Arminda Curtis with spinning wheel

Arminda Curtis with spinning wheel

Artisans

Handicraft

Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Spinning-wheel

Textile machinery

This photograph of Arminda Anderson Curtis depicts her standing in front of a spinning wheel in front of an outdoor fireplace. Curtis, also know as "Aunt Mindy," was the wife of Amos Curtis. She lived in the community of Green Cove, N.C. The photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934.

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934

Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection

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

1933/1934

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12343

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2006-03-21

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 6"(dimension)

Craft Revival