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| Title | Hand Flax Break, Vologda, Russia |
| Date of Original | Summer 1903 |
| Creator | Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865-1956
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| Creator Role | Photographer; |
| Description | An individual is using a flax break. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
Labor & Laborers
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Flax
Linen industry
Laborers
Equipment
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| Location | Vologda (Russia)
Russia
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | Bol.77 |
| Format of Original | Lantern slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 10 cm. |
| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Hand flax brake, Vologfa, Russia" - taken from Bolley finding aid.
"showing the common hand break used by the Russian peasantry."caption with image published in H.L. Bolley's "Flax Culture, " plate 15a. |
| Notes | Title taken from Bolley finding aid. |
| Biography/History | After the flax has dried, a flax break (wooden implement) was used for chopping the straw, in the process of creating linen thread.
Vologda is approximately 350 miles northeast of Moscow. |
| Bibliographic Reference | H. L. Bolley, "Flax Culture, " North Dakota Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin No. 71 (October 1906): plate 15a. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives
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| Repository Collection | H.L. Bolley Photography Collection
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/4766 |
| Credit Line | University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (Bol. 77) |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | bo000075 |
| Original Source | Lantern Slides |
