Indianapolis native Mary Lyon Taylor began producing pictorial photography in 1906, at the age of 35. A year later, she was the subject of a feature article in Craftsman, a national magazine devoted to the American Arts and Crafts movement published by furniture-maker Gustav Stickley, a leading figure in the movement. Taylor is known for her soft-focus portraits of women and children, but her subjects also included domestic workers and landscapes.

This traveling exhibit includes approximately 30 of the nearly 400 original glass plate negatives acquired and preserved by the Indiana Historical Society in the 1980s after they were discovered in the attic of Taylor's former Indianapolis residence. To learn more about Taylor and her works, read The Pictorialism of Mary Lyon Taylor by Joan Hostetler.

Requires approximately 70 linear feet of wall space. Borrower is responsible for hanging the exhibit and taking it down after the show.