Craftsman's Fair, 1951: Rebecca Gibbs Ashe

Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self-taught weaver and dyer in the Sylva area of western North Carolina. She built her first loom herself from wood donated by a neighbor. She later operated a successful home industry which won awards and attracted the attention of Eleanor Roosevelt. The photograph was taken by Edward L. DuPuy at the 1951 Craftsman's Fair of the Southern Highlands in Asheville, N.C