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Two views of a Wadsworth grist mill located on Conesus Creek in the southern part of the town of Avon, N.Y. It was one of several mills in the area owned by the Wadsworth family of Geneseo, N.Y., beginning in the late eighteenth century.

Number 32 on the Burleigh map, the establishment of W[illiam] H. Walker (1839-1917) dates back to at least the late 1870s. His various advertisements are energetic specimens of the day, utilizing all available clip art and typographical tricks to…

A glowing circumference encloses what may be a family portrait: two people sit alongside the ocean under an umbrella, turtles and palm trees nearby. On the water are three sailboats, each with a name: Eddy, Eddie, and Luci. Their voyages aren't…

Collection of poems writing by migrant farmworkers, primarily during the 1970s and '80s. Some of the works had appeared in self-published photocopied editions, others in scholarly journals. Most of the poems were written by Black farmworkers who…

Publicity photo shows a child pointing at the skeleton of a brontosaurus. Visible in the background is a painted diorama to enhance the scene.

The Rice Collection annotation reads: &quot;Another part of the operation of the Nitey Nite line in the Mill, Open House, 1954.&quot;<br /> <br /> This date probably is wrong, since there is no mention of a PKC open house in the newspapers that year. On May 27, 1953 the…

As the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT explains: "European Cabinets of Art and Curiosity were places of universal learning in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries....They were the museums of their time, offering visitors first-hand knowledge of…

We see at close range a female of Odocoileus virginianus, also known as white-tailed deer. Their range encompasses most of the United States, and they are the most numerous of that family here. Karlan’s painting depends less upon its anatomical…

Unofficially known as the "Oh My God" Road, this winding route was created to service silver mines, some of which are visible in the postcard view. It's of interest because this location probably was the basis for New Deal Gallery artist Philip…

Near top center, the warehouse of produce agents Capron and Fowler sits next to the Erie Railroad--where Sheffield Peabody sold much of his produce