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The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, Va.

Subjects
InteriorsResidences
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, Va., Mr. J. C. Anderson, OH, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, Va., Mr. J. C. Anderson, OH, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

An interior view of several antique wooden textile machines, including spinning wheels and a large frame with spools, arranged on a wooden floor. The scene is colorized and appears to be a museum or exhibit display.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Delightful trip Mt Vernon on boat Sailing up Potomac to Wash. now. Grand day - I

POST CARD THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR MESSAGE THE ADDRESS ONLY HERE 2002.—THE SPINNING ROOM, MOUNT VERNON, VA., contains a valuable and interesting collection of spinning wheels and other paraphernalia of the industrious housewife of Martha Washington's day.
PostmarkedWashington, DC, October 5, 1909, 17:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. J. C. Anderson

Bainbridge, Ohio

Postcard record

Postmarked, Washington, DC
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr. J. C. Anderson, Bainbridge, OH
Place mentionedMount Vernon, VA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border; color lithograph with visible halftone dot pattern. Postmark: WASHINGTON D.C. OCT 5 5:30 PM 1909. Divided-back card; color lithograph front with no white border; pencil message; heavy creasing, foxing/staining and worn corners; dealer pencil mark "B7 200" at lower right.

Cite this card

The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, Va., postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-spinning-room-mount-vernon-va. Accessed October 5, 2026.