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According to the Rice Collection annotation, &quot;Clifford Rice and three others inspect the garments made in the Knitting Mill during the Mill Open House in 1954.&quot;<br /> <br /> This date is probably wrong; there wasn&#039;t an open house in 1954, but there was on May…

A postcard in poor condition yields a rare look at the final stage of manufacturing undergarments. Located in Mill #4, finished goods were first inspected, then ironed and packaged for delivery worldwide. The image has been lightly edited to minimize…

An original copy of an insurance policy (including receipt) purchased from the Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Company by James Wadsworth of Geneseo, N.Y. on &quot;His Custom Flouring Mill&quot; in Livingston County, N.Y. (probably on Conesus Creek in…

The 15-acre Intergrow facility was constructed in 1998 to grow vegetables year-round on the model of Dutch greenhouses, soon focusing upon tomatoes as its most commercially viable crop. The operation was sited in Fillmore, NY for its proximity to the…

Undated photo depicts horse-drawn carts used in early Livingston County salt mining operations

Interior of the Auditorium theater prior to the fire, 1982. <br /> The auditorium has both balcony and floor-levels. Taken from stage, the photo shows the seats ascending to the back-right of the auditorium and the stage lights above. Two viewing boxes…

The Perry Knitting Company occupied three sites at their zenith. One in Mt. Morris, one in Fillmore and the main plant in Perry. The Mt. Morris plant closed in 1969 and Clark took these prints of the interior for the Mill. <br />

Magazine cover dates to a period when women’s suffrage and socialism were commingling in productive new ways. Here, three different social ills are linked to the absence of suffrage: a mother and daughter under the tyranny of a patriarchal father, an…

Aime Alden is woman who grew up in Geneseo, graduating from high school in 1973. She recounts growing up in a different time period and notes the changes the town has undergone over her lifetime. The oral interview was taken by Ken Cooper and…

Beverly Rex-Burley is a faculty woman who shared experiences of her in Geneseo, from when she was a student through now. Her niece, Miranda, a Geneseo student, joined the conversation. The oral interview was taken and transcribed by Jordan Keane.