Old Fashioned Loom and Spinning Wheel

Old Fashioned Loom and Spinning Wheel

Appalachians (People)

Hand weaving

Handicraft

Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Spinning-wheel

Textile crafts -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Textile machinery

This hand-tinted photographic postcard depicts two women on the porch of a mountain cabin with their spinning and weaving tools. At right a woman stands with at a great wheel, used for spinning wool. In the center foreground is a wrapping reel holding a skein of the spun yarn. The woman at left sits at a loom, weaving.

Smith, Frank T., 1858-1944

Frances L. Goodrich Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1900/1920

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postcards

eng

StillImage

14292

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2007-06-25

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Macon County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

3.5" x 5.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival