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‘Retting Group’ – Preparation and sinking of hemp fiber by means of stones of rafts formed by bundles of hemp for maceration/retting; the work group was portrayed during a pause.’ near Bologna, Italy undated Notice the bare foot of the Read More …
‘Older man in a felt hat operating a hemp brake. He is standing in front of a log cabin, with a tall split-rail fence in the background.’ Mercer County, Kentucky 1900-1904
‘Working in a Hemp Field’, men work to harvest a hemp field utilizing a hemp braking machine. Kentucky 1905
‘Women Breaking Hemp’ photographed by Félix Arnaudin, print from a gelatin silver bromide negative. Commensacq, France 1893
‘The Treatment of Hemp’ photographed by Karel Plicka. Prislop, Slovakia 1925
‘Men watch over a hemp breaking machine, in the background women finish the processed hemp with a whipping motion before placing the finished hemp bundles onto a table(cart?)’ Bologna, Italy 1920/30s
The “Bargassado” (special title used locally for the day of breaking fiber) postcard. Massat, France pre1910
‘The Hemp Brakers’ (les Broyeuses de Chanvre) postcard. Argent-sur-Sauldre, France taken sometime before 1906 In a reproduction of the original postcard and photograph produced in 1910, the image is the same except for the Read More …
After braking the hemp, hemp would be smoothed with this hand and foot hemp tool. With a foot in the bottom hole to secure the tool, hemp is inserted into the top hole and pulled at an angle to crease Read More …
‘Hemp workers’ engraving created by Lallemand and Levy, published in the ‘L’Illustration, journal universel’, Paris, France 1860