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From a position above the ecliptic, we behold our home solar system the sun and even the planets represented as whirling energy. Alongside one planet and its moon is an inscription: "We Are Here." Beyond are fanciful galaxies, cloud nebula, and…

Winfield Holcomb Hall was built in 1969 and took its name from an earlier demonstration school at Geneseo. Its purpose was to provide hands-on experience for School of Education students in the classroom and in their research. It hosted the offices…

Picturesque view from the Highbanks area overlooking the Genesee River, toward the Mount Morris end of park

Beginning in the late 18th century, Conesus Creek and other waterways near Avon provided mechanical power for a variety of milling functions. This map shows the approximate locations of nine known mills in that area.

Given its light greens and the implied blossoms of field flowers, Patterson’s landscape may be set during springtime, in which case the lake pictured here still would be filled with meltwater. His fresh, pastel-shaded scene celebrates nature with any…

We’re asked to adopt a perspective almost never accessible to humans: near the top of a tree, at close proximity to parrots. A light wash of cloudy white and blue in the background encloses the birds; their distinctive colors echo those of the tree’s…

Original description reads "High Falls, The Crown Jewel of Brown's Race Historical District, Rochester, NY." Beginning in the 1990s the City of Rochester attempted to redevelop the former manufacturing area as a mixed housing and tourism district,…

Completed in 1848 as part of the Croton Aqueduct System, this structure originally spanned the Harlem River using 16 stone arches (later replaced by steel). At the time of Jacoby's painting, some 24 million gallons of water were passing over it every…

Scenic view from the northern end of present-day Letchworth State Park accompanied W. S. Ward's essay "The Valley of the Genesee."