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The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, VA, 1909

Subject
Interiors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, VA, 1909, Mr. J. C. Anderson, OH, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, VA, 1909, Mr. J. C. Anderson, OH, USA, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The Spinning Room at Mount Vernon holds a collection of spinning wheels and other wooden textile equipment, arranged on a bare wood floor. A large wooden frame with spools stands among the machines. The caption describes the room as containing a collection of spinning wheels and other equipment of the "industrious housewife" of Martha Washington's day. Mount Vernon was George Washington's Potomac plantation home, and the room interprets the domestic textile work of the Washington era.

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 7, 1909, 17:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. J. C. Anderson

Bainbridge, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked, Washington, DC
Series2002
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr. J. C. Anderson, Bainbridge, OH
Place mentionedMount Vernon, VA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; color lithograph with visible halftone dot pattern. Postmark: WASHINGTON D.C. OCT 7 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; dealer mark "50" near stamp.

Cite this card

The Spinning Room, Mount Vernon, VA, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-spinning-room-mount-vernon-va-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.