Christmas Fair Quilt

Photograph

Pejepscot History Center

Christmas Fair Quilt

A color photograph of Florence Newlands and Donna Wyer displaying a quilt they made for the Harpswell Neck Fire Department Auxiliary's Christmas Fair. The cross-stitched quilt is light blue with patches of classic Maine scenes added. The scenes include Portland Head Light, a Chickadee, crabs, boats, and various other lighthouses. The photo was published in the Times Record on 11/26/1990.

Name/Title

Christmas Fair Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2003.546c.3713

Description

Collection

Times Record

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Times Record, Quilts

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Labor of Love: Creating Art and Community

Notes

Photo albums and photo memory quilts are popular mementos passed between family, friends, and community members. Album quilts flourished in the mid-19th century originating in Baltimore but are still a prevalent practice along the Eastern seaboard, now often featuring tourist destinations. These two women, Florence Newlands, and Donna Wyer, are holding a Maine-themed photo quilt featuring scenes of Portland Head Light, a Chickadee, crabs, boats, and various other lighthouses. The cross-stitched quilt was created to be raffled off at the Harpswell Neck Fire Department Auxiliary’s Christmas Fair.