Autographed quilt and Lottie (Mrs. Joel U.) Peabody

Item Information

Title:
Autographed quilt and Lottie (Mrs. Joel U.) Peabody
Description:
Image of Mrs. E. M. "Lottie" Peabody with quilt laid out on her lap. According to the newspaper caption (see NY Register Herald, Dec. 12, 1929), the quilt bore 1,000 signatures of notable people, including President Hoover and Governor Allen of Mass., and was conceived as a fundraiser for the First Methodist Church.
Photographer:
Blackington, Alton H.
Date:
1929
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Glass plate negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Alton H. Blackington Collection
Subjects:
Quilts--Massachusetts--Swampscott--Photographs
Peabody, Lottie M.
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Swampscott
Extent:
1 photograph ; 8.5 x 10 cm
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl020-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Swampscott (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph061-sl020-i001