Digital Archive

There are 280 bobbins on this spinning mule and one man can run it himself

Order Reproduction

There are 280 bobbins on this spinning mule and one man can run it himself

Date5/14/1958

Names

Smith, Paul (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: There are 280 bobbins on this spinning mule and one man can run it himself. The brothers make about 700 blankets a year; taking the virgin wool and seeing it through the arduous process of coloring; picking; carding; spinning

Subject

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009518F

Discover More

The Espanola plant is only major industry between Copper Cliff and Thessalon, 128 miles apart

The Espanola plant is only major industry between Copper Cliff and Thessalon, 128 miles apart

1/16/1950

Recently built to reduce impurities entering river, dyke in foreground

Recently built to reduce impurities entering river, dyke in foreground

1/16/1950

Wadsworth Mill, Weston, 1907, Toronto, Ontario

Wadsworth Mill, Weston, 1907, Toronto, Ontario

1907

Wadsworth, C. & W., grist mill (built 1854), Humber River, west side, near St. Phillip's Road., Toronto, Ontario

Wadsworth, C. & W., grist mill (built 1854), Humber River, west side, near St. Phillip's Road., Toronto, Ontario

1871-06-30

Brooklin Flour Mills. Brooklin, Ontario

Brooklin Flour Mills. Brooklin, Ontario

4/4/1983

The Maple Leaf flour mill, Almonte, Ontario

The Maple Leaf flour mill, Almonte, Ontario

1/14/1988

C. & West Wadsworth, grist mill (built 1854), Humber River, west side, near St. Phillip's Road Toronto, Ontario

C. & West Wadsworth, grist mill (built 1854), Humber River, west side, near St. Phillip's Road Toronto, Ontario

1913 circa

Flour mill. Bruce's Mill Conservation Area, Ontario

Flour mill. Bruce's Mill Conservation Area, Ontario

12/21/1987

Restored flour mill. Bruce's Mill Conservation Area, Ontario

Restored flour mill. Bruce's Mill Conservation Area, Ontario

3/1/1990

Nicole Barry, one of seven owners of Millcroft Inn, standing next to waterfall, Alton, Ontario

Nicole Barry, one of seven owners of Millcroft Inn, standing next to waterfall, Alton, Ontario

11/10/1978

Delicate beauty: Phylis Attwell demonstrates pillow lace-making, twisting and plaiting threads together over a pillow base, with two antique bobbins from her collection

Delicate beauty: Phylis Attwell demonstrates pillow lace-making, twisting and plaiting threads together over a pillow base, with two antique bobbins from her collection

1/21/1982

Reed pulp and paper mill, target of pollution critics, behind Bill Saskoley, one of 7,000 Dryden residents

Reed pulp and paper mill, target of pollution critics, behind Bill Saskoley, one of 7,000 Dryden residents

1/22/1977