Slide presentation sponsored by North Conway Library to feature century-old photos by young artist

Veteran journalist Susan Zizza will be presenting a slideshow focused on the vintage photographs, and the stories behind them in her book, "Turn of the Twentieth: Early 1900s Northern New England Through The Lens Of Glenduen Ladd" at the Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center on Main Street in North Conway, on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m.The presentation is sponsored by the North Conway Library. The library has added "Turn of the Twentieth" to its collection and has dedicated the library copy to library volunteer and longtime board member Ann Wilcox, who has worked as a volunteer on behalf of the library for many years.The stories and photographs in "Turn of the Twentieth" are gleaned from Glenduen Ladds archives and other sources, and provide footnotes to this regions history daily life on a Pittsburg farm in Pittsburg; the evangelical movement that spread north in the 1800s; tall tales of hunting trips into the wilds of Dixville Notch; and a peek at the grand hotels of the White Mountains.The young photographer featured in the slide presentation was born in 1891, in Clarksville, and became well known in the region as a professional artist, with a prodigious amount of work to her name. Her commissioned paintings included such scenes as Mount Chocorua in the southern White Mountains, and a covered bridge spanning the Saco River. Although her photography appears to have been a hobby, they were not snapshots. Cleverly composed and lit, her subjects appear as if the shutter were snapped just seconds, instead of a century ago.By rediscovering the photography and artwork of Glenduen Ladd and publishing this lovely collection of her work Susan Zizza has accomplished an important task," said Tom Slayton, editor emeritus of Vermont Life magazine. "She has recreated the life of a small, vibrant North Country community, in all its richness. Its all here: hard work on the farm and in the woods, the busy life of the village, family celebrations, church history, even the Gibson Girl fashions of the day.Author Susan Zizza has served as editor, reporter and photographer in northern New Hampshire. Her free-lance work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated and the Boston Herald and was a former contributer to The Mountain Ear.The book, "Turn of the Twentieth," is available at White Birches Book Store in North Conway, and online at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, or the authors Web site, www.susanzizza.com.