Box 10

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Black and white image of a woman sitting with her back to the camera working at a loom. No location given. ca. 1926-1939. 9 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of the loom room at Hotel Northampton and Wiggins Old Tavern in Northhampton, Mass. Image shows at least two looms in the background, with a winder in the foreground, and what appears to be a great wheel in the left background. Lewis N. Wiggins was the landlord; Wiggins built the Hotel Northampton in 1927 and moved the Old Tavern to the building sometime later. ca. 1930s. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image of a woman working at a loom on the right, and a man with a shuttle in his hand sitting in front of a spinning wheel on the left. The man appears elderly as does the woman, although her image is not as clear. No location given. E.F. Branning's Artino Card, N.Y. City. Postmarked Mar. 22, 1906. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a woman working at a loom in Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada [La Malbaie, Quebec]. See also 0000.1939.11 for a very similar image of the same woman. Novelty Manufacturing & Art Co., Ltd., Montreal. Publ. for Canada Railway News Co., Ltd., Montreal. ca. 1912-1926. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a woman working at a loom in Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada [La Malbaie, Quebec]. Title taken from 0000.1751.75, which features a very similar image of the same woman. The Post Card & Greeting Card Co. Ltd., Toronto. Made in Canada. ca. 1921-1935. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a woman in Colonial dress working at a loom. A spinning wheel is in the right background. Printed on reverse: The Weaving House, Williamsburg, Virginia. In this craft shop, the weaver, as in colonial days, spins the yarn by hand and fashions beautiful fabrics on an eighteenth-century loom." Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco. Postmarked April 27, 1963 in Williamsburg. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a painting showing a home with a loom in the background at which a woman works. A small spinning wheel is in the foreground at which another woman works with a small boy sitting near her. A bed is on the right, in front of which is a cradle with a sleeping baby. A crucifix is on the back wall, and a Madonna & Child painting on the right wall is surrounded by flowers. A table and chest is on the left and there are windows in tow sides of the room. A glimpse of another room...

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Black and white image of a handloom in a room. On the right is a small spinning wheel, along with some other unidentified equipment. Said to be in Deerfield, Mass. Written on the reverse: "Russell Kettell Jany 8, 1921" but this card manufactured between 1909 and 1911. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Attached display cards read: "Handloom/The Old Way, 1810" [and] "The Northrup Loom/The New Way [1910?]." Woman dressed in Colonial costume behind the hand loom; man standing next to the Northrop Loom. Location of parade unknown. Note written on back dated Aug. 2, 1910. 13.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a Navajo Indian hogan in front of which a woman works on a loom. Other Navajo women and children are nearby. Printed on reverse: "On the Navajo Indian Reservation the Hogan (Navajo Dwelling) supports the crude loom where the weaver makes up her design as she works. The other Navajo women here are carding the wool, spinning and preparing the yarn." N.M. Tourist Bureau Photo. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card. Distriburted by Southwest Post Card Co., Box...