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02-076; Girl and Her Toys

1890-1899
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Fairmont, Nebraska, United States
Cabinet Card c. 1889-1896
Photographer: R.H. Ripsom & Co., Fairmont, Nebraska
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"

The photograph was taken in the portrait studio of F. H. Ripsom and Company in Fairmont, Nebraska. Propped up on the ground and next to her straw hat is a Crazy quilt doll quilt, which appears to include velvet fabrics.

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

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