Craftsman's Fair, 1953: Lucy George

Craftsman's Fair, 1953: Lucy George

Artisans

Arts and crafts movement

Basket making

Basketwork

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands (1953 : Asheville, N.C.)

Exhibitions

Handicraft

Lucy Nola George (1897-1978) was a basket maker from the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. She often demonstrated her craft at the Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands. This photograph, taken by Edward L. Dupuy, is from the 1953 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Asheville, North Carolina and shows George making a basket from honeysuckle.

DuPuy, Edward L.

Photographic Media

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

1953-07-20

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StillImage

15380

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2008-10-06

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

10" x 8"(dimension)

Craft Revival