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Distaff Spinning Wheel
Distaff Spinning WheelLOC
A woman re-enacts flax spinning in the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam.
A woman re-enacts flax spinning in the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam.Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images
1790: An old English spinning-wheel for spinning yarn.
1790: An old English spinning-wheel for spinning yarn.MPI/Getty Images