76 10 1402 https://openvalley.org/files/original/95c1ad70c0b5ee53841b028a1f244399.jpg 36b380db7276cb33410f212bfa3424fb 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 Newspaper advertisement 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 Nitey Nite Songbirds Description An account of the resource This advertisement appeared in the Perry Herald to promote a weeklong display in the Perry-Rockwell Company's display window. To illustrate the vivid colors of PKC's Nitey Nite pajamas, a different bird "flown in from the tropics" was featured: flamingo pink, canary yellow, parakeet and hummingbird green, bluebird blue, and robin red. The <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1535" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finished display</a> was photographed by Clark Rice. The flamingos obviously are there to steal the show. Readers are assured that "They have a big pool to play in and are being cared for according to the most scientific theories." Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Archives of the Perry Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951-10-25 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="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=flamingo%20display&i=f&d=01011837-12312014&m=between&ord=k1&fn=perry_herald_usa_new_york_perry_19511025_english_6&df=1&dt=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perry Herald 25 Oct. 1951: 6.</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.5 MB advertisement Nitey Nite Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY Rockwell-Perry Co. https://openvalley.org/files/original/ca5e97830425c9cadd9b5b12a7898003.jpg 31359f89f22c9f11d80d8e390d1575c4 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 North American Hotel Description An account of the resource Scan of an 1891 photograph of the North American Hotel in Rochester, NY. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Monroe County NY Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1891 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 215 KB Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Chauvin, Noah Hotel Rochester, NY Temperance https://openvalley.org/files/original/56944ca03edec6ced168684b31ace594.jpg 1f5b16b9ef70e6d7187c22b932a44c85 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/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miller, Willliam Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York State Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-12-15 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived University of the State of New York Bulletin 557 (12 Dec. 1913): 88 <a href="https://archive.org/details/annualreport6611912newy/page/n511/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 739 KB Title A name given to the resource North American Ice Sheets Description An account of the resource The geological Quatenary period, comprising about the past 2.58 million years, has been characterized by the expansion and contraction of ice sheets. This map shows the maximum extent of three major sheets emanating from their "ice centers": Keewatin Glacier (K); Cordilleran Glacier (C); and Labradorean or Laurentide Glacier (L). This last one flowed in two directions around the Adirondack Mountains, one south into the Champlain Valley and the other southwest into the St. Lawrence Valley. Many distinctive features of New York state are the consequence of glacial advance and retreat, like the Finger Lakes, Long Island (itself a terminal moraine), Lake Ontario, and the palisades of Hudson River. Even picturesque boulders are glacial "erratics" carried many miles from their source. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Finger Lakes Geology Ice Age Lake Ontario Map Topography https://openvalley.org/files/original/8da6b8b56a977b00401751fd23bbde17.JPG 33f48c0d9cb2f7a052e294cf064fc86d 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 painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 18 x 24 in. Condition: surface dirt 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 North Pond Description An account of the resource This painting features a wilderness scene, strikingly symmetrical in its composition, with a pond, undulating row of trees, hills, and clouds. It is rendered mainly in earthy brown tones with a small pop of blue in the color of the pond. Waltemath’s painting itself is very still but, we can infer some movement with the depiction of clouds in the sky, reflected upon the pond.  About the Artist: Born as August Fredrik Vilhelm Axelsen in Tönsberg, Norway, dire economic conditions there led to his immigration—at eight years old—to the US with his maternal aunt and her husband, Wilhelm Waltemath of Germany. That family settled in Minneapolis, MN, where William eventually began work as a printer. His paintings were exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Salons of America, and Society of Independent Artists, along with group and individual events. At a 1931 show in Baltimore, MD, the art critic Henry McBride wrote that Waltemath “commands rich pigment and has a sense of picture making, though his tendency is toward the somber.” By 1932, however, Waltemath’s professional and financial situation had suffered; he was one of a dozen New York painters selected for inclusion in a show featuring artists “who are for the most part unknown, indigent, or neglected” (“Unsung”). The Federal Art Project provided a crucial lifeline, for example in 1937 his work shown at a WPA exhibition along with fellow NDG artist Carl Nordell. He remained active in civic organizations, notably as chairman of the Art League of Nassau County. There is something moving to to a photograph of Waltemath with one of his paintings, where it’s revealed that he considers himself “a printer by trade and an artist because he insists on being one....He has been unemployed for some time, but refuses to allow that to halt his painting” (“An Artist”). Sources Consulted: Henry McBride, “Some Foreign Impressions of Our Art,” Baltimore Sun 22 Nov. 1931: 66; “Unsung Artists Exhibit at Show on Heights,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle 3 Sept. 1932: 3; “An Artist—By Choice!” New York Daily News 10 Jan. 1937: 181. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Waltemath, William, 1876-1958 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Projecct 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 Ritz, Abigail (photography) Rose, Skye (biography) Cooper, Ken (biography) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Deal Gallery, Genesee Council on the Arts Object #FA18283 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.5 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 190 Federal Art Project New Deal Gallery painting William Waltemath https://openvalley.org/files/original/d8d099a3028bb3d306d4c5cfe6794af0.png 97be385059f3ee830fd285d39a415bea 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 North Ponds, Webster NY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Public Domain Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived www.apartments.com https://openvalley.org/files/original/7d91e1950cecc1df270be4a64b977260.png de557e73f1550d431debacb7802c47be 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 5"x4" 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 North View of the Plant Description An account of the resource A photo of the plant that processed the salt that miners who lived in Little Italy extracted. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Yasso, J. Marilyn Hannett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Auld, Mary Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived History of Retsof, New York https://openvalley.org/files/original/2c11cea3dc262cfaad992225b113247d.jpg 5807e625b53e22ad13e7d43d26e20b23 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 painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 23.5 x 19.5 in. Condition: slightly cracked canvas 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 November Scene Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.1 MB Description An account of the resource The center of this landscape is a tree with gold and yellow leaves, a few just turning to orange. Nearby bushes already have dropped their leaves, allowing for views across a pond or river to the other shore, and mountains in the far distance. Everything except the foreground is painted in hues of blue, white, and green—the better to set off the blaze of color in front of us. About the Artist: Born in Monmouth, IL, Patterson’s practice of art required entrepreneurship throughout his life. The son of a printer, he financed his study at Monmouth College by working summers on the railroad in nearby Des Moines, then in 1913 teaching art lessons (Des Moines Register 15 July 1913: 9). He went on to receive further training at the Cummings School of Art (University of Iowa), the Philadelphia School of Design, and a masters in fine arts at Harvard University. At the same time, however, he continued to teach at far-flung locations: the Cummings School (Iowa), Northern State Teachers College (South Dakota), Tulane University, and at the Universities of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin (Des Moines Register 13 Sept. 1925: 10). His professional life, in other words, was contingent; alongside notices of his teaching posts are mentions of threatened cuts to art programs. His NDG paintings most likely date to a period when he lived in New York for about a decade, perhaps teaching at Columbia University. For most of his life Patterson’s horizon remained regional; he often won prizes at the Iowa Art Salon—where he exhibited for 25 consecutive years—and the Des Moines Womens Club exhibitions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Patterson, Claude A[llan], 1887-1973 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 1936-12 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 #FA18235 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 142 Claude A. Patterson Federal Art Project Landscape Art New Deal Gallery painting https://openvalley.org/files/original/0140600932b5aa4ea605cbf895f2a937.jpg 301a52d26adf75d597312079cc03ca3a 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 Print journal illustration 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 Nursery Labels, 1868 Description An account of the resource 19th growers traditionally used pencils on pine labels to identify their stock, but the development of printing presses led to mass-produced tags--a microcosm of revolutionary "branding" that was occurring to foods of all kinds. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Woodward's Record of Horticulture Fuller, Andrew S. (Editor) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1868 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Woodward's Record of Horticulture," Vol. 2 (New York: Francis W. Woodward, 1868): 105 advertising Horticulture Judson & Co. wadsworth https://openvalley.org/files/original/5aee40f3bfe0991de7778ce3b182c1b2.png 972103b52ab4257bc20eaafc375474bf 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 NYC Central Park Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available NYC public records Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived nyc.gov/records Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource unkown; public records Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 18, 1938 https://openvalley.org/files/original/9a0d74eba24d481ebb0bd88e299ab1e9.jpg 478cc4575de53bd4c08edf82ae4a022c https://openvalley.org/files/original/23cc9fc2e31323c7c3366983ec68a6b5.jpg f035865530fc1b4d20504cbdbfee422e https://openvalley.org/files/original/03a4d05d91d16ac674324d29f44a137d.jpg 2063dc4037531b857088b6e2bffdf954 https://openvalley.org/files/original/5156da1ffdf2941ae413f2c0acf5b155.jpg acb601ffeb2999f5bd4a05918f873ab8 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 Digital 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 O-Ka-lee Farm, Belcoda NY Description An account of the resource Its name dating back at least to 1917, this 477-acre farm was operated by Eugene Elisha Harmon and his descendants. Origins of the name are unclear: perhaps it derives from the Seminole word meaning "village" or "home"; perhaps the popular representation of a red-winged blackbird's song. It is located at the western end of Harmon Road in the town of Belcoda, (now generally known as Wheatland). Harmon maintained a flock of sheep and herd of dairy cows; crops were primarily wheat, beans, and hay. Ownership of the farm passed to Eugene's son John Elisha upon the father's death in 1919, and then in 1974 to John's daughter Nancy. Four contemporary digital photos have been converted to b/w. The first three depict O-Ka-lee's unusual Wells Patent barn, designed and constructed by a local firm that built over 200 others in Western New York. The fourth shows a stone hitching post still standing alongside the road in front of the home. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cooper, Ken Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-04-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 481 KB jpeg, 443 KB jpeg, 722 KB jpeg, 529 KB Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy Ken Cooper Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital photographs Belcoda, NY Eugene E. Harmon Harmon Family John E. Harmon O-Ka-lee Farm Wells Patent Barn Wheatland, NY