Doukhobor woman at spinning wheel.
- MSS C555/1/4.2E-f
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- June 1925
Note on back of photo: "Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff at her spinning wheel, June 1925. Mrs. Bludoff died in April 1926, aged 29".
Doukhobor woman at spinning wheel.
Note on back of photo: "Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff at her spinning wheel, June 1925. Mrs. Bludoff died in April 1926, aged 29".
Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff at her spinning wheel, June 1925. Mrs. Bludoff died in April 1926, aged 29.
Image of Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff seated in front of a spinning wheel. A Doukhobor woman stands behind Mrs. Bludoff. Loom in background.
Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff of Langham in national Doukhobor costume running her 60 year old spinning wheel which was brought from Russia at a demonstration put on by the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society at the U of S June 1925. Sask grown flax is being spun. The comb holding the fibre is wooden tooth; an iron tooth comb as is used for wool is not satisfactory with flax. The folk behind are watching the loom in operation.
Image of nude parade of Doukhobors from Langham area to Saskatoon. This group was stopped by the Mounted Police northwest of Saskatoon.