“Making Baskets”

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

Photographers Frances and Mary Allen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, posed these girls making baskets, one of the crafts which became popular during the national Arts and Crafts Movement (1875-1920) of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in America. Basket makers in this era incorporated Indigenous and/or Western European techniques and designs.

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Item typePhotograph
PhotographerAllen, Frances and Mary
Date1901–1903
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicColonial Revival, Arts and Crafts Movement
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography
Dimension details.01: 6.25 x 8.37″, no border
Catalog #1996.14.0299
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Allen, Frances and Mary, photographer. Making Baskets. Photograph. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-14-0299/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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