Woman Sitting at Spinning Wheel, 1890
‘Woman sitting at spinning wheel inside Curman Villa’ cyanotype. Lysekil, Sweden 1890
Tag: fiber
Workers Harvest Hemp with a Mongul, 1917
‘Workers harvest hemp with a Mogul 10-20 tractor and a hemp harvester’ Wisconsin 1917
The Bargassado, 1910
The “Bargassado” (special title used locally for the day of breaking fiber) postcard. Massat, France pre1910
Hand Heckled Hemp, 1920
Men hand heckle hemp at a processing plant in Versailles, Kentucky 1920
Hemp: A Practical Treatise, 1900
“There should be no necessity for an apology or an excuse for preparing a work upon hemp culture at this time… It was among the first introduced into America, and one of the most extensive in cultivation among the colonists; Read More …
Loire of Hemp, 1910
Hemp stacked and retting on the banks of the Loire River, postcard from Ingrandes, France 1910
Garzuler, 1930’s
Workers called “Garzuler” hand break the village’s hemp crop. Carmagnola, Italy 1930’s
Imperial County Hemp, 1920
“Hemp at Timpken Ranch still growing” Imperial County, California 1920
Women and Child Preparing Hemp, 1905-1930
“Women and child preparing hemp”, in China between 1905-1930
Mercer Hemp, 1900
“Two men wearing overalls cut and bundle hemp, while a man in a suit looks on” Mercer County, Kentucky 1900-1904