Laura Cantrell and Arminda Curtis working a cotton jenny

Laura Cantrell and Arminda Curtis working a cotton jenny

Artisans

Hand weaving

Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Textile crafts -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Textile fibers

Textile machinery

Women

This photograph shows Laura Green Cantrell (left) and Arminda Anderson Curtis (right) on the porch working a hand cotton jenny. The photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann when she came to Brasstown, N.C. in the summer of 1933. Laura Green Cantrell was the mother of Oscar Cantrell who was one of the first students at the John C. Campbell Folk School and became the resident blacksmith at the school. Arminda Curtis, known as "Aunt Mindy" Curtis, was the wife of Amos Curtis, and they lived in the community of Green Cove, N.C.

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934

Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1933

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

6" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival