DUMMERSTON-The Dummerston Historical Society invites all to a new exhibit, “Faces and Places, Snap, Snap, Snap,” featuring photographs by Leonard Oppenheim.
A full-time resident of Dummerston since the early 2000s, Oppenheim first visited Dummerston as a Peace Corps trainee in July–October, 1964. His two-year Peace Corps assignment was in Afghanistan. He called that time “exotic, colorful, wondrous — a terrific place for photography. And the rest is history!”
Over the years, Oppenheim has traveled to many places —Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and more — always keeping a camera with him, hence the “Snap, Snap, Snap” title of the exhibi. He captured photographs of life: individuals, groups of people, landmarks, and the environment in each country, as well as in Dummerston. Every photograph has a story.
The exhibit opened April 12 and will still be on view when the historical society has its quarterly meeting Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the society’s museum in Dummerston Center. Following a short business meeting, Julie Johnson-McGrath will present a program on “Why the Heck Were Doctors Always Bleeding People? Medicine before the 20th Century.”
After regularly visiting dear friends in Dummerston for over 30 years, Julie Johnson-McGrath and her husband, Ed, retired to this region in 2023. Julie has lectured widely and taught at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her doctorate in the history and sociology of science. She still maintains her consulting practice, coronerlady.com, where she advises authors of fiction and nonfiction and family historians on current and historical forensic science, medicine, technology, and causes of death.
The Dummerston Historical Society is also open the first and third Sundays of the month from 1 to 3 p.m., or by appointment. For more information, email kiddsing2772@gmail.com or gailsvt@gmail.com.
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