IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Early 19th century Saxony style flax ...

Flax, Saxony or Leipsic spinning wheel with distaff. Wheel rim, treadle and bench are oak, other parts turned from soft maple. Made by Jacob Staub, whose name is burned into the wood and used by the ...

LEXINGTON — In front of the Lexington Women’s Monument, a woman dressed in a straw hat, petticoat, and an apron sat at a spinning wheel, tapping her foot against the pedal of the machine. She was ...