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Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Janet Finley spent a decade acquiring photographs of every day life that had a quilt in them.
-- All images published with permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
-- All images published with permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Janet Finley combines her two loves, photography and quilting, to create an exceptional collection of vintage photographs that also have a quilt in them. As Exective Director of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum (2000-2004), she was introduced to this type of photo by an intern. The intern showed Janet how to purchase the photos on the internet, and 10 years later, she had a collection of almost 1000 photos. Collecting these photos culminated in the publication of Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955, A 100 Year Photographic History, by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd in 2012.
Janet generously shares over 200 of these images in this Special Collection.
Janet generously shares over 200 of these images in this Special Collection.
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