Mary Lena Martin and her grandmother working a cotton jenny

Dublin Core

Title

Mary Lena Martin and her grandmother working a cotton jenny

Subject

Artisans
Hand weaving
Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Textile crafts -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Textile fibers
Textile machinery

Description

This photograph shows Mary Lena Martin (left) and her grandmother (right) working a cotton jenny. The photograph was taken by Doris Ulmann when she came to Brasstown, N.C. in 1933 or 1934.

Creator

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934

Source

Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1933/1934

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
photographs

Type

StillImage

Identifier

15053
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/15053

Date Created

2008-03-17

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902;

Spatial Coverage

Cherokee County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

8" x 6"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934, “Mary Lena Martin and her grandmother working a cotton jenny,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/15053.