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05-002; Ben's Dog Nip

1920-1929
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Silver Gelatin Print c. 1920s
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 7.375" x 5.25"

Seated at attention on a caned back rocker is Nip, belonging to a family in Portland, Oregon. Written on the photograph's verso is "Ben's dog Nip. Father's hat and glasses at home. Dick and Lennie knew him." The ubiquitous Crazy quilt pillow accompanies the rocker.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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