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Bird's-eye view of Titusville, PA
Looking northwest, major streets and features of a town whose growth was driven by America's first oil boom during the 1860s. Oil Creek is in the foreground, and the Oil Creek Rail Road is shown running south toward the oil region--although by this…
Mt. Hope Cemetery - Rochester State Hospital Plot
An empty field in Mt. Hope Cemetery, containing an unknown number of the patients from the Rochester State Hospital.
Bridge at Oil City, PA
At the mouth of Oil Creeks, spectators watch rafts that have made it downstream after a so-called "pond fresh." The creek was too shallow for navigation much of the year, so dams held water then released it all at once--a chaotic process that often…
Oil Creek drilling operation, ca 1864
Hyde & Egbert Farm alongside the creek shows derricks, pipes leading to wooden tubs, and the many barrels required to transport oil downstream to Oil City on the Allegheny River. Farm was the location of the "Jersey," "Maple Shade," and "Coquet"…
Christmas, 1853
Idealized illustration of family at the holiday appears in William Makepeace Thayer's "Merry Christmas: A Christmas Present for Children and Youth." A popular children's writer, Thayer attempted to weed out the pagan traditions from Christian piety,…
Dr. George M. Peabody
Son of his uncle Alvah Peabody, Sheffield's cousin George McLellan (1858-1928) grew up in Springwater and then began training as a doctor, which he completed in 1885. He practiced in Wayland, NY where he held several public positions.
Rochester-area highways, 1956
Detail from road map shows the emerging U.S. interstate system, including the newly designated New York State Thruway.
"Indian Landing" site, Irondequoit Creek
1829 map depicts at bottom center the primary water access to Genesee Valley from Lake Ontario, via Irondequoit Bay (here mislabeled as "Teoronto"). Nearby was the early colonial settlement of Tryon. At top center, a ferry route is indicated across…
Map of Monroe County NY, 1829
Early map of area settlement shows mills, principal roads, churches, etc.