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Item 57: Martha Washington's Spinning Room, Mt. Vernon [Virginia]

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Color image of the spinning room, showing several spinning wheels and a loom in a room with a fireplace on the right-hand side. Printed on back of card: "The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, Va., contains a valuable and interesting collection of spinning wheels and other paraphernalia of the industrious housewife of Martha Washington's day." ca. 1907-1915. 14 x 9 cm. See Item 3, in this folder, for the identical image but a different publisher.

Format: Postcard.

Dates

  • 1842-2003

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Extent

6.33 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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