Join the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) each month for a virtual Lunch & Learn Series – an intimate conversation with agency staff and special guests focusing on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library and the history of New York City.
On June 17th, join Bonnie Yochelson as she discusses her new book, Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen. Alice Austen was an amateur photographer known for documenting Victorian society life on Staten Island. Austen became known for a group of humorous photographs in which she and her friends challenged gender norms— “smoking” cigarettes, feigning drunkenness, and dressing in men’s clothing—and for “Street Types of New York,” a portfolio depicting people who worked on Manhattan’s streets. Since then, her former home has become a museum, and she is celebrated as a photographer and an LGBTQ+ icon.
Discover what inspired Yochelson to write about Alice Austen, how Austen challenged and conformed to the ideals of Staten Island society, and the historical significance of her photography.
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