Illustrated Lecture of Edward H. Stokes

The last owners of the Trent House, then known as Woodlawn, were the Stokes family. Edward Harris Stokes was born in 1824. He became an accomplished artist, photographer and daguerreotypist in the 1850s. After his marriage to the wealthy heiress Permelia Wood in 1860, Stokes retired from this business to become active in Trenton​civic affairs and investments, while his nephew, Stockton Stokes, remained a photographer for many years in Trenton and Philadelphia.

This illustrated lecture by Gary Saretzky explores both the early history of photography in Trenton and the life of Edward H. Stokes, who became one of the wealthiest men in Trenton.

Gary D. Saretzky, archivist, educator, and photographer, worked as an archivist for more than fifty years. He has published more than 100 articles and reviews on the history of photography,photographic conservation, and other topics, including “Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Photographers,” in the journal, New Jersey History, Fall/Winter 2004, a revised versionof which is available at http://saretzky.com.