In this richly illustrated lecture and discussion, Libby Bischof will feature the Great Harbor Maritime Museum's collection of photographs by Lucy McMullen Dodge, taken when she and her family lived on Mount Desert Rock in the early-1900s. Bischof will contextualize Lucy's life and photographic work in the larger scope of amateur photography at the turn of the century and her life as the wife of a lighthouse keeper. In addition to illuminating daily life on the Rock, these photographs also serve as a visual archive of the life of a lighthouse keeper’s wife, at a time when written archives of many women’s daily lives remain scarce.

Sponsored by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, and Northeast Harbor Library. Free and Open to the public.

Due to space limitations, registration is recommended. Go to https://nehlibrary.libcal.com/event/10643877 to reserve your seat.