ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2017 Photographers Of Fishers Island, Part One Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty The 2017 exhibition celebrated the first photographers of Fishers Island. Some were professionals, some amateurs, but together they provide a multifaceted portrait of island life and a clear reflection of yesteryear’s landscapes, beachscapes and architecture. Woman photographing
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2016 Mansion House Hotel & Cottages Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty Mansion House & Cottages. Printed color postcard. Circa 1912. Published by W.G. Wilbur. Museum Collection. Donated by Pierce Rafferty The 2016 exhibition chronicled the rise and fall of the Mansion House, the premier hotel on
SPECIAL EXHIBITION 2015 Building the Olmsted Plan Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty In the early 1920s, two leaders of the second generation of Ferguson owners, Henry L. and Alfred L. Ferguson, turned their attention to the mostly undeveloped eastern two-thirds of the island. Operating as officers of the Fishers Island Farms, Inc.,
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2014 COMING AND GOING Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty The 2014 exhibition chronicled modes of transportation to and from Fishers Island with a focus on the period from the late-1870s to date. Why this time focus? Remarkably, there was little reason for boats to come to our shores for the
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F.I. Sketchbook 2005
