Fair 51 Hilton, Hendley, Shuford

CLAY DAY: At a 1951 iteration of the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, potter Bill Hendley demonstrates his craft to onlookers. Hendley’s grandfather, Ernest Auburn Hilton, established Hilton Pottery in McDowell County in the 1930s. The Southern Highland Craft Guild offered Hendley an opportunity to carry on the family trade.

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