1864 Quilting Party in St. Louis

I found this photo from the 1864 Sanitary Fair in St. Louis recently.

That is a quilting frame.

And that is NOT Abraham Lincoln sitting at it.

I am looking for more information and a better scan but I bet this is a scene from the Fair's nostalgia display. Fairs had Colonial kitchens or similar rooms where everyone dressed up in old-fashioned costumes to demonstrate the lost arts.

Similar scene at the New England  Kitchen at New York's Metropolitan Fair

Detail of the St. Louis scene:

Note the man on the left in a tri-corner hat, They are sitting in

front of a large open fireplace.

The seated woman on the left here is wearing an old-fashioned mobcap.

I would imagine this photo is from the collection of the Missouri Historical Society, which has another shot of the same re-enactors. The men look to be portraying Presidents Lincoln and Washington.

See this view at the Missouri Historical Society

http://mohistory.org/collections/item/resource:156995

The photographs from St. Louis artist J.A. Scholten at that Mississippi Valley Fair are quite detailed. Here's a post with more quilts:

http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2015/04/quilts-at-mississippi-valley-sanitary.html

Thanks to the historical society for doing such a great job of scanning the photos.