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The Pioneer Settler Upon the Holland Purchase, and His Progress
Series of four idealized engravings depict homesteader and his wife turning Western New York wilderness into farmland, over a period of 45 years
Hogsback Overlook, Letchworth State Park
Picturesque view from the Highbanks area overlooking the Genesee River, toward the Mount Morris end of park
Photograph of Emmeline Austin Wadsworth Fountain, Geneseo NY
Popularly known as the "Bronze Bear" fountain, this Main Street landmark was commissioned by Herbert and William Austin Wadsworth in memory of their mother. It was designed by Richard Morris Hunt; provenance of the bronze sculpture is less clear. The…
Trout Fishing in the Village
Village of Mumford, NY is the location for this watercolor blending elements of natural and built environments
Sheffield Peabody, 1894
Homesteading in the Oklahoma Territory and separated from his Springwater, NY family, Peabody sat for this photograph taken on December 29, 1894. He would have been 64 years old.
"Wigwam" of the 1860 Republican Presidential Convention, Chicago
Engraving depicts wooden structure, built in just a few weeks, to hold 10,000 delegates to the party's nominating convention. In the years following it was used to hold rallies and political meetings during the Civil War before its demolition…
Agricultural Map of the State of New York
Divides the state of New York, as well as neighboring states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, into six distinct agricultural zones.
Fishing Scene from "Libeled Lady" (1936)
William Powell plays a city slicker trying to fake a knowledge of angling in Jack Conway's film
Fritz Michael's Vineyard
Fritz Michael tending to his grapes at his late 1800s-early 1900s winery in Dansville, NY. He shared his vineyard with others, including a doctor from the Jackson Sanitorium, located nearby on the same hill, who believed in a diet focusing on fresh…
Samuel Warren's Homestead
Undated photograph shows children of the Stewart family standing in front of Samuel Warren's York, New York homestead. The location now serves as the home of the Town of York Historical Society.