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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…
Man in Blacksmith’s Shop
Man in blacksmith’s shop. <br />
A man stands working in a cluttered blacksmith’s shop. An anvil sits in the foreground. The man holds a long rod over a pot, presumably forming the piece of metal. <br />
Man in Front Of Spools Of Thread
According to the "Perry Knitting Company News," an recurring feature in the Perry Herald, this is Stanley "Steve" Slusarczyk, a foreman in the yarn mill. At the time of this photograph he had worked at the company 48 years (Perry Herald 31 Mar. 1955:…
Man Stands at Tomato Harvesting Machine, Gibson Farm
Man stands at a machine that appears to be sorting and removing dirt from tomatoes. An advisory label on the machine reads "extreme caution" in Spanish. The photograph is part of a "Tomato Series" showing the work process at Gibson Farm.
Mandala drawing of Mexican National Emblem
Based upon an Aztec story, the Mexican coat of arms depicts a golden eagle perched upon a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake. The founding of Tenochtitlan, the island at Mexico City's center, had been prophesied to the Aztecs by traveling until…
Mandala Drawing of Roses and Stars
Inside of two stylized stars, a halo, and a ring of leafs are two roses. When this drawing was made the artist was 21 years old, and the location for the Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS) workshop was at the Colonial Motel in Oramel,…