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Spinning cotton thread by hand

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Title:
Spinning cotton thread by hand
Collection:
Gerow D. Brill Glass Plate Negatives
Photographer:
Brill, Gerow D.
Creation Date:
1900-1902
Country:
Philippines
Catalog Record:
3043047
Collection Number:
1379
File Name:
RMM01379_b16_0479_pos.jpg
Work Type:
photographs
Materials/Techniques:
glass plate negatives
Subject:
hand spinning
stilt houses
undifferentiated people from group
Description:
Two men wearing triangle-shaped hats are with a young girl. One man is holding a string with a drop spindle. In the background are stilt houses.
Annotation:
Phillipines. Spinning cotton thread by hand.
Cite As:
Gerow D. Brill papers, #1379. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Gerow D. Brill Papers
Box:
16
Folder:
479
Format:
Image
Rights:
The content in Selected Images of the Philippines from the Gerow D. Brill papers is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the date creation and the date of the creator’s death, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections. Digitization took place between 2021 and 2022 from glass negatives held in the Gerow D. Brill papers, 1884-1924. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection (rareref@cornell.edu) at Cornell University Library. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

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