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![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto001101716 "Broom sewing machine at Charleston Broom and Mop Company")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.001.10.17.16
- Title:
- Broom sewing machine at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry, and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto002101716 "Jim Shaffer's lunch box")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.002.10.17.16
- Title:
- Jim Shaffer's lunch box
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, foodways, Food habits, Charleston (W. Va.), and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto003101716 "Rolls of broom straw at Charleston Broom and Mop Company")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.003.10.17.16
- Title:
- Rolls of broom straw at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.), and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto004101716 "Tool peg board at Charleston Broom and Mop Company")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.004.10.17.16
- Title:
- Tool peg board at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry, and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto005101716 "Toy brooms at Charleston Broom and Mop Company")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.005.10.17.16
- Title:
- Toy brooms at Charleston Broom and Mop Company
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.), and Broom and brush industry
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto006101716 "Jim Shaffer stitches lacing into a broom")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.006.10.17.16
- Title:
- Jim Shaffer stitches lacing into a broom
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, and Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto007101716 "Untrimmed brooms with white lacing")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.007.10.17.16
- Title:
- Untrimmed brooms with white lacing
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry, and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto008101716 "James Shaffer trims brooms")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.008.10.17.16
- Title:
- James Shaffer trims brooms
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, and Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto009101716 "Jim Shaffer of Charleston Broom and Mop Company works at a broom sewing machine")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.009.10.17.16
- Title:
- Jim Shaffer of Charleston Broom and Mop Company works at a broom sewing machine
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.), and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Shaffer, b. 1929, of Charleston Broom and Mop, in Loudendale, WV is one of the last commercial broom makers in the state of West Virginia. He began making brooms at the age of 17 and at the time of the interview, still maintained a shop outside of Charleston. See the short video produced in partnership with West Virginia Public Broadcasting:, James Shaffer, Charleston Broom & Mop Company at https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O3lrgTn2hyM and the interview with Jim, Building a Broom by Feel: Jim Shaffer by Emily Hilliard in Southern Cultures fall 2017, Vol. 23, No. 3: Things at http://www.southerncultures.org/article/building-broom-feel-jim-shaffer/"]](/thumb/4224ShafferJamesPhoto010101716 "Broom maker James \"Jim\" Shaffer stands in his Charleston Broom and Mop shop")
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.010.10.17.16
- Title:
- Broom maker James "Jim" Shaffer stands in his Charleston Broom and Mop shop
- Date:
- 2016-10-17
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.), and Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
