1930-1939
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Silver Gelatin Print, dated 1936
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 2.5" x 3.5"

This happy little girl is standing in front of an amazing handmade quilt consisting of thousands of tiny cloth pieces assembled into Hexagon Stars and Grandmother's Flower Garden units. On the photograph's verso is written, "1936 Joan 20 months and 21 days."

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

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