Box 10

Scope and Contents Color image depicts two women working at a loom. A baby sleeps in a cradle on the right with another small child looking over the cradle. Caption on reverse: "In the typical French-Canadian home built of handhewn timbers and furnished with hand-made furniture, the spinning wheel and loom are still used. Grandmother and Mother are weaving the famous Murray Bay Homespun an industry-sponsored by the Canada Steamship Lines." Novelty Mfg. & Art Co. Ltd., Montreal. ca. 1920-1930. 9 x 13.75...

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Black-and-white image depicts an elderly woman working at a loom. A younger woman stands in the rear. Weaving was first taught at the Pi Beta Phi settlement school in Gatlinburg in 1925. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard but it was not stamped or mailed. Jack Huff Photo, ca. 1939. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Old Museum Village of Smith's Clove, Monroe, Orange County, N.Y. Color image depicts a woman working at a spinning wheel in front of a hand loom. Pub. by Walter H. Miller & Co., Inc., Williamsburg, Va. [after 1950] 13.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts two women, one working a spinning a wheel, the other, a loom. Made in Canada. Date based on calendar on back wall: August 1934. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and- white image depicts Cornelius O'Sullivan sitting at a loom. Handwritten on reverse some notes, measurements, and prices. ca. 1950. 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image depicts a woman working at a loom, with a spinning wheel in the background. Weaving was first taught at the Pi Beta Phi settlement school in Gatlinburg in 1925. [1939?]. 13.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts two women working at looms. Another loom is at the right. Llewsac Lodge was the Bedford branch of the Frances E. Willard settlement in Boston. It served both as a home for needy older women as well as a vacation spot for younger working women from the settlement in Boston. Weaving was one way guests could help pay for their stay at the Lodge. The undivided back postcard suggests a date no later than 1907, but the Bedford property was not purchased until 1909....

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Tinted image depicts a woman working at a loom on the right. Several spinning wheels and a great wheel can be seen on the left. The Hotel Northampton was constructed in 1927. ca. 1930s. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image depicts (top) a young girl holding a kitten, sitting by a miniature loom, and (bottom) four women working at looms. "Canadian Art Deeptone" Series. Made in Canda. ca. 1930s. 8.75 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts a Japanese woman working at a loom. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.