PART I: The works of 14 women photographers, all born around the turn-of-the-century who were active primarily during the first half of this century and can be considered among the distinguished elders of their profession. Their work reflects a panorama of life experience and more than 75 years of photographic history. (PART II: work by women who established their careers in the 1950s and '60s.) Berenice Abbott (American 1898 – 1992), Consuelo Canaga (American 1894 – 1978), Margaret Bourke White (American 1904 – 1971), Ruth Bernhard (American b. Germany 1905), Carlotta M. Corpron (American 1901 – 1988), Barbara Morgan (American 1900 – 1992), Lotte Jacobi (American b. Germany 1896 – 1990), Nell Dorr (American 1893 – 1990), Toni Frissell (American 1907 – 1988), Doris Ulmann (American 1884 – 1934), Ferne Koch (American b. 1913), Julie Pirotte (Polish b. 1911), Marion Post Wolcott (American 1910 – 1990), and Louise Dahl-Wolfe.