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Eyes on Exeter: the Photography of Ben Swiezynski
Updated about 2 months ago

From the late 1940s through the mid 1990s, Ben Swiezynski and his Graflex camera were a familiar presence around Exeter, as Ben captured on film many facets of town life and the people of that period.

From the late 1940s through the mid 1990s, Ben Swiezynski and his Graflex camera were a familiar presence around Exeter, as Ben captured on film many facets of town life and the people of that period.

Exeter Historical Society Lecture Series (43 Episodes)
Updated about 2 months ago

Events filmed with the Exeter Historical Society; including lectures, concerts, and more. For further information check out www.exeterhistory.org/calendar-of-events

  1. 01:07:37
    Exeter's Black Heritage
    Added 2 months ago
  2. 01:09:12
    Jennie Powers: "The Woman who Dares"
    Added 2 months ago
  3. 00:57:11
    Past and Present: Exeter
    Added 2 months ago
  4. 01:07:23
    Lucy Terry Prince: Witness, Voice, and Poetics within the American Tradition
    Added 2 months ago
  5. 01:25:56
    Uncovering our LGBTQ+ Past
    Added 2 months ago
  6. 00:56:49
    From the Front Lines to the Headlines: How Exeter Residents Learned about the Civil War
    Added 2 months ago
  7. 01:12:30
    Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and World War II*
    Added 2 months ago
  8. 01:04:11
    Winter in New England and the Snow Train
    Added 2 months ago
  9. 01:20:48
    Range the Wild Woods Over: Loggers’ Songs and Stories
    Added 2 months ago
  10. 01:43:04
    Eyes on Exeter: the Photography of Ben Swiezynski
    Added 2 months ago
  11. 01:04:01
    Cemetery Headstones in Exeter
    Added 2 months ago
  12. 01:05:11
    Prof. James A. Tufts
    Added 2 months ago
  13. 01:00:00
    Fierce Females
    Added 2 months ago
  14. 00:59:41
    Reviving Exeter’s Black Revolutionary War Veterans and their Families
    Added 2 months ago
  15. 01:08:19
    Oliver Moulton Chadwick and the Exeter Chadwicks
    Added 2 months ago
  16. 01:10:19
    Forty Years of Collecting
    Added 2 months ago
  17. 01:10:16
    The Loyalists: the Other Side of the American Revolution
    Added 2 months ago
  18. 01:05:07
    The Art of the Scandal: Thefts, Vandals and Forgeries
    Added 7 months ago
  19. 01:05:07
    The Art of the Scandal: Thefts, Vandals and Forgeries
    Added 7 months ago
  20. 01:17:07
    Milk Flowing to Everyone: How Railroads Brought Fresh Milk and Cheese to Cities
    Added about 1 year ago
  21. 01:04:27
    Exeter Legends and Lore
    Added about 1 year ago
  22. 00:57:53
    The Exeter Nurses' Training School
    Added about 2 years ago
  23. 00:57:53
    The Exeter Nurses' Training School
    Added about 2 years ago
  24. 01:22:04
    History and Film
    Added over 2 years ago
  25. 01:08:37
    The Downeaster: 20 Years of Operation – Exeter Historical Society Lecture
    Added about 3 years ago
  26. 01:12:22
    New Hampshire on High: Historic and Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State
    Added about 3 years ago
  27. 01:14:42
    The Story of the Robinson Female Seminary
    Added over 3 years ago
  28. 00:59:06
    Granite State Gallery: New Hampshire Art and Artists through the Years
    Added over 3 years ago
  29. 01:19:36
    In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America
    Added almost 4 years ago
  30. 01:05:20
    Exeter Historical Society Lecture Series
    Added about 4 years ago
  31. 01:05:20
    Exeter Historical Society Lecture Series
    Added about 4 years ago
  32. 00:59:03
    Portsmouth Stockings, Power Mills, and the New Hampshire Knitting Industry
    Added about 4 years ago
  33. 01:11:29
    Comics in World History and Cultures
    Added over 4 years ago
  34. 01:18:04
    Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers
    Added over 4 years ago
  35. 00:49:57
    The Muscarello Miles
    Added over 4 years ago
  36. 01:07:23
    The Politics of Dissent: John Wheelwright and the Founding of Exeter
    Added almost 5 years ago
  37. 00:59:16
    WWII: On the Homefront
    Added almost 5 years ago
  38. 00:49:57
    Exeter Historical Society Lecture
    Added about 5 years ago
  39. 00:44:00
    The Civil War Letters of John Rowell
    Added about 5 years ago
  40. 01:09:58
    Evolution of Exeter Hospital
    Added about 5 years ago
  41. 00:45:06
    The Quotable Amelia Earhart
    Added over 5 years ago
  42. 01:02:29
    African-American Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire During the American Revolution
    Added over 5 years ago
  43. 01:13:52
    The Crusade for Women's Suffrage
    Added over 5 years ago