TEA & TALK SERIES: The Life & Photography of Alice Austen

Enjoy tea and scones in Staatsburgh’s formal dining room while listening to talks on Gilded Age history.Staten Island. Austen documented immigrant arrivals at Ellis Island; the construction of the Statue of Liberty; paper boys, street vendors, postmen, and much more of the rich, everyday life of the period. She was the first female photographer to work outside the studio, and was a trailblazer in other aspects of her life Victoria Munro, Director of the Alice Austen House, will explore Austen’s extraordinary life, and share the current activities at her Staten Island home.