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Discovering Grant Castner: The Lost Archive of a New Jersey Photographer

New Jersey State Museum

205 W. State St.
Trenton, NJ 08608

609-292-6464

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02-03-2024 - 09-15-2024

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Overview
Experience New Jersey history through a recently discovered archive of photographic negatives once belonging to a prolific but long-forgotten local photographer. The exhibition, entitled “Discovering Grant Castner,” features 200 images from the 1890s through the 1910s, curated from the photographer Grant Castner’s large archive of original glass plate negatives. Included in the exhibition are rarely seen objects from the Museum’s Cultural History collection that relate to the subject matter in the photos. The exhibition runs from February 3 through September 15, 2024.

Grant Castner (1863-1941) was an amateur photographer born in Belvidere, Warren County, who later lived and worked in Trenton. Curated from Castner’s original glass plate negatives, the exhibition covers the 1890s through the1910s. The 200 images featured reflect Caster’s artistic talent and illustrate numerous aspects of New Jersey history, from the bucolic Delaware River and Trenton to the bustling Jersey Shore.

Supported in part by the New Jersey State Museum Foundation through the Lucille M. Paris Fund.
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Dates Closed: Mondays and State holidays
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