Sarah Platt at a weaving loom, Portland, Indiana, circa 1915
| Description: |
Real photo postcard identified on back as Sarrah Platt, age 50, Portland, Ind. She wears an apron and poses with a barn frame rug loom. Date estimated to ca. 1910 due to the split back postcard style.According to information on ancestry.com, Sarah Catherine (Kerns) Platt (1851-1932), wife of Martin Van Buren Platt, was widowed for about 48 years and supported herself as a carpet weaver on her farm in section 1 of Jefferson Township between Como and Portland. |
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| Origin: | 1915, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/0DCC63E0-8D11-4D83-83D1-640412161053 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Joan Hostetler Collection Weavers Weaving Looms Women Photographic postcards Portland (Ind.) Jay County (Ind.) |
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