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Also known as the Vermont Centennial Arch, it was designed by William C. Bull to celebrate Vermont's statehood in 1791. It was built of wood and covered with canvas painted to replicate the stones of its better-known and more permant Battle Monument,…

The famed chef from New York city's Delmonico's restaurant showcases the unusual ingredients and cuisines favored by America's Gilded Age diners

Alida K. Fitzhugh chronicles her time during the historic Genesee Valley Hunt from the fall of 1891-1893. She talks about multiple taverns, trails, and scenic locations in the valley and her positive experiences as she rode horses, jumped fences, and…

This poster was created by the Richard Floethe, Director of the Federal Art Project's NYC Poster Division. His training at the modernist Bauhaus in Germany shows its influence in stylized illustration and bold, simple lettering. The Federal Art…

This mural was one of two painted in 1938 for a new building slated to be the Social Security Administration, in Washington, DC. The two make a case for the benefits of a social safety net and coordinated management of the US economy. "Wealth of…

Marion Roecker shares biology classes were like in Geneseo when she attended with SUNY Geneseo’s organization “Heard @ Geneseo.” She also talks about her husband and how her husband worked in the Bailey Science Building and that he would take…

A single lily stem displays two blossoms, with the promise of a third; their colors and shapes run extravagently in all directions. Holding the lily is a crystal vase with a mesmerizing, flame-like pattern. Through its facets we see the lily’s green…

This painting appears to be a collection of familiar domestic objects: a bowl of fruit and a plant rest upon a deep window sill; another plant is visible outdoors. But is everything in its place? Here, plants on either side of a glass window or glass…

Since the 1960s, the former Light Bros. then Glen Avon Mills has been a family residence

Richard Gaige grew up in Binghamton, NY, studied art at Syracuse University, then moved to New York City to pursue an career. Among other things he painted for the Federal Art Project; two of his works are at the New Deal Gallery. A year after…