Thursday, May 24, 2018



Cherokee Photographs from the Thomas J Blumer Collection


Folder 58:  Postcards from Cherokee Indian Reservation, Oconaluftee Indian Village, Cherokee, NC                                     (ca. 1955 – 1964).  Postcard of Soco Falls is from 1932. 


Cora Wahnetah holding a bowl with daughter Margaret Wahnetah 

Cora Wahnetah and Amanda Swimmer making pottery 


Cora Wahnetah was the wife of Sam Wahnetah. Sam was the grandson of Catawba potter Susannah Owl. Cora was the daughter of Cherokee potter Ella Arch. 

Soco Falls, 1932




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