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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 man caning a chair as part of a chair caning demonstration and class in the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm area near milepost 5.8, section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Three people can be seen watching the man weave a chair seat, while a woman in the background can be seen working on her own chair. Image 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
Humpback Rocks (Va.)
Nelson County (Va.)
People
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway