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Mrs. Erwood tatting and Mr. Erwood whittling spoons. Near Fletcher, North Carolina, ca. 1915.

Mrs. Littrell with basket woven from white oak splints. Skyland, North Carolina, ca. 1915.

Molly Quinn weaving a basket. Photograph taken near Candler, North Carolina, ca. 1915.

The Warren family showing every stage of making a woven coverlet from the raw wool to the finished object. Mt. Pisgah, North Carolina, ca. 1915.

The elder Mrs. Warren using a great wheel, or walking wheel, to spin the wool into yarn. The spinner turns the great wheel by hand and moves back and forth while collecting the pulled and twisted fibers onto a spindle. Mt. Pisgah, North Carolina,…

Cindy Warren weaving on a traditional mountain loom. Mt. Pisgah, North Carolina, ca. 1915.

Mrs. Thomas spinning at a flax wheel, Mt. Pisgah, North Carolina, ca. 1915.

Reems Creek Pottery employees loading a cart with unfired ware. They then would push the cart under a shed to air dry prior to firing.

William A. Barnhill during his service in World War 1