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02-035; Young Boy, Post Mortem
1880-1889
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, United States
Carte De Visite (CDV) c. 1880-1885
Photographer: H.S. Deibert, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Size: 2.5" x 4"
This CDV's beautiful backmark shows that H. S. Deibert advertised himself as a "Photographic Artist," and, as an artist, he succeeded in tastefully portraying this tragic portrait of a young boy lying post mortem on the family's pieced quilt comprised of diamond shaped patches. Harry S. Deibert was 56 year old in the 1890 Federal Census and listed as a photographer in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. Records indicate he was practicing his trade in the area as early as 1864.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Photographer: H.S. Deibert, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Size: 2.5" x 4"
This CDV's beautiful backmark shows that H. S. Deibert advertised himself as a "Photographic Artist," and, as an artist, he succeeded in tastefully portraying this tragic portrait of a young boy lying post mortem on the family's pieced quilt comprised of diamond shaped patches. Harry S. Deibert was 56 year old in the 1890 Federal Census and listed as a photographer in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. Records indicate he was practicing his trade in the area as early as 1864.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
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