In the 1830's, women settlers had to make a lot of their own clothes and other cloth items. Knowing how to weave was an important skill especially living in a newly settling area.
Photograph of an elderly woman dressed in 19th-century clothing. She is a reenactor. She is working with yarn and creating what appear to be yarn baskets. Her clothing is a long brown dress and headgear. The dress’ pattern is of small squares that are outlined in a lighter color. She is also wearing glasses. There is a triangular wooden device that she is using to help create her yarn work. She is seated at a table with two spools of yarn in her lap, one red and one blue. With yarn, she works with a wooden bucket on the other side of her feet with green and yellow yarn inside. The chair she is sitting in is a metal folding chair. With a part of an outlet in the top right next to her head. The photograph is a portrait compared to the landscape format. On the back throughout are “Kodak Royal Paper” and “Kodak Official Sponsor of the Olympic Games” with the Olympic Games symbol underneath “Olympic Games."
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Digital
Context
Reenactor during the Platter Purchase Days that was held by the Andrew County Museum Historical Society
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1997 - circa 2002
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Manufacturer's Mark, Stamp
Location
On the back of the photograph
Transcription
Kodak Official Sponsor of the Olympic Games
Kodak Royal Paper
ZP <No .23A>046
4960122 NNN-1 02 2 (025)
Language
English
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Dimensions
Width
6 in
Length
4-1/2 in
Provenance
Notes
The Platte Purchase Days Living History Festival was inspired by the Platte Purchase Centennial Celebration of 1938 orchestrated by Ina Wachtel. The Platte Purchase Days was a family event to help fundraise for the Andrew County Museum. Many reenactors brought history to life with their skills and story telling to help entertain and to teach the community what it was like to live in the area during the 1830s including weaving.
Exhibitions
Exhibition
Andrew County Museum and Historical Society History
