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This photo contains the men and women of The Perry Knitting Mill.

Replica of a structure built in 1874 by William Pryor Letchworth, who also supplied students with books and a melodeon. The school was used for 60 years, then torn down in 1947 before this replica was built forty years later.

Postcard view of waterfall in the town that is seat of government in Allegany County. Originally named Philipsville, its population grew rapidly following construction of an Erie Railroad line--pictured at left--in 1850. As of 1860 there were two…

Wide-angle panorama of looks west where the Erie Canal crosses the aqueduct at present-day Broad Street. Its course points toward the tower of Rochester's city hall. Directly across the Genesee we see factory of Cluett Peabody & Co., manufacturer of…

A photograph looking south on the Genesee River towards the former site of the Sinclair Refining Co. in Wellsville, NY.

The first paragraph of this handwritten document written by B. Boorman reads &quot;Sir The totals of last Month (Nov.) which was put on book the beginning of this Month I do not know if you have taken act of Therefore give it below[:] <br /> 17 Bus 30 lbs…

Founded in 1968, this community arts organization is located on the Mount Morris, NY campus that once had been a tuberculosis hospital (specifically a suite of doctors' residences pictured here). During the 1930s, and before the development of…

In the late 1990s Gary Russell, who had inherited a 771-acre plot of land along the Genesee River in Allegany County, reached out to the Nature Conservancy about putting it into a forever-wild trust. He and his brothers had floated along its waters,…

The Geneseo Migrant Center used this hand as their logo while in operation.

A collection of photographs of Geneseo during the 20th century.