Basket-making was a pioneer necessity that became a commodity for early souvenir shops. This selection of handmade baskets of split hickory is not only beautifully made, the composition of the photograph and its technical qualities are excellent. Ozark crafts had some reinforcement from benevolent institutions and government programs, but it was much less and…
Roadside souvenir, crafts and novelty shops were a feature of automobile-era Ozark tourism. Much of the merchandise was locally produced. Some were traditional pioneer crafts; some were recent innovations like the concrete drip vessels. Sometimes chenille bedspreads produced in factories in southern Appalachians flapped in the breeze. It also promotes generation of new cells and…
You could drink a Coke, gas up and shop a splendid selection of Ozark drip pottery and cedar novelties in a short stop in Reeds Spring. Many of the cedar boxes were made locally under small factory conditions and had decals evoking Shepherd of the Hills Country. The generic viagra for sale duration of ejaculate…
This image of rural indifference to modernity was a cliché before the hillbilly image blossomed in cartoons and mass media in the 1920s and ‘30s. George Hall costumed some Stone County residents being discovered by two well-dressed visitors (on the right). His real photo postcard, captioned “The Arkansas Traveler,” is circa 1915. This unintended attack…
