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A soil series of the northeastern United States, including the map legend and landscape photographs. This map was originally published in the Atlas of American Agriculture.

A photo of a group of men who worked for the Genesee Wyoming railroad, which provided transportation for the salt mined in Retsof

Antonio Tabacchi, an Italian immigrant who was a Trustee of St. Lucy's Church for 33 years, beginning in the early 1900's.

Group of migrant workers surrounding an olderJohn Deere tractor. The photo labels the "Head" of the workers, a man named Nickel. Workers are located at Marquart farms (est. 1943), a family owned farm spanning generations specializing in potatoes for…

A present day photo of the remains of a house in Retsof, Little Italy.

Jennie Mather was a resident of nearby Livonia in 1867. Her voice gives us the perspective of a woman whose life was filled with “visits” to Geneseo. Through her retellings, we see Geneseo as a place of adventure, festivals, and family centered…

Map from the company's 1897 annual report shows the extent of this primarily industrial railroad, whose main purpose was to deliver coal from Pennsylvania mines to the industrial cities of Rochester and Buffalo. From the latter location, coal could…

Birds-eye view maps were very popular during the last two decades of the 19th century. This high-end version almost certainly owes its existence to the popularity of the Chautauqua Institution, founded in 1874 and pictured in the lower left…

A cryptic, maybe private allegory is signalled by this still life. We look downward to a table in disarray: yes, the towel is artfully draped, but eleven cherries are scattered from a bowl; the carafe of water doesn’t match a coffee cup and saucer;…

According to the Rice Collection annotation, this is a Philip Mayer photograph of the main street of Perry. This photograph was taken during the Christmas season during nightfall; holiday lights are strung over Main Street.