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This otherworldly woodcut is set in a real-world location: the Corona ash dump in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Originally the site of a proposed new industrial port in the early 20th century, its owner imported trainloads of ash from Manhattan to fill…

This detail from a 1902 maps shows the Littleville area on Conesus Creek, near the village of Avon NY

An ornate ceramic pot serves as the base for seven light pink flowers. With thick brown stems and plenty of green leaves, the flowers stand strong in the pot filled with dirt. The scene depicted on the pot brings culture and an ornate air to the…

Construction of the swimming pool at Astoria Park, Queens was facilitated by funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), arriving just as Robert Moses became Commissioner of Parks for New York. Swimming in the East River at Hell Gate…

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…

Compare this slightly earlier lithograph to Campbell's New Hampshire Auction(1938) to appreciate the artist's stylistic fluidity through the years. The situation is virtually identical: we're spectators on the outer fringes, perhaps witnessing the…

"Under the Protection of Mary" is the usual translation for this emblem blessing the Catholic Church's approved ceremonial book. First published in 1829, it was by 1894 in its 8th edition and used in churches like St. Columba in Caledonia, NY.…

A deft hand with tonal color renders Fastovsky's autumnal landscape somewhat different from what we expect in paintings of that season. We look down upon a valley whose brightest colors are literally marginalized--as borders between agricultural…

We see a wooden table, whose surface appears to consist of different textures, one half smooth and the other ridged. It becomes the space for an arrangement of autumn flowers and leaves in a white ceramic bouquet vessel, flowers painted on the vase…

Against a backdrop of muted, almost murky tones in brown, green, and tan, we see a still life of flowers in an earthenware jar along with various fruits. Their colors likewise are subdued; golds, reds, and oranges are illuminated by autumnal light in…