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14 images at GSA.

Following a tradition of memorial trees planted by William Pryor Letchworth, a planting program began in 1912. The four photos here are from blocks 1, 17, 18, and 42--all located near Inspiration Point.

A tree amongst the balconies of a city

A tree depicting the relationship between sequenced genomes (as of 2006). The center represents the last universal ancestor of all life on earth. Each color represents one of the three domains of life: pink represents eukaryota (animals, plants, and…

Legal proceedings in the Monroe County Surrogate Court evaluated, for the purposes of taxation, Mr. Harmon's real estate, personal property, and outstanding creditors. This document provides a glimpse into the financial life of a successful farmer of…

Four-part documentary miniseries focused primarily on the central and southern Great Plains states, using Burns' familiar style of interviews, photographs, voice-overs, and period music. The trailer is included in OpenValley in support of its "Green…

Built on the site of a former Shaker community, the Craig Colony for Epileptics was envisioned as a self-supporting institution when it opened in 1896. Inmates worked in the Shakers' existing farms and blacksmith shops; these new buildings were…

This pocket map was made for the land rush participants. It shows Oklahoma north of the Canadian River. The map has directions for locating a claim are on the map, as well as an ad for the Kansas City Times, and distances from Kansas City to various…

At the time this map was created in 1865, the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 already had conceptualized Manhattan's grid above Houston Street and below 155th. But the city was far from filled in, and some of the island's original watercourses still were…

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