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The Garcia Family Photos
This image incorporates a lot of life within an oddly cropped picture of the Garcia Family. This image gives a look inside of the living conditions of migrant farmworkers, but not through the eyes of someone who knows them as a worker, instead the…
The Garcia Family Photos
This image incorporates a lot of life within an oddly cropped picture of the Garcia Family. This image gives a look inside of the living conditions of migrant farmworkers, but not through the eyes of someone who knows them as a worker, instead the…
Spectre of the Roses
This painting takes its name from Le Spectre de la rose, a short ballet created in 1911 by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer. In it, a young girl dreams of dancing with the spirit of a rose worn to her first ball. It was famous for the performance of legendary…
Perry Knitting Co. Window Display, Main Street
This photograph, taken by Clark Rice, is a bit surreal. It shows a display created for windows of the Rockwell-Perry department store, located at the corner of Main St. and Borden Ave. The theme was "Nitey Nite Songbirds" and was promoted in the…
Perry Knitting Co. Catalog Work
A shot of a young child modeling, photographed on spec for the company's product catalog. According to Clark Rice, "We did not do a lot of their catalog work. The P.K. had a photographer and an agency woman located in New York City who oversaw all…
Perry Child Model
This image is of a young Perry resident photographed by Clark Rice for prospective use in a Nitey Nite catalog. Children were given copies of the prints and were also given the pajamas they were wearing.
Silver Lake Creek Water Intake
Water intake on the Silver Lake Creek. Clark took this to show the debris that was in the creek. There is a lot of wood from structures washed up on the shore.
Perry Knitting Co. Yarn Mill
Also known at Mill #3, this building was constructed in 1899, then expanded in 1905 and again in 1920. On the reverse side of photo there is an inscription: "This building of the former Perry Knitting Company complex in Perry, Wyoming County was…