1880-1889

Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs

Boone, Iowa, United States

Cabinet Card c. 1885-1886
Photographer: C. Harner, Boone, Iowa
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"

C. Harner advertised as a photographer, located at 327 S. Benton Street, Boone, Iowa, from 1885-1886. Printed in the Cabinet Card's backmark, as shown, is the phrase "Quick'RN A Wink." The studio's popular wicker carriage prop sports its shade umbrella in full open mode, and the obligatory Crazy quilt throw is fully dsiplayed. In my collection, this is the only Cabinet Card of wicker carriage babies photographed in a photographer's studio that show the infant accompanied by adult parents.

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