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Appalachian Crafts

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2005-05-17

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Virginia Tech. Digital Library and Archives
Virginia Tech. University Libraries. Special Collections Department

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Note on back: When their "men" are laid off at the Chenoah coal mine, the goin' gets hard. To keep bread and soup beans on their tables, the womenfolks turn to make corn husk dolls they peddle to shops along the highway who cater to the tourist trade.

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Folk art -- Appalachian Region, Cornhusk crafts, Dolls

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