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Salt Spring Island Fall Fair

Lucie Burkitt’s grandmother, Ellen Simmonds (standing) with a group of women spinning to encourage more Salt Spring people to process the Island’s sheep wool, to create beautiful and useful things and keep the money on the Island. This is part of the “Festival of the Fleece” display in connection with the Salt Spring Island Fall Fair.


Collection Burkitt Accession number 2004001023
Location Stuart file Dimension 10 x 15 cm
Date [1930] Extent and Physical Description copy
Responsibility private snapshot
Source Lucie Stuart

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