This old spinning wheel hasn't made the parlor grade yet, but is in regular use by an 83-year-old lady of Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

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This old spinning wheel hasn't made the parlor grade yet, but is in regular use by an 83-year-old lady of Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Date8/11/1934

Names

Hutzli, Reichenbach (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: This old spinning wheel hasn't made the parlor grade yet; but is in regular use by an 83-year-old lady of Bernese Oberland; Switzerland

Subject

Spinning-wheel

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014856F

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