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Detail from "New Century Atlas" shows Retsof Mine and related infrastructure, along with area schools, farms, and churches. Just to the northwest of mine is an area of (segregated) housing built for employees that was known as "Little Italy."

Detail from 1902 map of Geneseo shows sewer line following the course of a creek at north Main Street, calling into question whether a tunnel really was for the purposes of the Underground Railroad

From the "New Century Atlas," this map shows property ownership, type of housing stock, streams, railroads, streets & sewers, barns & greenhouses. The image resolution is intended for web viewing rather than reproduction.

"New Century Atlas" map shows streams, streets & railroads, canals, schools, major landholders, and (in red) the names of larger farms. Also included is the nearby reservation of Canawaugus. The image resolution is intended for web viewing rather…

This poem, written by Pedro Cervantes, displays the circumstances that migrant farm workers are put in daily. The poem explains in detail how Cervantes himself, obtained bumps from the grass the previous day while working on the farm. Yet, it was…

This collection of poems were written during the early 2000s by migrant farmworkers participating in the Geneseo Migrant Center's Creative Artists Migrant Programs Services (CAMPS). The writings were facilitated and translated by poet Janine Pommey…

Abram Champanier was a Polish immigrant who studied at the Art Students League and went on to become a well-regard muralist. During his time at the Federal Art Project he was assigned to create murals at DeWitt Clinton High School and the New York…

Mini-postcard album features ten views of the local attraction: Middle Falls, Mt. Morris Dam, Letchworth State Park Museum, Upper Falls, Glen Iris Inn, Statue of Mary Jemison, Inspiration Point, the "Scenic Gorge of the Genesee River," Lower Falls,…

This poem by Charlie Jr. Spinks speaks about how babies do not have to worry or take care of themselves while adults do. Spinks states how they sometimes wish to be a baby so they wouldn't have to stress about anything and their life would be easier.…

Designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, and completed in 1862, this 87-foot span was the second cast-iron bridge constructed in the US. Its likeness to the bow of a violinist or archer gave the structure its name. Stereoview taken probably not…