The Snapshots in Time Collection

"Une Fileuse en Macedoine" (A Wool-Spinner in Macedonia) - Ethnographic Photograph from a WWI French Pilot's Album

"Une Fileuse en Macedoine" (A Wool-Spinner in Macedonia) - Ethnographic Photograph from a WWI French Pilot's Album

Captioned "Une fileuse en Macedoine" (A wool-spinner in Macedonia), this photograph from a WWI French aviator's personal album depicts an elderly village woman hand-spinning wool outside a traditional stone dwelling. French airmen and soldiers deployed to the Macedonian/Salonika Front during WWI frequently documented local village life alongside their military service, leaving behind a rich ethnographic record of the region. Project: 218534