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Historic Geneva Seeks Citizen Photographers

Jun 09th, 2022

Historic Geneva Seeks Citizen Photographers

Geneva, N.Y.: Each year, Historic Geneva plans a My Geneva is… exhibit based on community participation. This year, the exhibit theme is My Geneva Is…Then and Now. The Historic Geneva photo collection includes many 19th-century views of places in the city and town which have changed significantly over the years. The collection lacks similar late 20th- and 21st-century images, so we are looking for citizen photographers to help change this.

Volunteers can view Historic Geneva's collection of digitized photos on https://nyheritage.org/organizations/historic-geneva . Most can be searched by street or significant structure (church, school, business, etc.). Volunteers can then take their own 21st-century photo to match the 19th-century view of Geneva. Photos can be fun! Participants can pose like people in the historic photos. They can include pedestrians and cars parked or going by.

To kick off the project, Historic Geneva is hosting a photo scavenger hunt beginning on June 13 to guide volunteers on the types of photographs the organization is looking for. Starting on the 13th, participants can pick up themed pages with historic images to reproduce at the Geneva History Museum. Pages will also be available for download from historicgeneva.org. These will help direct their photographs. Each sheet has historic photos of buildings and street views people can find and replicate.

All submitted images will be added to the Historic Geneva photo collection, but only one per theme will be chosen for the My Geneva Is...Then and Now exhibit opening in September 2022. Please send photos to Becky Chapin at archivist@historicgeneva.org. Call 315-789-5151 or email Becky for more information or with any questions about the project. Submissions are due August 27, 2022.

The Geneva History Museum is located in the Prouty-Chew House at 543 South Main Street, Geneva, NY. Parking is on the street or in the Trinity Episcopal Church lot across the street.

Historic Geneva, formerly the Geneva Historical Society, tells the stories of Geneva, New York at the Geneva History Museum, Rose Hill Mansion, and Johnston House, and online at historicgeneva.org

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