FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26 th
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The Bennington Historical Society and the Bennington Museum will be hosting a program called “Bennington Frozen in Time: Using Photographs as a Historical Resource,” which will be highlighted by fascinating historical photographs that show what Bennington looked like during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The program will be held in the museum’s Ada Paresky Education Center on Thursday, February 15th at 7 p.m.
Three speakers will be present to share their knowledge of these photographs and how the museum’s photographic collections and library can be used as a resource to uncover Bennington’s rich history. Jamie Franklin, the Bennington Museum’s curator, will discuss the museum’s collection of photographs, focusing on works by local photographers Calvin Dart and Frederick Burt, as well as a recently acquired photograph by Lewis Hine, depicting mill houses on Benmont Avenue. Tyler Resch, the Museum Librarian, will outline resources the public can use to research their homes and other local buildings depicted in their old family photographs, as well as resources to learn about some of the local photographers who may have taken them. Also speaking will be D. Patrick Winburn, a museum trustee, who will describe his use of the Bennington Museum’s research library and photographic collections in restoring his building at 409 Main Street to what it looked like circa 1900-1910 for use as his current law office. The program will be free with museum admission.
The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main St. (Route 9) one mile west of the intersection of Routes 7 and 9 in downtown Bennington, Vermont. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. closed Wednesdays. For more information, visit the website at www.benningtonmuseum.org.