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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 />

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…

The distinctive &quot;Sky Tint&quot; blue of this postcard probably dates it to the 1920s, and in confirmation we see both horse-drawn wagons and automobiles on Geneseo&#039;s (as-yet unpaved) Main Street. At left is the sign of Frazer, Green &amp; Leadinham&#039;s hardware…

The Clark Rice Photography Annotation states &quot;Top photograph is a copy print of Main Street in Perry about 1900.&quot; Main Street in Perry filled with carriages, horses, and gentlemen on the right side of the street.

A black and white photo of Main Street during the 1950s.

Contemporary local news article on Geneseo&#039;s rumored Underground Railroad tunnel

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.

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…

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…

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 />