A woman spinning wool with a great wheel or "walking wheel" in front of a wooden house with a large stone chimney in Harlan County, Kentucky. A young woman with a baby on her lap sits in a chair next to the spinning wheel. A man sits on...
A young woman stands on a porch spinning yarn on her spinning wheel. A large bag of wool hangs on the wall of the cabin. Handwritten on bottom border: 443. See ULPA 1982.01.488.p and ULPA 1982.01.424.p. for other images of this woman. Title...
A woman sits in front of a house in Harlan County, Kentucky, spinning flax with a flax wheel. Behind her is a large stone chimney. A man and a boy sit on the front porch, and a young boy sits in a chair in the front of the house.
Cynthia "Grandma" Rice sits outdoors, with a split-rail fence, hills, and trees visible in the background. She is wearing a long dress and shawl, and has positioned a basket at her feet; a spinning wheel in front of her; and a mountain...
Interiors; Spinning apparatus; Fireplaces; Art objects
The interior of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. This room, with brick walls, includes a fireplace, spinning wheel, and assorted mementos. Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art...
Mary Baker stands at her spinning wheel on the porch of her cabin. Mary, the daughter of Bill "Oak" Baker, had her own sheep and made the wool into clothes "all her self." (Kelly Morgan, "History of Clay County, Kentucky...
A spinning wheel sits in front of a window inside the Hegan family log cabin. The cabin, located near Jacob's Park south of Louisville, Kentucky, was owned by Samuel W. Hegan, father of Alice Caldwell Hegan, who wrote "Mrs. Wiggs of the...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the fox hiding from dog behind a log, the boy carving a Jack o'lantern, the blackbird, the turkey and snake, and the laborers on the riverfront, the images duplicate the...
"The most representative surviving part of the Forum is a stretch of the south wall containing what are known as the 'Colonnacce': two surviving columns from the Corinthian colonnade erected around the outer wall of the square, an imitation...
"There still remains a stretch of the frieze which depicts female figures intent on spinning and weaving. The scene with Minerva is set almost in the middle of the intercolumns. The goddess is identified by the conventional iconography as...
Stringed instruments; Men; Houses; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth Organs; Fences; Musical instrument cases; Spinning apparatus; Brooms & brushes; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Five men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them. They are...
Stringed instruments; Men; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth Organs; Fences; Musical instrument cases; Spinning apparatus; Brooms & brushes; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Six men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them, and another...
Stringed instruments; Men; Houses; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth Organs; Fences; Musical instrument cases; Spinning apparatus; Brooms & brushes; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Five men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them. They are...
Edith James, a brunette woman, sits outdoors in a high-back chair, wearing a long black dress. A spinning wheel, house, and trees are visible in the background.
Edith James, a brunette woman, sits outdoors in a high-back chair, wearing a long black dress. A spinning wheel, house, and trees are visible in the background.
A group identified by Jean Thomas as "Musical Martins -- Earl, James and Jane" includes two women standing the back row (one wears a shawl and holds a broom; the other wears a shawl and bonnet) and three men with musical instruments...
