Holiday Closure - Sunday March 31

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Traverse Area Historical Society

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Discuss, Genealogy/History

Age Group:

Teen, Families, Seniors
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The goal of the Traverse Area Historical Society is to share local history of Traverse City and the Grand Traverse region.

The topic this month will be, "Being Negative: the Photographs of Al Barnes"

Historical Society Board member Jim Warner will present a selection of Record Eagle photographs from the Traverse Area District Library Archives of local historian and photographer Harry Alonzo “Al” Barnes.  Al Barnes (1904-1995) was a journalist at the Traverse City Record-Eagle from 1937-1967. He implemented the newspaper’s at the time state-of-the-art engraving shop for photographs, and wrote, photographed, and photo engraved for the paper. He subsequently worked for The Preview Community Weekly from 1975-1990. Barnes is well known for his four books on Grand Traverse regional history, and was considered the area’s senior historian. This presentation will describe some of Al's wonderful pictures and also engage the audience in helping to identify some of the people he photographed.

Join us in person in the McGuire Community Room or register HERE to join us via Zoom.