3 10 1402 https://openvalley.org/files/original/bd6040f043c4174a83fbedd7e521fae4.jpg 5db0dc529ac475c453367c892404bc08 https://openvalley.org/files/original/3bab745194936e94890314af79cb9289.JPG f472688e0e62499d4994e86b71b995cb https://openvalley.org/files/original/a8a53d3234c33cfebcf62829714e9894.jpg 267b190707bb34cec96ea7af2c828a50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New Deal Gallery Description An account of the resource This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection</a>. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame. Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-1940 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken (project director) Ritz, Abigail (photography and project assistant) Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee. Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Watercolor painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 12 x 15.5 in. Condition: paper rippled Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 100 Years Pass Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Guy, James Meikle, 1909-1983 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ritz, Abigail (photography) Cooper, Ken (biography) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Deal Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Object #FA18167 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.3 MB jpeg, 9.6 MB jpeg, 1.2 MB Description An account of the resource A neoclassical mansion, accessorized by ancestral family tree, looms over a woman wearing a long dress at lower left. Upon closer viewing the coherence of this scene breaks down; she's carrying an axe in her left hand, a la Lizzie Borden, along with something in her right hand we cannot see. Moreover, any attempt to inhabit a romantic tableau of the past is undermined by an historical marker on the front lawn--or is it a 1930s highway sign?--along with an airplane flying overhead. About the Artist: Born in Middletown, CT and trained at the Hartford Art School, Guy was among the earliest Americans to see European surrealism via a 1931 show at the Wadsworth Atheneum on the <a href="https://youtu.be/1UNpfGZ3wy4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Newer Super-Realism.”</a> Thereafter he was strongly influenced by painters like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Salvador Dali</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Giorgio de Chirico</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Clemente_Orozco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">José Clemente Orozco</a>. At the same time, Guy’s work was characterized by a sharp satirical edge that may have owed something to his own work experience—after high school he had tried selling rugs and typewriters; was a sailor and census-taker—and to his political activities, including membership in the radical John Reed Club. In 1930 he helped stage a 1930 labor play entitled Strike; amid unsuccessful attempts to stage it in New York, Guy remained in the city. During the Great Depression Guy was among the leaders of the Unemployed Artists Group (later renamed the Artists Union), which advocated government support for the arts and later resisted proposed cuts to the Federal Arts Program. Guy’s paintings were exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum Annex (1931), the ACA Gallery (1937), American Artists’ Congress (1937), a “Fight War and Fascism” show at the La Salle Gallery (1937), Federal Art Gallery (1938), Boyer Gallery (1939), and Ferargil Galleries (1941). In 1936 he married the respected woodblock artist Clara Skinner, and they co-exhibited at several shows. Guy also undertook public mural projects, referenced only as located in Mexico and “New York churches” (Older). One that is known was a 1934 three-panel project for the Hartford Public High School’s cafeteria on the production of food: “The New England fishing industry is at its center—the port of Gloucester, Mass.—is brought to life in the first panel. The second reveals the story of the wheat belt; fields of grain, elevators, transportation on the Great Lakes. From pastures to stockyard, the cattle industry is recorded in the third” (Older). Perhaps the peak of Guy’s popular recognition, by that time including the epithet of “Yankee Surrealist,” involved a 1941 portfolio of paintings published in Esquire magazine as <a href="https://classic.esquire.com/issue/19410801/print" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Fun in Ghost Town.”</a> “Today he is more or less established,” the profile stated, “if somewhat precariously....James Guy may be called a depression period radical, for there is nothing in his background or conditioning which would make inevitable the questioning of social values that has been going on in his picture making” (Saltpeter). During World War II Guy worked at the Pratt Read glider factory in Deep River, CT where his visual style changed markedly into a futurism he called “industrial symphonies” (Dickinson). After the war he taught art at Bennington College, MacMurray College, and Weslyan University—with a sabbatical of several years during which he wrote and photographed articles on fishing for outdoor magazines (Stedman). 2 works at the <a href="https://www.nga.gov/collection-search-result.html?artist=Guy%2C%20James%20Miekle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Gallery of Art</a>. 6 more images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-9-folder-47" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>. Sources Consulted: Ernest Dickinson, “Paints ‘Symphonies of Industry’”, Hartford Courant 15 Oct. 1944: 67; Ilene Susan Fort, “Social Surrealism,” Archives of American Art Journal 22.3 (1982): 8-20; Gerald M. Monroe, “Artists as Militant Trade Union Workers During the Great Depression,” Archives of American Art Journal 14.1 (1974): 7-10; Cy Stedman, “Return of an Artist,” Hartford Courant 19 Jan. 1958: 114-115; Harry Saltpeter, “Guy: Ghoul of the Ghostly West,” Esquire 16.2 (Aug. 1941): 86-87; Julia Older, “Hartford Public Buildings Richly and Lastingly Adorned as Uncle Sam Becomes Nation’s Most Lavish Art Patron,” Hartford Courant 1 Jul. 1934: 59. 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Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1849 lease for Ellis Farm (Wadsworth property), Geneseo, N.Y., showing wheat rent Description An account of the resource Original contract between Daniel Fitzhugh, as agent for William Wolcott Wadsworth of Geneseo, N.Y. and lesees Thomas Tyler, Benjamin Tyler, and Zachariah Roberson, all of Geneseo. Article 2 of the lease (enlarged snippet view )pertains to rent, both in cash and in wheat, and the back of the document lists specific details concerning crops, acreage, and rent amounts per field. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wadsworth, William W. (1810-1852) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849-04-01 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wadsworth Family Papers, Box C3 Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 686 KB jpeg, 982 KB jpeg, 198 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Text GENESEE VALLEY wadsworth Wheat Wheat rent https://openvalley.org/files/original/e4a3fa92060d1b46c0e75f6c6de492a1.jpeg c7cacb817de69b4b6119d90c0e151865 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Paper map Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1872 Oklahoma Survey map Description An account of the resource Showing the township designated 014.0N - 003.0W, this map of "Indian country" prepared the way for white settlement of tribal lands. The 160 acres claimed by Sheffield Peabody is at the upper right of the map. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barrett, Theodore H. (Deputy Surveyor) Drummond, Willis (Commissioner) US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872--01-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived DM ID# 22717, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 6.7 MB Oklahoma peabody, family, diaries, text, geneology, Settlement Sheffield Peabody https://openvalley.org/files/original/83dac4bf7deb2fcba45af52c9a57e1b0.jpg f0fb4b011c693117cf3c1f545e476d8c https://openvalley.org/files/original/5128a1c68b16971d4ed30a930310609a.jpg 171a5fb9ae19a7a6c166fdc3fa23026b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Perry Knitting Co. Description An account of the resource This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources. First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years. Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell. Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 10 x 8 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1911 Perry Knitting Co. Banquet Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1911 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry Page Historical Documents Description An account of the resource Pictured are officers and foremen attending the first of what was intended to be an annual banquet celebrating PKC's successful operation. We know there was an even more lavish event in 1912; after that, documentation is scarce. In addition to the formal photograph, notation on its reverse side identified all attendees--including company manager George M. Traber, Sr. seated sixth from the right in the front row. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.8 MB jpeg, 840 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Banquet Henry Page Historical Documents Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/25559645832164956f26d46b7a0c00e6.jpg 4d8b76bd8922a599f7b2039992205aaf https://openvalley.org/files/original/b2c66aac47cdeb51adf6b0bd7903acaf.jpg 5500ce064552b349539a483f2a5b191e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Perry Knitting Co. Description An account of the resource This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources. First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years. Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell. Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 10 x 8 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1912 Perry Knitting Co. Banquet Description An account of the resource The second annual gathering of this type, company managers and foreman celebrate business success and amity. <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1576" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A program printed for the occasion</a> offers some of the main themes, each followed by a toast: Management - Prosperity of Perry - Harmony of Industries - The Polish Help - Education in Perry - Future Perry - First Impressions of Perry. Henry Page attempted to identify all attendees, with partial success. An transparent overlay is accompanied by Page's notes as follow: 1) Walter T. Olin, 2) Carl S. Clarke, 3) Geo. M. Traber, Sr., 4) Guy Comfort, 5) Edward Schwind, 6) Rozanski... 9) Edw. Eagleton... 11) [illegible], 12) Schwind... 14) Jos. Miller, 15) K.P. Smith... 19) Robt. Copeland, 20) Jos. Naylor, 21) William Ogden, 22) Geo. Rich, 23) Chas. Bennett... 25) Geo. Morse, 26) Bert Mullett... 32) Jack Cameron, 33) Roy Spellicy... 36) Wm. Kemp... 39) Fred Miller, 40) E.C. ? [Kenney], 41) A.W. Hotaling, 42) Chas. Gillespie... 44) Wm. Grimes... 46) H.L. Pike, 47) P[aul] J. Hutton... 50) Irwin Kenney, 51) J.N. Wyckoff... 58) Ralph Traber... 60) Ben Mayhew Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-10-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry Page Historical Documents Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.8 MB jpeg, 1.8 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Banquet Henry Page Historical Documents Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/3886a43da8313d25d92a586bb20bf479.jpg 91222cdd386bdb3008e8c8f7b37cc112 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Map Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1959 Map of Iola Campus Description An account of the resource A site plan of the Iola Tuberculosis Sanatorium, circa 1959. Includes building labels and utility tunnel locations. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available G.M. Hopkins, Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1959 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived G.M. Hopkins, Co., Plat Book of Irondequoit and Brighton (1959) <a href="https://www.cityofrochester.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/WorkArea-linkit.aspx-LinkIdentifier-id-ItemID-8589937104.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bergman Associates, Iola Campus Historic Resource Evaluation (22 Dec. 2000)</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG, 889 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jackson, Jeremy Iola Tuberculosis Sanatorium Map Squalor tuberculosis https://openvalley.org/files/original/37182994cb163a87ad85d86c26333847.jpg 3d27eebfe30408617d407e19e2f1434c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Perry Knitting Co. Description An account of the resource This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources. First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years. Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell. Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 10 x 8 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 50-Year Employees of Perry Knitting Co. Description An account of the resource Photograph commemorates a dinner honoring a dozen long-time employees at the PKC. Their lengthy working life is notable both for its stamina--several of the jobs were physically taxing--and that it was all for the same employer. A typed annotation on the reverse side identifies the individuals. Front Row: Mae Markham, Seamer; Mabel Howland, Cashier; Jessie Nice, Seamer; Jane Bell, Seamer; Kate Pidgeon, Secretary; Lena Adams, Boxmaker. Top Row: Sylvester Withey, Outlet Sales; Henry Rogers, Salesman; Edwin Kershaw, Knitting; Frank Norton, Knitting; Frank Beachel, Dye; Russell Woodard, Packing. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1955 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry Page Historical Documents Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.2 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Henry Page Historical Documents Labor Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/68c5683506c2c70321eadfabc54c734a.jpg be82f24bd9d2b8023bfbe5bb57cb037e Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Magazine article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Badger Seamstress Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Successful Farming magazine, E.T. Meredith, publisher Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Successful Farming 25.6 (June 1927): 31 <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_successful-farming_1927-06_25_6/page/30/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.1 MB Description An account of the resource Article gives praise to 15-year-old Luella Smith, the youngest daughter of a Greene County, WI farmer. She's recognized for her dedication to the local 4-H Club, but even moreso her industry and resourcefulness. Quoting from her statement, the magazine goes on to describe the many household items she has fashioned from used flour sacks: dresses, dresser scarfs, table cloths. She recalls joining a group called "The Merry Sewers," praising their approach to household thrifitness: "I like the name as it shows we do not think of sewing as drudgery but rather as a pleasure." The article on Smith is equally interesting for its accidental juxtaposition of male- and female-coded farm labor. Luella contributes to the household economy not only through her skills but an attitude described by her club's advisor: "She is such a modest little girl that one cannot help liking her. Her good work crops out not only in her projects but in everything she does." One historical challenge is seeing Luella's tools and skills on par with the advertisement adjacent. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image 4-H Club Farm Fashion Flour Sack Labor https://openvalley.org/files/original/998595c9e55144d9d0f0a9df0f2865b1.jpg f0a3b5c0dd2382157b5d90234a6ddef6 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Drawing Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Cheap Stump Machine Description An account of the resource Removal of trees so as to create farmland, and especially the stumps left behind, was an arduous process for European settlers. Although there were complex (and expensive) "patent machines" available, small farmers trying to remove fairly small-diameter trees was much more common. The Genesee Farmer shared this design from an Ontario County resident for one "that can be made by any farmer with the aid of a blacksmith." It relied upon incremental prying, but that farmer claimed that "I have séen two hands, on a lot that had been cleared fourteen years, pull in a day from sixty to a hundred stumps, mostly from ten to eighteen inches in diameter." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Genesee Farmer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1851-06 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Genesee Farmer 12.6 (June 1851): 141 <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_genesee-farmer_1851-06_12_6/page/141/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 136 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Agriculture Farm implements Land Clearing Stumps https://openvalley.org/files/original/caaf86eee9cfa69fb25f565cb5a78095.jpg f82797a73b03cf3b34dfed65515d9f0a Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Published engraving Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Good Apple Picker Description An account of the resource Illustration accompanies a suggestion by editor of the Country Gentleman, perhaps Luther Tucker, as to a simple and cheap method for picking apples. Its extremely detailed description appears overly fussy, yet shows the careful thought behind even basic agricultural technologies. "It is merely a common grain-bag, with one corner of the bottom tied to one corner at the top, and slung over the workman’s left shoulder. A stick, sharpened at each end, and about a foot long, props the mouth open, leaving a triangular opening, into which the apples are thrust as they are picked from the branch. The way in which the lower and upper corner are most conveniently tied together, is by placing a small stone or pebble in the lower corner, (to form a sort of bottom,) and then passing the bag strings around closely above it, and tying them firmly. A piece of stiff leather, buttoned on to the shoulder, serves to protect it from becoming sore if the picking is continued for several days." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Genesee Farmer 23.11 (Nov. 1862): 348 <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_genesee-farmer_1862-11_23_11/page/848/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 113 KB Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Genesee Farmer Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image agricultural machinery Apples migrant workers The Genesee Farmer