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Still Image
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Engraving
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Title
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Glen Iris
Description
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Illustration from anthology of poems entitled "Voices of the Glen" shows William P. Letchworth's Glen Iris estate with Upper Falls and Erie railroad viaduct in background
Creator
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Whitney, E. J.
Publisher
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Auspices of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Date
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1876
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Stappenbeck, Austin
Source
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Henry R. Howland, ed. (?). "Voices of the Glen," Rev. ed. Published under the auspices of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (1911).
Format
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jpeg,, 141 KB
Type
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Engraving
Erie Railroad
Glen Iris Inn
Glen Iris,
Upper Falls
Voices of the Glen
William Pryor Letchworth
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard album
Physical Dimensions
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2.75 x 4 in.
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Title
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Grand Canyon of the East--Historic Letchworth State Park
Description
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Mini-postcard album features ten views of the local attraction: Middle Falls, Mt. Morris Dam, Letchworth State Park Museum, Upper Falls, Glen Iris Inn, Statue of Mary Jemison, Inspiration Point, the "Scenic Gorge of the Genesee River," Lower Falls, and Wolf Creek.
The object also is notable for this specimen of tourist prose: "Long ago when the Seneca Indians were masters of a forest empire, this was Portage, the carrying place for war conoes. The beauty of the three great Falls and the magnificence of the gorge of the Genesee cast its spell over the untutored Red Man. The White men came and called the place 'The Grand Canyon of the East.'"
Creator
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Charlene Williams (?)
Publisher
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Mike Roberts Color Production
Date
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1952-1960
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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Eleven jpegs, each around 1 MB
Type
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Postcard album
Glen Iris Inn
Inspiration Point
Letchworth State Park
Lower Falls
Middle Falls
Mt. Morris dam
Post Card
Upper Falls
William Pryor Letchworth
Wolf Creek
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Engraving
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Title
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Railroad Bridge, Portage
Description
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Famous Erie Railroad viaduct over Upper Falls at Portage, located in present-day Letchworth State Park, accompanied W. S. Ward's essay "The Valley of the Genesee."
Creator
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Woodward, J. Douglas
Publisher
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D. Appleton & Co, Publishers, New York
Date
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1874
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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"Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, CaƱons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood. Vol 2. Ed. William Cullen Bryant. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1874: 353.
Format
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jpeg, 480 KB
Type
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Engraving
Erie Railroad
Genesee River
Letchworth State Park
Portageville, NY
Upper Falls
Viewpoints
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Upper Falls and Portage (Erie R.R.) Bridge, Letchworth State Park, N.Y.
Description
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Hand-colored postcard shows the iconic iron viaduct built in 1875 after a fire destroyed the original wooden bridge earlier that year.
Genesee Gorge Series: No. 23
Creator
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Albertype Co., Brooklyn NY
Publisher
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J. Lee Folts
Date
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1905-1920
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 633 KB
jpeg, 352 KB
Type
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Postcard
Erie Railroad
Genesee Gorge Series
Genesee River
Letchworth State Park
Portageville Viaduct
Upper Falls
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Engraving
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Title
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Upper Falls of the Genesee, ca. 1761
Creator
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Davies, Thomas, 1737-1812 (artist)
Mazell, Peter, 1761-1802 (engraver)
Gavit & Duthrie (copy of engraving)
Date
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1761-1762
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Format
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jpeg, 660 KB
Source
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<p>Pouchot, Pierre, and Franklin Benjamin Hough, <em>Memoir upon the late war in North America, between the French and English, 1755-60 : followed by observations upon the theatre of actual war, and by new details concerning the manners and customs of the Indians ; with topographical</em> map, W. Elliot Woodward, 1866.<br /><br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/memoiruponlatewa02pouc/page/n196?q=Casconchiagon+davies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Via Internet Archive</a></p>
Description
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This is one of the earliest known images of waterfalls in the vicinity of present-day Rochester, NY. Davies, a British Army officer, had trained to provide drawings for military. The drawing here was one of a series produced during the French and Indian War, especially of the Niagara and Genesee Rivers. The caption reads: "South East View of the Great Cataract on Casconchiagon or Little Seneca's River, Lake Ontario, 1768.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Genesee River
High Falls
Thomas Davies
Upper Falls
Watersheds
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Title
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Mills of Genesee Valley
Description
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Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. <br /><br />Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Upper Falls, Genesee River, Rochester NY
Publisher
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Rochester News Co.
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 608 KB
jpeg, 343 KB
Type
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Postcard
Description
An account of the resource
At nearly 100 feet in height, the "High Falls" were a determining factor in the location of Rochester. Mills took advantage of the drop and the Genesee River's water flow in the form of mills, beginning in 1807 and especially in the years following construction of Brown's Race--which enabled numerous mills to operate along the western banks. Less than a mile upriver, the Erie Canal was routed so as to pass near this important manufacturing and milling location. At one point Rochester was milling more than 500,000 barrels of wheat flour per year before the wheat midge drastically curtailed production in the Genesee Valley.
In the postcard, at left of the falls is Rochester Gas and Electric's Hydro Station #4 (since abandoned), and crossing the river is a New York Central Railroad viaduct. At right is the Gorsline Building, reconstructed in 1888 as a shoe factory after a major fire that killed perhaps 35 workers. Structural problems nearly led to its demolition, but it was partially demolished and renovated during the late 1990s for use as office space.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1934
Genesee River
High Falls
Mill
New York Central Railroad
Post Card
Rochester Gas and Electric
Rochester, NY
Upper Falls
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Upper Falls, Letchworth State Park, N.Y.
Description
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Hand-colored postcard depicts the Upper Falls of Genese River near Portage. Usually shown with the Erie Railroad bridge, this view focuses upon the falls themselves, looking downstream.
Genesee Gorge Series: No. 22
Creator
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Albertype Co., Brooklyn NY
Publisher
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J. Lee Folts
Date
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1905-1915
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 657 KB
jpeg, 370 Kb
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Postcard
Genesee Gorge Series
Genesee River
Letchworth State Park
Upper Falls
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Dry plate negative
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Title
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Upper Genesee Falls, Rochester NY
Format
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jpeg, 1.1 MB
jpeg, 5.3 MB
Description
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Photograph from a now-defunct news service company shows the High Falls area of Genesee River. At right we see the Gorsline Building that housed three main manufacturing operations at this time: Williams, Hoyt & Co. (a maker of shoes); the Rochester Folding Box Company; and Genesee Lithographic. Previously at this location had been the Steam Gauge and Lantern Works factory. In 1888 a major fire destroyed the building and killed an estimated 34 men and boys. Note: there are two images here, a slightly cropped image of a smaller file size, and a larger file of the original image.
Creator
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Detroit Publishing Co.
Date
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1905
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2016805433" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><www.loc.gov/item/2016805433/></a>
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Genesee River
Gorsline Building
High Falls
Rochester, NY
Upper Falls
Watersheds