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06-009; Vistors to The Detroit News Quilt Club Show

1930-1939
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs; The Detroit News
Detroit, Michigan, United States
1937
Photographer: Herrmann, Detroit News Staff, Detroit, Michigan

Another photograph of the 1937 quilt show held by The Detroit News. Note the narrow aisles, the pinned on labels, the crowded display - a far cry from today's quilt exhibits.
Photo taken by Herrmann, staff photographer, 1937. 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) and The Detroit News.

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