The 34 photographs by David Plowden (b. 1932) in the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s collection were purchased in 1987 with funds from the Seymour H. Knox Foundation. They were from the exhibitions, Buffalo and the Great Lakes: Photographs by David Plowden, held in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, December 13, 1987-March 31, 1988, and David Plowden: Lake Photographs, held in the Burchfield Art Center, December 13, 1987-February 7, 1988.