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Subject Spinning

1. 1783.cc.20(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1783.cc.20(10)
Title:
Manáos. Une famille de Tapuyas, à la porte de leur maison, dans une rue de la ville. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of a Tapuya family at Manaus, posed in front of the entrance to their home. The walls of the row of houses are constructed of baked mud bricks with wattle courses. A woman sits with a spinning wheel on the left (see also print 41).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

2. 1783.cc.20(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
1783.cc.20(41)
Title:
Manáus. Une fileuse. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a young woman with a wooden spinning wheel, photographed in front of a house in Manaus. The same location (and the spinning wheel) can also be seen in print 10.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 1(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(49)
Title:
Reeling silk. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Portrait of two men operating a silk-reeling machine.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 3(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(12)
Title:
Spinning cotton. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a women operating 'a simple spinning machine driven by the foot...The picture has an additional attraction as showing the winter dress of a Shanghai mother and child of the labouring class...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 10095.g.34(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
10095.g.34(92)
Title:
Cotton spinning at Kolbe — Ethiopia. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing cotton being spun in front of a crude shelter on the bank of the Nile at Kulb. Stereoscopic pair.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49352(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 49352(25)
Title:
[Portrait of Japanese women (?)reeling silk.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in Japanese in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of two women, one seated before silk-reeling equipment, the other holding a line of silk. A child is eated in the left foreground, chopping fish on a board.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 58773(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(78)
Title:
[Indian woman spinning.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Showing an Indian woman with her spinning wheel.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

8. IOR/L/PS/12/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/146
Title:
PZ 3727/35 'Establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence concerning the poverty of Hejaz and the establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital. It also includes a translation of an advertisement to pilgrims announcing Medina-made cloth for sale in Mecca. The main corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1933-May 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

9. Photo 1000/52(4892)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4892)
Title:
Cotton stacks and 'churka' or cotton gin in operation, Berar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Showing a group of workers posed among piles of cotton. In the middleground two women operate a small churka or gin, while in the foreground a man is posed with a spinning wheel. Photograph 'Enclosed in India Foreign Revenue Letter no. 23 Dec 22/66. Recd. Feb. 1867.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/52(4897)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4897)
Title:
Male prisoners winding cotton on spinning wheels in Karachi Prison. Photographer: Michie and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item

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