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Description
Asa Burns posed working on her floor loom in her West New Portland home. Titled "Weaving, W. New Portland, Me," Chansonetta Stanely Emmons depicted Burns deep in concentration weaving.
Chansonetta traveled around New England with her daughter Dorothy, photographing rural people and scenes. She frequently spent summers in the Kingfield area photographing relatives and neighbors at work.
About This Item
- Title: Asa Burns weaving, New Portland, ca. 1910
- Creator: Chansonetta Stanley Emmons
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: West New Portland, New Portland, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 10 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4040, Box 5/A014
- Collection: Chansonetta Stanley Emmons photograph collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Country life--Maine
- Emmons, Chansonetta Stanley, 1858-1937
- Looms
- Looms--Maine--New Portland
- Weaving--Maine--20th century
- Women photographers--Maine
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Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past
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