Wednesday, June 13 – Mercer County
19th Century New Jersey Photographers: Mercer County
Gary D. Saretzky, Monmouth County Archivist and renowned photographer, will give a lecture,“19th Century New Jersey Photographers: Mercer County,” on Wednesday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch, Mercer County Library System.
Of the approximately 3,000 different photographers who were active in New Jersey before 1900, more than 250 lived or worked in Mercer County, most of them in Trenton. In a slide lecture, Saretzky will profile these pioneers, including Edward H. Stokes who lived in what is now the William Trent House and discuss them within the larger context of New Jersey photography in the nineteenth century. As seen in the slides, these photographers documented the people and places of their times but, in addition, their individual histories provide insight into social conditions of their era.
Gary D. Saretzky, archivist and photographer, has worked as an archivist for more than forty-five years at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Educational Testing Service, and the Monmouth County Archives, where he has been County Archivist since 1994. Saretzky taught the history of photography at Mercer County Community College, 1977-2012, and coordinated the Public History Internship Program for the Rutgers University History Department, 1994-2016. For more information on Gary Saretzky, visit saretzky.com.
The lecture will be presented by Lawrence Historical Society and The Friends of the Lawrence Library. For more information about Lawrence Historical Society, please visit www.thelhs.org. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch is part of the Mercer County Library System, see www.mcl.org for more information.
