Woman winding yarn in Memorial Hall, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 8033-A

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1889

GUSN

GUSN-389905

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Description

The image shows a woman seated and winding yarn using a spinning wheel in Memorial Hall in Deerfield, Massachusetts. She is wearing a bonnet and a long dress, and the yarn is looped around a wooden skein winder beside her.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hand spinning
spinning wheels
women (female humans)
museums (buildings)
institutional buildings
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP027164
A-Series negative 8033-A

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC021

Collection Name

Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s

Date of Acquisition

1925

Reference Code

PC021.001.005.8033-A

Date Notes

Acquired month: 04

Places

Deerfield (Franklin county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coleman, Emma Lewis (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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