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Priscilla Trask Wire

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Black and white print mounted on presentational studio cardboard with identifying information on the front (typed and glued to frame) and back (in ink). Mrs. Wire is seated in front of a large spinning wheel, knitting yarn she has probably spun. She appears to be in her 70s or 80s, wearing a dark-colored dress with a light collar. The typed information reads "PRISCILLA TRASK WIRE / b. April 9,1830 ** d. June 24, 1914 / Married Truman C. Wire, Jan. 30, 1847 / Great Grandmother of Ruth Neely Rainier." Inscription on back reads "Grandma Wire."
Title Priscilla Trask Wire
Index Date 1900
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Grinnell Historical Museum (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives
Topic Spinning-wheel
Topic Great-grandmothers
Topic Wire, Priscilla Trask (1830-1914)
Topic Clothing and Dress
Topic Knitters (Persons)
Topic Grinnell Historical Museum
Keyword 1900s
Keyword 1910s
Keyword Family Life
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Grinnell Historical Museum
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre Photograph
Extent 1 photograph, black and white, 5.5x3.75 inches
Digital Origin reformatted digital
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:23215
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/23215
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s) in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
Type of Resource still image
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