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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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto002101716/0.jpg)
- 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, Food habits, Broom and brush industry--Employees, foodways, Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Jim 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 See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto0024416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.002.4.4.16
- Title:
- Broom maker James Shaffer adds straw to a broom
- Date:
- 2016-04-04
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry, 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto003101716/0.jpg)
- 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--Employees, Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Jim 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 See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto0034416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.003.4.4.16
- Title:
- Old radios in Jim Shaffer's Charleston Broom shop
- Date:
- 2016-04-04
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto004101716/0.jpg)
- 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:
- Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Jim 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 See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto0044416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.004.4.4.16
- Title:
- Brooms stacked in a corner of Jim Shaffer's shop
- Date:
- 2016-04-04
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto005101716/0.jpg)
- 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, Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Jim 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 See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto0054416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.005.4.4.16
- Title:
- Brooms and broom handles stacked in James Shaffer's shop
- Date:
- 2016-04-04
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto006101716/0.jpg)
- 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--Employees, Broom and brush industry, Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Jim 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 See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto0064416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.006.4.4.16
- Title:
- Broom maker James Shaffer surveys his shop, Charleston Broom and Mop Company
- Date:
- 2016-04-04
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Broom and brush industry--Employees, Charleston (W. Va.), 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto007101716/0.jpg)
- 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--Employees, Broom and brush industry
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["James Jim 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 See the post on the West Virginia Folklife Program blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2017/03/30/building-a-broom-by-feel-an-interview-with-james-shaffer/Read 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/"]%](/image/4224ShafferJamesPhoto0074416/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.ShafferJames.Photo.007.4.4.16
- Title:
- James Shaffer holds broom corn
- Date:
- 2016-04-04
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry, Broom and brush industry--Employees
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
