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This photo depicts unnamed migrant farmworkers sorting debris out of the crop on an FMC Potato Harvester; a conveyor belt then loads them onto a truck. The man wearing glasses and a hat at upper right is the farm owner, Roy Gibson.

Original caption describes photo as "Tomato Series D, Gibson Farm, Moore Camp, Steuben." What this means is that it was one of several photos taken at harvest time on the the farm of Roy Gibson, whose crew leader was Carl Moore.

A photo of a woman sitting on something that looks like a bucket in Jablonski's Potato Camp in Steuben City. She has a sack behind her and is surrounded by potatoes.

Migrant farmworkers were housed in "camps" under the control of a crew chief, usually in austere conditions. The photo here shows a portion of one such building, probably used for many purposes: the preparation of food, washing clothes, etc.

Located in Elmira, NY, the octagonal building was given to Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemons) by his sister Susan and her husband Theodore Crane in 1874. He wrote portions of several books there. In 1952 the structure was moved to Elmira College,…

These striking natural structures are created by the cathedral termite (Nasutitermes triodiae) of Northern Australia. The tallest mounds can exceed ten feet in height. They appear in OpenValley as part of the "Open World" exhibit exploring the…

From a trail below the falls, we look back upriver to a WPA-era stone bridge constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers during the 1930s. This sort of organic stonework can be viewed at other locations in Western New York, like Stony…

This is a hybrid map typical of its time. It embeds cartography--including street names, property and water rights ownership, sewage lines and fire hydrants--within an advertising framework. Taken altogether it provides a useful snapshot of the Perry…