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Lunch Room at Perry Knitting Co.
The annotation reads: "Lunch room at the Perry Knitting Company, shows personnel eating, Victoria [sic] on the left side of print with piano. Also shows American Flag and buffet line, about 1919." It appears there is some discomfort in being…
Machinery responsible for dying yarn and material prior to independent Manufacturing by Perry Knitting Co.
Picture showing one of the many machines that I could have been used in dying the yarn prior to the material being manufactured by the Perry Knitting Company.<br />
Main St. of Salamanca, NY After Hurricane Agnes
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood…
Main Street and Monument, Caledonia NY
At the time of this photograph the buildings and trees shown on Main Street were little more ten years old, rebuilt in 1892 after a devastating fire. In addition to the Soldiers Monument (dedicated in 1900), the Hotel Kreisler figures…
Main Street before there was automobiles
Main Street before there was automobiles. <br />
A picture capturing Main Street of Perry lined with horse-and-buggies. On the right, a cluster of men in suits appear to be conversing. Shop fronts line the left side of the street.
Main Street Homecoming
A black and white photo of Main Street during the 1950s.
Main Street Perry
The Clark Rice Photography Annotation states "Top photograph is a copy print of Main Street in Perry about 1900." Main Street in Perry filled with carriages, horses, and gentlemen on the right side of the street.
Main Street, Looking South, Geneseo NY
The distinctive "Sky Tint" blue of this postcard probably dates it to the 1920s, and in confirmation we see both horse-drawn wagons and automobiles on Geneseo's (as-yet unpaved) Main Street. At left is the sign of Frazer, Green & Leadinham's hardware…
Making Snowshoes
This series of seven photographs shows a traditional Algonquin method for constructing snowshoes. Wood, either yellow birch or ash, is bent and then strung with babiche--stretched moosehide. The lightweight apparatus then is varnished for protection…