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Photo, Print, Drawing Sheep Shearers at Cremat de Anyós House.

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Title

  • Sheep Shearers at Cremat de Anyós House.

Summary

  • This photograph from the early 20th century shows Andorran sheep shearers at work at a house in the village of Anyós in La Massana parish in the Principality of Andorra. The raising of sheep for high-quality wool was for centuries the mainstay of the Andorran economy, where only about two percent of the land was suitable for raising crops. The Andorrans also raise cattle and mules. Anyós is one of the main villages of La Massana, which is one of seven parishes in the principality, on its west side, and abuts the borders with France and Spain. The area is largely rural and includes the tallest mountain in Andorra, Pic de Coma Pedrosa, at 2,943 meters above sea level. Large flocks of sheep and goats from Spain and France often summer in Andorra.

Names

  • Molné Salines, Josep Luís, 1881-1967 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1900 to 1922]

Headings

  • -  Andorra--La Massana--Anyós
  • -  1900 to 1922
  • -  Clothing and dress
  • -  Group portraits
  • -  Portrait photographs
  • -  Sheep
  • -  Sheep-shearing
  • -  Wool
  • -  Wool industry
  • -  Wool-carding

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 black-and-white photograph ; 13 x 18 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library and National Archives of Andorra.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670959

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Molné Salines, Josep Luís, Photographer. Sheep Shearers at Cremat de Anyós House. La Massana Andorra Anyós, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1922] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670959/.

APA citation style:

Molné Salines, J. L. (1900) Sheep Shearers at Cremat de Anyós House. La Massana Andorra Anyós, 1900. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1922] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670959/.

MLA citation style:

Molné Salines, Josep Luís, Photographer. Sheep Shearers at Cremat de Anyós House. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1922] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670959/>.