Box 8
Contains 245 Results:
Item 1: Women preparing flax
Black-and-white image depicts two women breaking apart flax by hand. Three other women can be glimpsed (or partially glimpsed) in the background. Location unknown. ca. 1900. 18 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 2: Flax Preparing
Black and white image shows a drawing of rows of flax machinery, possibly scutching machinery to separate the fibers from the woody portion of the stalk. Scutching can be done by hand or by machinery. Carter's Series No. 10. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 3: Hackling flax, first process in making linen, Belfast, Ireland
Black and white image depicts rows of male workers pulling strands of flax across an implement with teeth to separate wood and bark and refine the strands in preparation for spinning. Supervisors look on. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 4: Scutched Flax
Black and white image shows a man holding a batch of flax in one hand while running the fingers of his other hand through it. He wears an apron over his clothes, and also wears a straw hat. Scutching is the process of separating the fibers from the woody portion of the stalk; it can be done by hand or machinery. Carter's Series No. 7. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 8.75 x 13.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 5: Flax Scutch Mill
Black and white image shows men working at a row of equipment with stacks of flax undergoing the scutching process. Scutching is the process of removing the fibers from the woody part of the stalk; it can be done by hand or by machinery. Carter's Series No. 6. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 8.75 x 13.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Silk
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Other Natural Fibers
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Fiber Testing
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Fiber Preparation
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Opening and Dusting
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