1890-1899

Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs

Canton, Ohio, United States

Cabinet Card c. 1889-1892
Photographer: J.S. Wissler, Canton, Ohio
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"

For her child's photograph, a young mother in Canton, Ohio, takes her baby to the portrait studio of Jacob S. Wissler, located at 62 Jackson Street. Diane Gagel, author of Ohio Photographers 1839-1900, states that Wissler was a photographer listed in the Canton Business Directories beginning in 1882 and on up to 1900. Wissler was born on August 28, 1850 in Canton, Ohio, the son of Jacob Wissler and Leah Keller. Jacob died in Canton on November 25, 1925.

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