42 10 1402 https://openvalley.org/files/original/ff800b7cadf5cfd3c7ee1a556cb7d0bf.jpg 83d53c4400138a4b49a80200642bd47f 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 Newspaper 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 Record for the Appearance of Birds and Blooms, 1862 Description An account of the resource Farmers necessarily pay close attention to daily weather and seasonal patterns. Here, a farmer from North Almond, NY records a "register" of the first observed appearance of various migrating birds and of spring blooms. He is careful to give his location as 44.28° N. latitude, and 77.58° W. longitude, the farm situated at an altitude of 1,800 ft. above sea level. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Howe, William 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 1862-04 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 23.4 (April 1862): 130 <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_genesee-farmer_1862-04_23_4/page/130/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 190 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image farmers Migration Weather https://openvalley.org/files/original/7c2a565cfb3adfd985d04dc1876c58b1.jpg 13e2c813b97bf465e257ad896dccf203 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 Composite image of front-and-back drawing Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8.5 x 5.5 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 Basketball Court diagram Description An account of the resource In 1992, anthropologist Jayne Howell was interviewing migrant farmworkers at the Seneca Castle Camp, and noticed a small group creating miniature buildings made of wooden popsicle sticks. An incurious eye might have dismissed them as simplistic, but during conversation the three men--brothers Diodoro and Samuel Gonzelez Perez, and their cousin Avelino Gonzalez Perez--described something much more complex. It turned out that all of the objects were "figures with the objective of remembering something of my village," according to Diodoro. "We started with the idea that if this is the basketball court, then there have to be little houses." Thus, improvised models of buildings had an immersive, mnemonic relation to their village of Chincanaque de Pinabeta, Chiapas. The image here is Howell's diagram of that basketball court whose original no longer exists. Two years later Geneseo Migrant Center Director Sylvia Kelly encountered Samuel at Franjo Farms and saw him teaching the popsicle art to other migrants. He gave her <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1945" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a mariposa-decorated house</a> that still is extant, perhaps referring to another location in his village. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Howell, Jane Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-11-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Creative Artists Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 304 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Arts Creative Artists Migrant Program Services Geneseo Migrant Center Miniatures https://openvalley.org/files/original/5b63fec26b13bc162d02c118d3d717ca.jpg c100c643c7e58148e0a2d47495307099 https://openvalley.org/files/original/fd5979f1d42afa9ee9547334f4d078a3.jpg 6ed14d06f9f540682ec58e26893b7ea9 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 Oil on canvas Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 24 × 20 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 Still Life With Flowers Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.3 MB jpeg, 1.1 MB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Howland, Isabella (1895 -1974) 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 1935-1942 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Helquist, Morgan (photography) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Deal Museum, Mount Morris NY Object #FA 830 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Description An account of the resource 2 images at <a href="https://art.gsa.gov/people/1530/isabella-howland/objects" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GSA</a>. Federal Art Project Isabella Howland New Deal Museum painting still life https://openvalley.org/files/original/4b76b3198a4b9f2f8214de27274e5777.jpg 11dce926e5191057dbb71717c1915447 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 Bird's Eye View Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3 x 7 cm. 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 Charles Lenker's Property, Freeport NY Description An account of the resource Excerpted from <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3804f.pm005650/?r=0.287,0.382,0.395,0.177,0">a larger bird's-eye view</a> of Freeport, NY this image shows an agricultural business located on North Main Street; we see a streetcar in the foreground. Lenker is described as a "Florist and Nurseryman," although given Freeport's proximity to Manhattan he may have grown produce for the city as well. In addition to outdoor fields, several large greenhouses are part of the operation. The windmill may have been used to circulate air, but it's more likely to have operated an irrigation system. Today Freeport still "draws its water supply from eight operating wells that have been drilled into Magothy Aquifer at depths ranging from 500 feet to 640 feet. This aquifer, which was originally created by a glaciers action, is held in place by sand and pressure of the ocean water that surrounds Long Island" (<a href="https://www.freeportny.com/index.aspx?nid=36">Village of Freeport</a>). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hughes & Bailey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Original image: Library of Congress Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 554 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Agriculture Freeport, NY Long Island Watershed https://openvalley.org/files/original/2953edef838d9364d09a3b695e54b07e.jpg aad571ed83ccca060b61871334de2951 https://openvalley.org/files/original/c799923310fe9aa6f03f2b291314d3ce.pdf 169358ee7523a4324f3d6c4951c9edde 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 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 Sam Patch scene at the "Pathways of Progress" pageant, Rochester NY Description An account of the resource Among the ten scenes for Rochester's Centennial in 1934, the third took viewers back to 1829 and the daredevil's fateful leap from High Falls. Two views of the scene appear here: a portion of the program cover, and a photograph within a pdf file of that document. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hungerford, Edward Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rochester Public Library Local History Division Historic Monographs Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 394 KB pdf, 2.1 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph High Falls pageants Rochester, NY Sam Patch Underground Atlas https://openvalley.org/files/original/cdf8d7702a61fde47610499d9d597111.jpg 5e0629f003e1a1a476d6c87bfb1d1197 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 acrylic painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image Unknown 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 Unknown Description An account of the resource A man sits on a tree stump playing a brass tuba. Dirt and emptiness surround him except for a couple of trees in the distant background. A variety of flowers, birds, and butterflies bring color to the acrylic painting and life to the world around him. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Huynh, Duy Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Caldwell, Julia (description) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2011/11/duy-huynh-1975-vietnam.html">https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2011/11/duy-huynh-1975-vietnam.html</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1975 Type The nature or genre of the resource Hyperlink Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 106 KB https://openvalley.org/files/original/9f03e53d4650a716867cce6aac63819f.jpg ec94007309db2e8c9f4963cf539bbf39 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 Brochure illustration Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5.75 x 5.75 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 Dansville is Within 500 Miles Description An account of the resource Bullseye map for a railroad promotional brochure reads; "Dansville is within 500 miles of 3/4 the population of Canada and 1/2 the population of the United States" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Industrial Department, Dansville and Mount Morris R.R. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company, "Industrial Possibilities of Dansville," (Dansville, NY: 1924) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.8 MB Dansville and Mount Morris RR Dansville, NY Map https://openvalley.org/files/original/0858616fbad38176de6bcf94789ffa31.jpg 938cd5cb1bda610c17a52bf61c3b648a 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 Brochure illustration Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 5.25 x 5.5 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 Map of Dansville Industries Description An account of the resource In this map from a railroad promotional brochure, industries ranging from nurseries to felt shoe manufacturers are noted in a legend Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Industrial Department, Dansville and Mount Morris R.R. Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company, "Industrial Possibilities of Dansville (Dansville, NY, 1924) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.2 MB https://openvalley.org/files/original/52df2d5f887edf6653783e7c4874fcf6.jpg b9b0f872f30bdfbf65ecef3dd42b3efe https://openvalley.org/files/original/b6a470e143f1a975de35d1f23ddd8a21.jpg 02585418f3f76d3b4acdab7d2e5cf9ed 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 in brochure Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8 x 12 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 Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad, and Connecting Systems Description An account of the resource Two maps from a railroad promoting local industry makes the case that its short line links to many distant markets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Industrial Department, Dansville and Mount Morris R.R. Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company, "Industrial Possibilities of Dansville (Dansville, NY, 1924)j Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.9 MB Dansville and Mount Morris RR Dansville, NY Mount Morris, NY Railroads https://openvalley.org/files/original/ee0db04089cb8466652a5a17d5602201.jpg 4afbe6b4a47be006f47a44ce2a97d563 https://openvalley.org/files/original/7ec0bc0035838e38a99596c6494e637f.jpg 2b2e0b77ac296c2654408987bb78e2be https://openvalley.org/files/original/13c898a0d23572f4d197480f342db110.jpg c36488ca4389d0e09969fa8219b36c5a 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 Chromolithograph 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 Gift for the Grangers Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J. Hale Powers & Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gift_for_the_grangers_ppmsca02956u.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Wikipedia</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Small image: jpeg, 1.7 MB Farmer's Fireside (detail): jpeg, 599 KB Harvest Dance (detail: jpeg,) 622 KB Large image: jpeg, 10.4 MB Description An account of the resource The Grange was a trade and social association of farmers whose cohesion was modeled on the fraternity of Masonry, as indicated by this symbol-rich promotional poster. Its genesis came in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, when Secretary of Agriculture Oliver Kelly was touring devastated farms of the Confederate South. He envisioned it helping to heal sectional wounds, transmit agricultural knowledge, and represent farmers at a time when industrial interests like railroads and brokers were diverting much of their profits. The first Grange Hall was formed in Fredonia, NY in 1868 and by 1878 the organization had more than 850,000 members. Here we see a stern-faced yeoman farmer, whose motto "I Pay for All" suggest the depth of outrage at agriculture's lack of representation in the national economy. Surrounding the central image are a number of vignettes that are distinguished for their focus upon building social cohesion; this item includes cropped portions showing "Farmer's Fireside" and "Harvest Dance" to illustrate that innovation. There are also many symbolic features showing the influence of Masonry: the mythical figures of Flora (flowers), Ceres (grain), and Pomona (fruit) above the farmer; a Grange meeting shown at upper right; and matched columns at bottom whose letters stand for Patrons of Husbandry. The grange movement diminished in size and influence along with the number of farmers, but there remain an estimated 150,000 members at 1,500 chapters nationwide. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Farm Life farmers Masonry The Grange