. They will explore Craft Revival work environments, representations of industrial work environments, and data regarding Craft Revival work. To close the activity, students write a journal entry comparing Craft Revival and industrial work experiences.
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Learn more
- Search LEARN NC for Appalachia, bedspreads, Buncombe County, handicrafts, and North Carolina.
In the classroom
- See our collection of articles on visual literacy for ideas on using photographs meaningfully in the classroom.
This photograph was used for obtaining orders for bed spreads. On the verso of the photograph is written, “Blue Bell, All Prices 66″–68″ $25.00 each, 72″–76″ $25.00 to 28.00 each All these have pillow runners with spreads. Please return promptly to Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc., 6 Government St., Asheville, N.C.” Lightly in pencil is written “Mrs [Sodler]. Please return” - the name is unclear. Could she have been the creator? The design appears to be a knotted needlework.
