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 | | Gualala River and Bridge, Gualala, California. Photograph taken by Aurelius O. Carpenter. |
Old Courthouse Museum Opens Aurelius O. Carpenter Exhibition
The exhibition portrays life in California in the 19th century.
by Kristi Bergstrom, Staff Assistant on 8/25/2009
The Old Orange County Courthouse presents the exhibition “Aurelius O. Carpenter: Photographer of the Mendocino Frontier,” which runs from August 31 to December 31, 2009.
The exhibition features photographs that vividly portray California in the late 19th century. As one of a number of traveling photographers who roamed California’s largely untamed countryside, Carpenter documented the tanning and logging industries, as well as the coming of the railroads and new settlements.
Carpenter also photographed Pomo American Indian communities and individuals in a series of panoramic photographs. Later his daughter, Grace Carpenter Hudson, would achieve lasting fame for her portrait work of the Pomos.
The “Aurelius O. Carpenter: Photographer of the Mendocino Frontier” exhibition tour was organized by the Grace Hudson Museum and the California Exhibition Resources Alliance (CERA). CERA is a network of professionally operated museums and cultural organizations that collaborate to create and tour smaller, affordable, high-quality exhibitions that enhance civic engagement and human understanding. CERA is supported by grants from the James Irvine Foundation and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
The Old Orange County Courthouse exhibit gallery is located at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in downtown Santa Ana. It is open Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
More information about this exhibition and the Old Orange County Courthouse is available at (714) 973-6607 and www.ocparks.com.
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