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Two spinning methods
The Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.

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Title
Two spinning methods
Description
  • Caption: "Two methods of Syrian spinning and European wheel." From text: "The spinning was illustrated by Italians, Greeks, Russians and Syrians, who spun with a distaff for holding the flax, and a spindle composed of a straight stick with one or two discs, and a small hook on the upper end to hold the thread. ... The museum is now able to show four variations of this earliest method of spinning. ... A third variation is used by a Syrian woman, and consists of a small wooden disc at the top of the stick, with which she is able to produce a thread so fine that it would have been broken by a heavier spindle. It is interesting to note that the Syrian skill is able to make good the loss of momentum, and that the speed is sustained."
  • May 1902.
Date
1902  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
commonsmonthlyre78chic_0029.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/commonsmonthlyre78chic#page/n27/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/commonsmonthlyre
Subject
  • Galleries & museums  
  • Settlement houses  
Coverage-Spatial
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
The Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleTwo spinning methods
Description
  • Caption: "Two methods of Syrian spinning and European wheel." From text: "The spinning was illustrated by Italians, Greeks, Russians and Syrians, who spun with a distaff for holding the flax, and a spindle composed of a straight stick with one or two discs, and a small hook on the upper end to hold the thread. ... The museum is now able to show four variations of this earliest method of spinning. ... A third variation is used by a Syrian woman, and consists of a small wooden disc at the top of the stick, with which she is able to produce a thread so fine that it would have been broken by a heavier spindle. It is interesting to note that the Syrian skill is able to make good the loss of momentum, and that the speed is sustained."
  • May 1902.
Date1902  
TypePhotograph  
File Namecommonsmonthlyre78chic_0029.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/commonsmonthlyre78chic#page/n27/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:Serial/commonsmonthlyre
Subject
  • Galleries & museums  
  • Settlement houses  
Coverage-SpatialNear West Side (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleThe Commons : a monthly record devoted to aspects of life and labor from the social settlement point of view.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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