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The Roman Catholic Church attended by residents of Little Italy

We see a small chapel with terra cotta roof and a small bell. The only spots of color are the red roof tiles and the teal of bricks aroud the door. The rest of the painting is bleached, faded to hues of pale beige and blue. The door inside, framed by…

Men's religious society in Avon, NY is part of the worldwide Society of the Holy Name. This photograph shows several members hosting Rev. Adam J. Otterbein, who co-founded the Holy Shroud Guild in 1951, devoted to study of the Shroud of Turin.This…

An 1887 advertisement from The Livonia Gazette concerning stallions at Squawkie Hill Farm in Mount Morris

Letter from Frank Sherman Peer, owner of Squawkie Hill Farm, to the Wadsworth homestead discussing business matters

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…

The painting captures the open fields of Wallkill on a spring day. Abernathy’s thick brush strokes depict a tree on the left side of the midground with mountains in the background. Beyond the tree is a tan field, its color suggesting a recent…

Using brushstrokes and a palette resembling impressionism (verging on pointillism), Polowetski’s greens of early spring are overwhelmed by saturated shades of lavender, blue, magenta, and umber. The terrain is roughly accurate but compressed so as to…

We see a river flowing between two banks lined with trees. The trees are mostly bare however, they appear as they are going to start budding. The colors in this painting are cooler--blues and greens--but there is a hint of warm yellow in the lower…

Interior view of the spinning room at the Perry Knitting Company. These machines spool the fabric that workers use to sew.