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05-031; Mrs. Florence Garvey with two children
1950-1959
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Silver Gelatin Print, dated 1952
Photographer: Snuffy McGill
Size: 8" x 10"
Mrs. Florence Garvey, age 78, Detroit, Michigan, works on an appliqued Album Quilt. "Each block is different," stated Mrs. Garvey in the tag line, "and this pattern is 100 years old from Georgia. It took one year to make." Also noted was the information that Mrs. Garvey was a member of The Detroit News Quilt Club Corner during the 1930s and 1940s.
Press photo taken by Snuffy McGill, Detroit, Michigan, 1952. 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).
Photographer: Snuffy McGill
Size: 8" x 10"
Mrs. Florence Garvey, age 78, Detroit, Michigan, works on an appliqued Album Quilt. "Each block is different," stated Mrs. Garvey in the tag line, "and this pattern is 100 years old from Georgia. It took one year to make." Also noted was the information that Mrs. Garvey was a member of The Detroit News Quilt Club Corner during the 1930s and 1940s.
Press photo taken by Snuffy McGill, Detroit, Michigan, 1952. 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).
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