Spinning Collection

Rock and roll dancing couple

German and Norse Myth
Freya (Freija/Frigga) spinning the clouds

Braidwater Spinning Mills, Ballymena - a view of the factory by the river. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

The Man Who Missed The Ball On The First Tee At St. Andrews
Golfer spinning around after an overly violent swing. 1925

Welsh woman with spinning wheel, Wales
Welsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. Date: late 19th century

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at his wheel
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, spinning at his wheel (Charakha) in 1931, demonstrating his strong work ethic

Mill Workers - Spinning - Rochdale, Lancashire. Date: 1911

Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger by Arthur Rackham
The crucial moment in the story of Sleeping Beauty when Beauty pricks her finger on a spinning wheel thus sending her to sleep for a number of years

Dressing Shetland Shawls
Women from the Shetland Islands dress Shetland wool shawls on large racks Date: 1908

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty, pictured in a perfect pose as she sleeps for a hundred years after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel

Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland
These illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching

Emma Hamilton / 4 Poses
EMMA, LADY HAMILTON Wife of Lord Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, in four poses: The Bacchante, Nature, The Spinstress, and Sensibility

Spinning Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. A typical scene in an island home as the crofter spins her yarn

Spinning Harris Tweed
Production of Harris Tweed. The wool is carded and spun; carding loosens the wool and ensure it is fine enough to spin

Lake District Farmhouse
Low Tilberthwaite Farm & Barn, a typical farmhouse in the Lancashire part of the Lake District, England. Note the spinning gallery, used for drying out wool. Date: 17th century

Woman spinning - India
Woman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India

Woman with spinning wheel, Isle of Harris, Scotland
On the Isle of Harris, Scotland, a woman uses an elegant old spinning wheel to make Harris tweed, while her dog sleeps beside her. Date: 1920s

Ufos / Fry / Merlin
Contactee Daniel Fry, thanks to his extraterrestrial friends, was able to film this spinning UFO over Merlin, Oregon

Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company
Characters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Reeling - a view of a girl operating a reeling machine in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish spinner and spinning wheel. County Galway, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lancashire Spinning Mill Victorian period

Paisley, Scotlands Industrial Souvenir. 1905

Mill Hill Spinning Co Ltd, Bolton, Lancashire
Concerning Cotton - Mill Hill Spinning Co Ltd, Bolton. 1920

Spinning wool, Glen Columbkille, County Donegal, Ireland
Woman in her cottage spinning wool in Glen Columbkille (Glencolmcille, Gleann Cholm Cille), County Donegal, north-west Ireland. Date: circa 1900s

Ufos / Fry / Merlin
Contactee Daniel Fry, thanks to his extraterrestrial friends, was able to film this spinning UFO over Merlin, Oregon Date: May 1964

Ufos / Fry / California
Contactee Daniel Fry photographed this spinning UFO at Joshua Tree, California [2 of 5] Date: 1965

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Women Spinning
A woman working at a spinning wheel with two companions - The Faroe Islands, Denmark

Old English Sheepdog turned into wool
An Old English Sheepdog with its enterprising owner, who has spun its coat into balls of wool for knitting

Child Labour
Girl spinning wool at Fosters mill, Bradford, Yorkshire, England

A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire 1843
Drawing heckled flax at Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds. Female workers operate machines to create an even strip from the flax fibres that have previously been heckled, 1843

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Drawing - an interior view of a machine for drawing flax in a spinning mill, this is a side view of the machine showing the belt drives. (Location: Ireland)

Fine Hand Hackling and Sorting Yarn in a Spinning Mill - an interior shot showing a man hackling flax by hand at a bench by a window. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Irish Flax Spinning Industry, Spreadboard, Front View - as above but the front view of machine. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Spreading (Back of Machine) - an interior shot of machines for spreading flax in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

A Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on Old Wh
A Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on an Old Wheel - a woman outside a thatched cottage with spinning wheel and three girls. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Armagh: Maghery)

N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Bundling Yarn - a view of the spinning process where the yarn is bundled in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Valdagno, Italy - Textile Factory Date: 1919

Sleeping Beauty - 5
Beauty comes upon the old woman spinning in an upstairs chamber of the palace. The cat and the crow should be a warning to her that the old woman is a witch

India - An Indian Woman Spinning in an ornate entrance
A black and white lantern slide of an Indian Woman Spinning on a wheel in the ornate entrance to a Temple. Part of Box 221 Boswell Collection Date: circa 1890s

Irish Village Colleens, Franco-British Exhibition, London
Three Irish Village Colleens with a donkey and a spinning wheel at the Franco-British Exhibition, held at White City, West London. Date: 1908

C12 Weaving
Weaving in 12th century England, while a flock of sheep are there to provide the wool Date: circa 1160

At Eve I Bring Thee Roses by Florence Hardy
A young Dutch girl sits by a spinning wheel while her suitor peers through the window having presented her with a bouquet of red roses

FIREWORKS 1747 - 7
Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : various types of whirling and spinning devices

Model in strapless full-skirted dress with bow
Model in an unusual pose, spinning to show off the large silk bow on her new look strapless full-skirted dress. Date: circa 1951

Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Trio of models
Client: Linzi Dresses Ltd. - Three models posing in colourful lace evening dresses - Models:s Lynch, H Dehn and H Bunny (?) - Shoot Date: August 27, 1956. (2/2) Date: 1956

SPINNING STREET DOG
While its master plays the organ, a dog works a spinning wheel, to the admiration of passers-by in the streets of Paris Date: circa 1816

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