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The photograph depicts three people, all Haitian migrants, living their lives in a Migrant Camp in Wyoming County. The woman is seen to be washing clothing, using plastic buckets, one for sitting and one for washing. The man beside her is holding a…

This photograph showcases a Haitian pregnant woman holding another child. The child appears to be no older than 6 months old. The mother is seen to be wearing a nice white dress as well as hair curlers in her hair. The baby lays affectionately across…

Two Haitian women are photographed bathing their babies in tubs of water outside of a Migrant Camp. This photograph is from the early 80s, at Jimmy Jordan's. The mothers are dressed in very nice skirts and shirts, with their children calmly accepting…

Scheme for the application of steam engines to agriculture was deemed by the editors of "The Genesee Farmer" to be "more poetry than practice." Surreal as it appears to be, except for the rail lines modern planting and harvesting use very similar…

At least a third of this painting is dominated by a harbor, whose representation of waves resemble the letter "U" and whose boats are the simplest of icons. To characterize the scene as childlike, however, overlooks the skillful pattern-making…

David Johnson was a second-generation school of the Hudson River School who studied with Jasper Francis Cropsey and was friends with his contemporaries John Frederick Kensett and John William Casilear. This is one of several paintings Johnson made of…

Near the Harmon farm named &quot;O-Ka-lee&quot; are the remains of these stone walls--according to family history constructed by Irish immigrants around the mid-1800s. The contemporary digital photographs have been transformed into b/w versions.<br /> <br /> A third…

Nature's bounty is gathered into a late-summer array: grapes, pears, peaches, a plum and a melon; behind them, heads of wheat and various flowers. It is not a haphazard grouping, given the wheat stalks poking out from green grass; the effect is…

According to the Federal Writers Project Guide to New York state, "Haverstraw...squats on the edge of the Hudson with its back propped against High Tor, Little Tor, and Pyngyp...Here James Wood discovered the modern system of burning brick and set up…

Burke’s lithograph depicts an unidentifiable graveyard, set on rolling hills with trees scattered throughout the image. There are small human figures in the background, but the entire print feels desolate and void. Smaller gravestones are visible…