Item 30: German family working with flax wheels, 1913
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
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository