This cabinet card is an image of three grand ladies gathered around a table. Atop the table is one closed and one open book. This meeting of the Geneva Ladies Book Club was the forerunner of the modern day version of women’s book clubs. The previous statement may be false, but it does raise the value of this cabinet card. The photographer of this image is Woodworth, of Geneva, Ohio. James P. Woodworth (1845-?) was born in Kingsville, Ohio. He was active as a photographer in Geneva by 1869. He and his wife (Ruby M. Thorp) operated Woodworth’s Fine Art Gallery in Geneva until 1886. SOLD
PIONEERING BOOK CLUB IN GENEVA, OHIO
THE CABINET CARD GALLERY 