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Detail from U.S. Geological Survey map shows Wayland's proximity to the Erie and the Lackawanna and Western railroads

The agricultural region of Orleans county supported several large food processing plants, among them the Olney Canning Company in Albion, NY and the H. J. Heinz factory in Medina, NY. The latter was built in 1899 as the seventh branch factory of…

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…

Joseph Biel (1891-1943) was a Jewish immigrant who had witness the pogroms of Bialystock, Russia; Lena Gurr (1897-1992), born in New York, was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. Both were painters committed to social justice who appear to…

According to the Federal Writers Project Guide to New York state, "Haverstraw...squats on the edge of the Hudson with its back propped against High Tor, Little Tor, and Pyngyp...Here James Wood discovered the modern system of burning brick and set up…

A riot of fourteen sunflower blossoms fills the borders of Gubin's composition, in hues of vivid red, orange, and yellow. Combined with their foliage, it takes an effort to locate the flower's container--a warm brown vase possibly incorporating a…

"The radical error of the American system of farming," this handbook argues, is that "throughout the greater part of the country, the attention of farmers and planters has been almost exclusively devoted to the cultivation of a few staple articles"…

Profusely illustrated historical map of important Native American locations, persons, events, practices, and legends. Even the most catastrophic aspects of colonial contact, like the Sullivan Campaign of 1779 and the Buffalo Treaty of 1838, are…

This lithograph features a view of two small Provincetown homes, seemingly situated in a village, with a deep storm brewing overhead. Though not overtly noticeable, there is a man traipsing between the shacks on what appears to be a first road. This…