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Indian Fort Nature Preserve, Geneseo NY
One of the two creeks passing through the park toward Genesee River. The gorges, along with two palisades, formed a strategic stronghold for the Seneca.
Long Island Farm
This landscape illuminates the life of farmers working in Long Island, New York. The painting represents a time period when suburbia begins to emerge, as viewers can see the juxtaposition between the cityscape in the background and the simplicity of…
Rocky Mountain Highway
It's likely that Cheney's painting depicts the Virginia Canyon Road near Idaho Springs, Colorado, also known as the "Oh My God Highway" for its hairpin turns and precipitous cliffs. It had been created in the 1800s to access dozens of gold mines in…
Spring Landscape
Cecil Chichester’s Spring Landscape is an oil painting depicting birch trees set against rolling blue hills. There are no people or animals present in the image, making it entirely focused on nature. The lighting is soft, with the sun shining through…
Niagara Falls
One of the most famous American paintings of the 19th century, Church prepared for his work via numerous studies and the innovative decision to adapt his aspect ratio to the Falls' width--probably borrowed from murals and panoramic paintings. The…
Mandala of Geometric Bird
A geometric bird, perhaps a thunderbird, in a circle. The bird either has two heads facing opposing directions or a single head reminiscent of a hammerhead shark's. The only color is a red heart in the general location of the bird's stomach. In the…
Global Material Flows for Clothing, 2015
This graphic illustrates the product life cycle of the global clothing economy. It appears in a report created for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion's Future. Among the report's important points: virtually no…
Tags: Clothing; Perry Knitting Co.; Perry, NY; Pollution
Empty Lunchroom at Perry Knitting Co.
8 x 10 picture of the lunch room at the Perry Knitting Company. Clark notes it as a cafeteria, probably taken with flash powder as this time preceded the use of flash bulbs.<br />
