Woman spinning in Swedish Folk Art exhibition, February 1937

In mid-February 1937, various Swedish groups sponsored a Swedish Folk Art Exhibit at Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store. Exhibits included handicrafts, utensils, furniture, and weaving and spinning demonstrations. During the exhibit, Mrs. Ingeborg Soderlund demonstrated how to sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Clothing & dress
Costumes > Swedish
Exhibitions
Frederick & Nelson
Furniture
Spinning
Spinning apparatus
Swedish Americans > Arts & Crafts
Soderlund
Ingeborg
Mrs
Northern Sweden
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6658
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Summary:In mid-February 1937, various Swedish groups sponsored a Swedish Folk Art Exhibit at Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store. Exhibits included handicrafts, utensils, furniture, and weaving and spinning demonstrations. During the exhibit, Mrs. Ingeborg Soderlund demonstrated how to spin thread on an early 19th century wheel brought to Seattle from Gamtland in northern Sweden. This photo, taken in Seattle in February 1937, shows Ingeborg Soderlund spinning thread on an antique spinning wheel. Both her wheel and her clothing came from Gamtland in northern Sweden. Written on negative: Mrs. Ingeborg Soderlund 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in.

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