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Haitian Mother and Baby
This photograph showcases a Haitian pregnant woman holding another child. The child appears to be no older than 6 months old. The mother is seen to be wearing a nice white dress as well as hair curlers in her hair. The baby lays affectionately across…
Diagram of Ponds
From Seth Green's 1870 manual "Trout Culture" comes this layout for a series of ponds designed to hatch trout
Tags: Caledonia, NY; Collins, A.S.; pisciculture; Seth Green; trout
Geological Diagram of Portage Dam Site
Beginning in 1890, recurring attempts were made to construct a dam in the Genesee River gorge so as to control flooding in the city of Rochester and generate electricity. After failed efforts at Mt. Morris, in 1896 attention turned to a site at…
Warehouse, East River
A faceless laborer lifts what appears to be bales of cotton--presumably one of many for New York's textile and garment industries. The etching's dark, cross-hatched interior contrasts with a view of docks, tugboat, and buildings seen through the…
The Two Birches
The title of this painting isn't clear; it's inscribed as "Gray Day" on the frame, but listed as "The Two Birches" in its NDG and General Services Administration records--which is followed here for the sake of institutional continuity. The canvas…
Pool
A mass of rocks at upper left is mirror by rising ground at lower right in this impressionist composition. Earth tones predominate, even in the water's surface, except for a delicately colored sky and treetops--at sunrise or sunset?About the Artist:…
Woods and Stream
Judging from the brushstrokes, we appear to be located at a river's bend, our view of the sky obstructed by trees but inferable by a play of light in the water. With the exception of two sharply defined tree trunks, most of Gordon's painting…
The Lake
In the foregound, trees bent through years of snow; behind them an alpine lake and glaciered mountain under cerulean skies. Much of this painting is based upon a pair of complementary colors, played out in different juxtapositions. In subject matter…
Mariposa House
In 1992, anthropologist Jayne Howell encountered two brothers, Diodoro and Samuel Gonzalez Perez, and their cousin Avelino Gonzalez Perez at the Seneca Castle migrant farmworker camp. Their small dioramas constructed of popsicle sticks had specific…