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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 />

A clean sunny painting that shows a chapel next to a tall tree, beneath a light blue sky. Painted very smoothly with little to no noticeable brush strokes, this illustrates a warm and amiable picture with a pleasant vibe. Boasts a green, light sky…

The strategic importance of forts at the mouth of Niagara River is shown graphically here: during the War of 1812 it was extremely difficult for either British or American ships to make it past the cannons of (respectively) Fort Niagara or Fort…

An envelope addressed to Sylvia Kelly and the Geneseo Migrant Center from New York City has two different colored handwritten quotes on top of it. Judging from its postmark, we can speculate it dates to around 2003 and may have been Kelly jotting…

Photograph of an earlier photograph shows Genesee River flood waters level with the aqueduct, while a canal boat makes the crossing.

A fruit and vegetable preserving company, through the changes in its logo from 1881 to 1885, shows the increasing emphasis of railroads to food systems.

It opened in 1865 and the existing structure was completed in 1879. Passenger service was provided by the Erie Railroad and from 1907 until 1941 this included electric passenger trains which traveled to Rochester Depot.

Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood…

Boy and girl are posed, with a scene-stealing dog, wearing Nitey Nite pajamas for promotional photo whose proposed tagline is inked on print.<br /> <br /> Clark Rice writes: &quot;Another Nitey-Nite pajama picture. Not all these prints would have been used in their…