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[Woman at spinning wheel] – Historic Reproduction

[Woman at spinning wheel], [ca. 1930] — historic photograph
[Woman at spinning wheel], [ca. 1930]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Woman at spinning wheel], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A woman sits at a spinning wheel, her attention fixed on the thread drawn between her hands, a craft that was already old-fashioned by the time this platinum print was made around 1930. Platinum printing was prized for its soft tonal range and matte surface, and by the 1920s and 1930s it had become a deliberate choice for photographers who wanted a handmade quality. The Library of Congress acquired the print in 1934, and its subject reflects a wider interest of the period in household handwork and rural traditions, which many Americans were beginning to see as something worth recording.

Created / published[ca. 1930]
Medium1 photographic print : platinum ; 20.1 x 15.2 cm.)
GenrePlatinum prints 1920-1940.
NotesPurchase; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:137). Title devised by Library staff.
SubjectsWomen--Arts & crafts--1920-1940. Spinning apparatus--1920-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,168 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116268

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