1940-1949

Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs

Silver Gelatin Print, dated 1944
Photographer: Joe Clark
Size: 8" x 10"

"Aunt Nora and her daughter, Julie, display some of their fine quilts," is the photo caption accompanying Joe Clark's September 5, 1943, essay appearing in The Detroit News. The quilts displayed are from left to right: Flower Garden, Ocean Wave, and Friendship. To the far right is a pieced Basket quilt with appliqued handles.
Photo taken by Joe Clark, Detroit, Michigan, 1943. From The Detroit News archives. Courtesy of Janet Finley.

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