Brooms and broom handles stacked in James Shaffer's shop

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

Description:

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/

Subject:

Charleston (W. Va.), Broom and brush industry--Employees, and Broom and brush industry

Rights:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Location:

Charleston (W. Va.)

Format:

image/tiff

Source:

A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection