by Shannon Butler
This week’s blog post is basically a cheap advertisement for our upcoming virtual program, “Local History Discussion: Vail Photography Studios.” For several months now, we’ve been working on transcribing the ledgers that once belonged to the Vail Brothers studios. In that time, we learned the identities of well over 7,000 people in our collection of Vail photographs. Every once in a while, we got the urge to look into some of these individuals in order to learn something about their lives. (Oh, the rabbit holes!)
On Wednesday January 13, beginning at 7:00 PM, we will dive into some of the stories we have uncovered. Some of them you’ve read about in previous blog posts, and some are brand new! We will cover the history of the company, which began in 1868 and ran until 1900, right on Main Street in Poughkeepsie. They photographed everyone, from the wealthy to traveling hobos, from incoming college students to Vassar professors. We are going to share with you some of the faces of the past, some of which we still haven’t been able to identify, but these faces are still fascinating to look at and it’s fun to ponder what was going on when these photos were taken.
So please click on the registration link below to join us. After registering, you will receive an email from us with a link to attend the program. Make sure to click on that link just before the start of the program. See you there!
Wednesday, January 13 from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Virtual Event.
Registration required, click here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucequrz0sHNfikKVn_9MkNIIfq7jg2l9D
Images:
01 – Vail photograph of a young FDR
02 – Vail photograph of Carlotta Eastman and her dog
03 – Vail photograph of a cat
04 – Vail photograph of a grumpy baby
05 – Vail photograph of three silly men
