Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers

Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers

Handicraft

Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers (Firm)

Woodwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This 1917 photograph, taken by an unknown photographer, shows a young worker in the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers shop. Founders of Biltmore Estate Industries in Asheville, Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale moved to Tryon in 1915 and established the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers. Vance and Yale trained local boys to carve in the attic workshop of a house called Hillcote. The carved and painted wooden toys, designed by Vance, were sold across the country.

Unknown

Historical Photograph Collection

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

1917

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StillImage

15879

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2009-02-04

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Polk County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

5" x 7"(dimension)

Craft Revival