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| Title | Women scutching flax, Russia. |
| Date of Original | Summer 1903 |
| Creator | Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865-1956
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| Creator Role | Photographer; |
| Description | Group of women on the estate of S.E. Tchzlabinsk scutching flax. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
Labor & Laborers
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Women
Flax
Trees
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| Location | Russia
Orenburg (Russia)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | Bol.30 |
| 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 | "Women scotching flax on the estate of S.E. Tchzlabinsk" - taken from Bolley finding aid. NOTE: the correct term is scutching, not scotching.
"Russian peasant women removing seed from common seed flax to procure straw for fibre purposes. These women threshed nearly 700 acres in this manner, their only pay being the straw. Estate near Orenberg." - caption with image published in H.L. Bolley's Flax Culture, " plate 13b. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | The flax scutching process is used to extract the flax fiber from the flax plant. |
| Bibliographic Reference | "Flax Culture, " North Dakota Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin No. 71 (October 1906): plate 13b. |
| 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. 30) |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | bo000030 |
| Original Source | Lantern Slides |
