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Box 9

 Container

Contains 250 Results:

Item 86: Un rouet a Gaspe [A spinning wheel in Gaspe]

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

A Habitant spinning wheel, Gaspe, P.Q. [Quebec, Canada]. Color image shows a woman seated with a spinning wheel and winder on her front porch. Published by H. V. Henderson, West Bathurst, N.B. Made in Canada. ca. 1920-1940. 13.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 87: "A French Canadian Family."

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Habitant Life in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Color image shows a woman seated in a rocking chair with a spinning wheel in front of her. Her husband sits nearby holding a little girl on his lap. Two other girls and a young boy are also in the scene, which is set on the front porch. Printed on the reverse: "Typical habitant family. Madam spinning her yarn to provide her brood with the necessary clothing. Scenes along the route of the Canada Steamship Lines, Limited." Published by Novelty...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 88: "Spinning."

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

Habitant Life in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Color image shows a woman seated in a rocking chair with a spinning sheel and winder on her front porch. This woman also appears to be in Item 92, in this folder. Printed on the reverse: "The Spinning Wheel. A familiar object in every household in the country sections. Scenes along the route of the Canada Steamship Lines, Limited." Novelty Mfg. & Art Co. Ltd., Montreal. ca. 1912-1926. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 89: An Old Habitant with her Spinning Wheel in Rural Quebec

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

Color image shows a woman seated outside her home in a rocking chair with a spinning wheel in front of her. She is elderly with gray hair and wears glasses. Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited, Ottawa. Made in Canada. ca. 1930. 13.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 90: Habitant Spinning and Rug Making, Gaspe, P.Q. [Quebec, Canada]

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

Color image shows one woman seated inside her home in a rocking chair behind a spinning wheel. A winder is nearby. Another woman is working on a rug in a frame on her lap with a small child looking on. Another child is partially in view on the far right. A cast iron stove with oven warms the room. Photogelatine Engraving Co., Limited, Ottawa. ca. 1930. 13.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 91: Spinning Wheel, Quebec, Canada

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

Color image depicts a woman spinning wool on her wheel. It appears she is set up to work on her porch. The Post Card & Greeting Card Co., Ltd., Toronto. Made in Canada. ca. 1920-1935. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 92: Drying the Homespun

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Habitant Life in the Province of Quebec, Canada. Color image shows a woman winding spun yarn from spools onto a wooden frame for drying. The scene is set in a kitchen with a cast iron stove and oil lamp in the background; spinning wheel and accessories in the foreground. This woman also appears to be in Item 88, in this folder. Printed on the reverse: "Drying the homespun. One of the many operations necessary to produce dainty colored homespuns. Scenes along the route of the Canada Steamship...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 93: Velazquez painting - Las Hilanderas / Les Fileuses / The Women Spinners, 1965

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Color image of the painting shows a spinning wheel, distaff, and winder in foreground with five women gathered around them. A cat plays with wool on the floor. Through an archway is another scene with a tapestry hanging on the wall and other women in view. Painting located in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Printed by Ediciones Artisticas Offo Los Mesejo 21, Madrid. Postmark is illegible but "Oct. 04 REC'D" is stamped on card with "1965" written beneath it. 15.5 x 10 cm. Format:...
Dates: 1965

Item 94: A Killarney "Spinster"

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

Color image of a young woman at her spinning wheel. Rhyme on the card reads: "Her eyes are bright, her heart is light, she spins at her wheel, from morn till night." L. Anthony, Photographer, Killarney, but this image is not a true photograph, possibly a photograph of a painting. Printed in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 9 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 95: An improved spinning jenny of about 1820

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

Color image shows a woman operating a spinning jenny of about 1820 at the Higher Mill Museum, Helmshore [England]. Printed on reverse: "An improved spinning jenny of about 1820. This fifty-spindle jenny was used for spinning wool in a Saddleworth loomshop until 1916." Platt Collection; copyright Lancashire Museum. Printed in England by Beric Tempest & Co., Ltd., Cornwall. ca. 1975-1980. 10.5 x 14.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003