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Contains 250 Results:

Item 45: La Normandie - "La C. P. A." Types et Costumes - Fileuse [Normandy, types and costumes: spinner]

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image depicts two young women dressed in costumes from Normandy, France. One is spinning flax on a wheel while the other does needlework. [no earlier than 1904] 9 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 46: English flax wheel

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts a ladies' parlor wheel, identified as a ladies' parlor wheel from St. Albans, England, although it is unclear from where this information comes. A parlor wheel took up less space because the spinning apparatus was mounted above the drive wheel, which in turn was mounted above the bench and treadle. The little fence, the drawer below it, the treadle at right angles to the spindle, the foot rest in front of the treadle, and the footman on the spinster's side of...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 47: Spinning flax with a spinning wheel--Beginning of the great linen industry, Ireland

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image depicts a woman working at a flax spinning wheel. The wheel appears to be set up outside a stucco and beam cottage. The title "Beginning of the great linen industry, Ireland" refers to this being the beginning of the process of making linen, although the real beginning of the process would be harvesting the flax. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Co.; copyright Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 49: Spinning at a mountain cabin, 1919

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image of an older woman standing outside a cabin at a great wheel. Woman is dressed in a long skirt or dress, with a long apron over it. Location is identified as Tennessee in a duplicate image, Item 70, in this folder, (postmarked 1934). Copyright W. N. Cline. Copyright date of photo is possibly 1919, but this card manfuactured between 1930 and 1950. See also Item 71, in this folder, for a colorized version of this image. 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1919

Item 50: Anna Codde

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Painting by Maerten Van Heemskerck (1488-1574) in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Color image is of a woman spinning flax. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, ca. 1950-1968. 10.5 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 51: Anna Codde

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Painting by Maerten Van Heemskerck (1488-1574) in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Color image is of a woman spinning flax. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, ca. 1950-1968. 10.5 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 52: Anna Codde

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Painting by Maerten Van Heemskerck (1488-1574) in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Color image is of a woman spinning flax. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rijksmuseum, ca. 1950-1968. 10.5 x 15 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 53: Spinning on Irish Castle Wheel, 1903

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Color image depicts woman spinning flax outside a country cottage. In the background is a man sitting on a bench (?), along with a dog, chickens, and a rooster. Image most likely from Ireland, as the postcard is postmarked in Dalkey, Ireland, and addressed to Dublin, Ireland. Valentine's Series, printed in Great Britain. Postmarked 1903. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1903

Item 54: Spinning flax in Ireland

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows a woman seated at a spinning wheel outside of a thatch-roofed, stone cottage. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 55: Woman spinning flax

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows an older woman seated at a spinning wheel. A chair and other implements are in the background view. Possibly done during the beginning of the Colonial Revival period, as the woman's dress is too early in style (mid-19th century) to match the photographic process. No location given. ca. 1880s. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003