Nina Standing Deer

Nina Standing Deer

Artisans

Basket making

Basketwork

Cherokee baskets

Cherokee women

Handicraft

This undated postcard features a colorized photograph of a Cherokee woman making a basket at the Cherokee Indian Fair. The back of the postcard reads, "Mrs. Nina Standing Deer was a feature of the Cherokee Indian Fair as she wove her baskets before interested groups. Baskets were bought faster than they could be woven, and customers waited eagerly as they watched the finishing touches put on." Such postcards were a common way to promote tourism in the Cherokee area, especially for large events like the Cherokee Indian Fair where Cherokee artisans could display and sell their work while competing in a large number of Arts and Craft categories. The photograph on which this rendering was made was taken by Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), and the postcard was produced by the Standard News Agency of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Campbell, Carlos C. (Carlos Clinton), 1892-1978

Photograph Collection

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

unknown

Standard News Agency (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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postcards

StillImage

16206

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16206

2009-02-10

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5.5" x 3.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival