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Cole--Old North Church.jpg
The Old North Church towers over a dismal, darkened street. A break of sunlight gradually illuminates the peaks of the buildings, sidewalk near the church, and the almost nonvisible side of the church’s steeple. There is a hazy quality to the…

Lakeville Mill front.jpg

Corn Planter.jpg
Prior to the 1800s, corn was planted by hand in hillocks or rows. Industrial technologies profoundly affected agriculture with many patent machines like this horse-drawn planter designed by Calvin Olds. In a language typical for other devices of the…

Geneseo Bridge front.jpg

Olean Retaining Wall 1972.jpg

CW- Omniscience.docx

Morosoff - On the Rocks.JPG
This dramatic view of a coastal shoreline and shipwreck is lit with the light pinks and blues of twilight. At left, a rocky coast and cliffs in the background; in the foreground, breaking waves and foamy aquamarines. The abandoned ship itself tilts…

Lange--Missouri Farmer.jpg

Hondius--One Ring Circus.jpg
In circular composition, we behold a miniature world. Three glamorous horseback performers; a clown and his costumed dog at lower left; a crowd of spectators beholding the action: all orbit around a circular red carpet. At right is an ambiguous…

Open House for Nitey Nite.jpg
Large advertisement for the Perry Knitting Co.'s open house of May 27, 1953 promises lots of information and "guided tours through 21 operating departments." In the meantime, the flyer mentions some striking statistics: That a year's supply of…
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