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Item 30: German family working with flax wheels, 1913

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Color image depicts four women, one man, and a little boy, each working by hand with flax pulled from distaffs. Two spinning wheels are visible; the little boy appears to be working with a winder. The interior setting seems to be within a home with many photographs and prints hanging on the walls of the room. Stamped with the name of a hotel on the reverse in Donauschingen, a town in the Black Forest [Schwarzwald] area of Germany. J. G. Fleig, Photogr., Kunstverlag, Hornberg [Germany]. Dated by hand July 18, 1913; message written in German. Postmarked in Donauschingen. 13.5 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates

  • 1913

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

6.33 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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