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This dramatic still life is created using bold brush strokes and skillful blending, combined with high-contrast lighting. Two vases—one of gladiolus, the other filled with yellow roses—sit upon a small table near a brick wall and arched window. A…

A clear glass vase holds a bouquet of mostly red flowers, with one yellow flower in the center. These flowers are thought to be zinnias. The goblet-like vase is sitting on a table draped over with a red patterned tablecloth. The background is a…

This poem written in July 2002 by Jose Coyote Pérez explains migrant farming in a contrasting way. Pérez expresses that he feels like he is nature/the earth because of his good work always being taken advantage of. "Human beings are killing me/even…

This is a photograph of John Eugene Harmon in his uniform, upon returning home from military service during World War I. A member of Company C, Sixth Engineers, he had been wounded during the Battle of Amiens in 1918 and recovered in France. Back…

Number 27 on the Burleigh map, Boorman's store was a frequent advertiser for its many services. The enterprise was started by Thomas Boorman, a Scottish immigrant whose trade of painting and wallpaper led him to open a small store. It grew in size…

Number 45 on the Burleigh map, the firm alongside the Erie Railroad dates to 1892 when John Ball (1855-1936) formed a partnership with his younger brother Thomas--who had been a principal in the firm of Ball & Donahue. Eventually their facility came…

This mandala drawing, while simple and unfinished, includes a lot of depth and nuance to it. Created by Johana, this mandala includes a heart at the center with vibrant flowers growing out of it. In the center of the heart is Johana's name in pencil…

Spare composition of an open space, perhaps parkland, is most distinctive in its use of linear elements. The horizontals of skyline and a row of plantings across the middle of painting are intersected by verticals of trees and, in the distance, lines…

The plant depicted here probably is a Japanese arrowhead (Saggitaria japonica), which is native to marshes and due to its edible tuber occasionally called a “duck potato.” Kadowaki’s interest certainly is aesthetic—due to its distinctive leafs and…