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Great Lake -Bird Nest Colonies Birds, Mrs. Bayard Wootten the Photographer May 1911 Item Info

Photographer Bayard Wootten is seen here knee deep in Great Lake located within Croatan National Forest. Wootten was a pioneer in photography and an outspoken suffragette. She was one of the first female aerial photographers when, in 1914, she took photographs from a Wright Brothers Model B airplane. Wootten was adventurous and unflinching in all aspects of her life, especially business. She owned several photography studios and was known to set out on solo trips across the state in her 1920s Ford to photograph North Carolina's people and landscapes. She continued to photograph well into her 70s and operated her photo studio in Chapel Hill until 1954. This photo is part of a collection taken and overseen by Herbert Hutchinson Brimley (1861-1946) for the Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina Geological Survey and the State Museum.

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Title:
Great Lake -Bird Nest Colonies Birds, Mrs. Bayard Wootten the Photographer May 1911
Creator:
Brimley, H. H. (Herbert Hutchinson), 1861-1946.
Date Created:
1911-05
Description:
Photographer Bayard Wootten is seen here knee deep in Great Lake located within Croatan National Forest. Wootten was a pioneer in photography and an outspoken suffragette. She was one of the first female aerial photographers when, in 1914, she took photographs from a Wright Brothers Model B airplane. Wootten was adventurous and unflinching in all aspects of her life, especially business. She owned several photography studios and was known to set out on solo trips across the state in her 1920s Ford to photograph North Carolina's people and landscapes. She continued to photograph well into her 70s and operated her photo studio in Chapel Hill until 1954. This photo is part of a collection taken and overseen by Herbert Hutchinson Brimley (1861-1946) for the Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina Geological Survey and the State Museum.
Subjects:
North Carolina State Museum of Natural History Photographers--North Carolina Wildlife photography Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959 Women photographers
Location:
Great Lake; Craven County; North Carolina
Source:
Herbert Hutchinson Brimley Photograph Collection. Audio Visual Materials. State Archives of North Carolina
Source Identifier:
PhC.42.Bx16.GreatLake.F1-2
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Great Lake -Bird Nest Colonies Birds, Mrs. Bayard Wootten the Photographer May 1911", She Changed the World, State Library of North Carolina
Reference Link:
https://she-changed-world.cb.ncpedia.org/items/coll055.html
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This item is provided courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina.
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