Zillah Wilson with spinning wheel

Dublin Core

Title

Zillah Wilson with spinning wheel

Subject

Handicraft
Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Spinning-wheel
Older people
Textile machinery
Women

Description

This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933, shows Zillah Wilson seated out of doors in front of a spinning wheel, also called a great wheel. Zillah, and her sister, Fanny, were spinners and weavers from Highlands, North Carolina.

Creator

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934

Source

Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1933

Rights

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

Format

jpg;
photographs

Type

StillImage

Identifier

15059
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/15059

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

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

Extent

8" x 6"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934, “Zillah Wilson with spinning wheel,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/15059.