Aunt Fanny Smith spins wool by hand, Georgia mountains, ca. 1930s; 1940s.

Title

Aunt Fanny Smith spins wool by hand, Georgia mountains, ca. 1930s; 1940s.

Creator

Atlanta Journal

Date

1930/1949

Description

Aunt Fanny Smith is one of the few mountain Arachnes left who spin by hand wool right from the sheep's back, and knit mittens, gloves and socks from the yarn. (Newspaper caption attached to verso of print).

Subject

Country life
Mountain life
Woolen and worsted spinning

Source

Digital Library of Georgia

Relation

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do-th:gsu_ajc_590

Type

image

References

http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/590

Citation

Atlanta Journal, “Aunt Fanny Smith spins wool by hand, Georgia mountains, ca. 1930s; 1940s.,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 5, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/38402.

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