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Too good to get married : the life and photographs of Miss Alice Austen /

"Explore Gilded Age New York through the lens of Alice Austen, who captured the social rituals of New York's leisured class and the bustling streets of the modern city. Celebrated as a queer artist, she was this and much more. Alice Austen (1866-1952) lived at Clear Comfort, her grandparen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yochelson, Bonnie (Author)
Other Authors: Austen, Alice, 1866-1952
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2025.
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Austen, Alice, > 1866-1952.
Photographers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Women photographers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Lesbian photographers > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Women > United States > Conduct of life > History.
Women photographers > New York (State) > New York.
Femmes photographes > New York (État) > New York.
Photographes > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Femmes photographes > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Femmes > États-Unis > Morale pratique > Histoire.
Photography / Subjects & Themes / Historical.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Jessica B. Phillips
  • Foreword / by Victoria Munro
  • Clear comfort
  • The sporting society set
  • Makeshift photography
  • The passing of the larky life
  • The New Woman
  • Life with Gertrude Tate
  • Legacy
  • Epilogue : Alice's friends.