Box 9
Contains 250 Results:
Item 14: Spinning wheel and Pilgrim relics, Plymouth, Mass.
Black and white image shows wooden spinning wheel, a candlestick, and a woman's shoe. Photographed by W.S. Robbins & Co., Plymouth, Mass. One in the "Plymouth Series." ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 15: Industry and simplicity--interior of a Switzer's mountain home--Saas-fee, Switzerland, 1901
Black and white image shows a woman working wool fibers into strands of thread on a wooden spinning wheel. The room is constructed with a wooden ceiling, floor, and walls. Religious pictures hang on the walls. New York: Underwood & Underwood. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 16: Gov. Carver's chair; ancient spinning wheel, Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass.
Color image shows wooden chair with dowels on the back and arms next to a wooden spinning wheel. Copyrighted and published by A. S. Burbank, Plymouth Mass. "Phostint"made only by Detroit Publishing Co. ca. 1930. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 17: Spinning wheel (great wheel) in front of a fireplace., 1949
Black and white image shows great wheel by a wood-burning brick fireplace. A table and chair are also visible. No location given. Postmarked Dec. 1949 in Boston, Mass. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 18: Moorland Cottage interior, Castle Museum, York, England
The Folk Museum of Yorkshire Life. Black and white image of a bedroom, representative of a moorland cottage, probably Victorian era. Ornate, almost cluttered, display of vases, pictures, table and chairs. On the left is a four-poster bed with a canopy. Near the hearth lies a dog, and chairs, a cradle, and a spinning wheel are visible. Photo, Catchesides, York. Copyright of Castle Museum, York. Published by Harvey Barton of Bristol, Ltd. ca. 1960s. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 19: Spinning wool at Murray Bay, P.Q. [Province of Quebec, Canada]
Black and white image shows an elderly woman working at a wooden spinning wheel on the right. A man stands next to her in front of an open door. Tools and kitchen utensils hang on the walls behind them. The scene is possibly taking place on an outside porch or shed. Published by Novelty Manufacturing & Art Co., Ltd., Montreal. ca. 1912-1926. 14 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 20: Italian 18th-century spinning wheel at Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Color image shows decorative wooden spinning wheel adorned with marquetry of tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, and ivory. The piece was probably designed more for decoration than for spinning. Given to V & A by the Hon. Mrs. Carpenter. Photograph copyright Fratellli Fabbri; printed in England. ca. 1970. 10.5 x 15 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 21: Spinning wheel, Le Rouet, Quebec, Canada
Color image shows an elderly woman working at a spinning wheel on her porch. A young boy sits in the doorway watching her. "Canadian Art Deeptone" Series, made in Canada. ca. 1930. 14 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 22: Asian woman working at spinning wheel
Black and white image shows a woman working at a spinning wheel in front of a brick wall. A large ball of unknown fiber is in the background by the wall. The spinning wheel itself appears to be made of thin sticks and wire, as opposed to the traditional wooden spinning wheel. Unknown location. ca. 1910-1917. 13.75 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 23: At grandmother's house--interior of a Breton village home, Crach, France
Black and white image shows an elderly woman at a spinning wheel by the fireplace hearth. The room appears to serve multiple purposes with cooking utensils at the hearth and a bed built into a wall on the right, with curtains to draw at bedtime. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm
Format: Stereoptic print.