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Title Chair-caning demostration [demonstration] and class
Title Note Demonstration misspelled on file card as "demostration"
Date August 1976
Description Image of a group of people participating in a chair caning class in the Humpback Rocks and Mountain Farm area near milepost 5.8, section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The class appears to be caning a variety of chairs, including dining chairs, rocking chairs, and desk chairs. A man watching the class can be seen on the front porch of a log cabin. Taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Robert G. Bruce in August of 1976.
Location Location Name: Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm
Parkway Milepost: 5.8
Latitude: 37.970833
Longitude: -78.898333
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Arts and crafts
Farm buildings and land
Humpback Rocks (Va.)
Nelson County (Va.)
People
Photographs
Tourism
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway