Rebecca Cable with spinning wheel

Dublin Core

Title

Rebecca Cable with spinning wheel

Subject

Children
Log cabins
Mountain people
Spinning-wheel
Textile machinery
Women

Description

In this undated photograph, Rebecca Cable poses with a spinning wheel. This type of spinning wheel is called a high wheel, operated while standing and propelled by hand. The high wheel was used for spinning cotton and wool. A smaller low wheel was operated while seated using a foot-powered treadle and was mainly used for flax.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Historic Photographs Collection

Publisher

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

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
photographs
portraits

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

26427
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/26427

Date Created

2015-07-06

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN 37738;

Spatial Coverage

Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Extent

4.5" x 3"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

Citation

Unknown, “Rebecca Cable with spinning wheel,” OAI, accessed May 12, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/26427.