Howie
Cabinet Card Portrait of Miss Leah Sherman "The Lady Whittler" in Front of her Folk Art Carvings, 1892
Albumen print
4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
With Howie's credit mount recto and Sherman's signature mount verso.
With Howie's credit mount recto and Sherman's signature mount verso.
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A rare and wonderful cabinet card portrait of Miss Leah Sherman the famed “lady whittler,” shown in front of her beautiful folk art creations. The photograph was taken by the...
A rare and wonderful cabinet card portrait of Miss Leah Sherman the famed “lady whittler,” shown in front of her beautiful folk art creations. The photograph was taken by the Detroit photographer Howie, known for his circus pictures, but was signed by Sherman to an unknown fan at the Wonderland dime museum in Milwaukee, WI, in 1892.
Leah Sherman was a traveling artist who dazzled audiences with her intricate woodwork. Using only a common jackknife, she was able to create finely-crafted mottos, monograms, horseshoes and emblems of different secret societies, according to one newspaper account.
Wonderland was one of the many Dime Museums that popped up in Milwaukee at the end of the 19th-century. It was also called the Palace, Columbia, Olympia, and the Zoo. Apparently, every time it changed managers, the name changed with it.
Leah Sherman was a traveling artist who dazzled audiences with her intricate woodwork. Using only a common jackknife, she was able to create finely-crafted mottos, monograms, horseshoes and emblems of different secret societies, according to one newspaper account.
Wonderland was one of the many Dime Museums that popped up in Milwaukee at the end of the 19th-century. It was also called the Palace, Columbia, Olympia, and the Zoo. Apparently, every time it changed managers, the name changed with it.