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Map shows a somewhat idealized pattern of migrant farm labor on the east coast during the mid-twentieth century. As many as an estimated 58,000 workers in 1949 followed harvests northward. They were primarily Black, and worked in "areas of intensive…

Composite image created from two U.S. Army Engineer maps of 1972 hurricane

Map of areas impacted by the June 1972 Hurricane

Map of areas impacted by the June 1972 Hurricane

Chart created by the US Department of Agriculture shows county-level production of the more widely grown "upland cotton" variety. Although much of the old "Cotton Kingdom" of the antebellum south still produces this commodity, Texas has supplanted…

Near the location of the Groveland Shaker Colony (1837-1892), and then the Craig Colony for Epileptics (1894-1988) was a tract of land sometimes called the "Big Woods." By the early 1960s, the de-institutionalization movement presaged closure of the…

Brilliant colors of red, white, green, and deep blues and purples stand out in this crown of flowers set against a monochrome backdrop. The flowers are supported via ceramic vase, as the flowers fawn out from the mouth of the vase; this whole…

Held in Buffalo, NY, the wonders of Niagara Falls electricity were shown via 240,000 lightbulbs

An aerial photograph showing the village of Geneseo and the surrounding area.

An aerial photograph of Dansville, New York, showing Dansville and the surrounding areas.