MRS. SLATER'S WORLD by Annon Adams Annon Adams is a local history researcher who has focused her interests on the Bardavon Opera House and the architect, J.A. Wood. She is a Poughkeepsie resident and is currently researching her family history.
Introduction In the fall of 1998, James Storrow and I created "William Slater's World," an exhibit sponsored by the Dutchess County Historical Society at the Cunneen-Hackett Cultural Center in Poughkeepsie. The exhibit brought together photographs printed from glass plate negatives which William Slater took of his family, himself and his community. The photographs came from two private collections that were reunited by historical serendipity.
Figure 1: Pauline Reichert Slater Collection of Dan and Lucia Edgcomb
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