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Gertrude Karlan Jewelry
Born in New York, from a young age Karlan’s artistic endeavors cut across different forms: music, painting, jewelry. At left, we see two brooches and a necklace displayed at a 1946 Museum of Modern Art show on "Modern Handmade Jewelry." Karlan's…
Salt Manufacture at Syracuse
This engraving shows four views of the Onondaga Salt Company, located in Syracuse, NY. Due to an unusual geologic formation, salt springs located near the south end of Onandaga Lake had been an object of interest from the beginning of European…
Tags: Onondaga Lake; Salt Mines; Syracuse, NY; Watersheds
Ramapo "In Ye Olden Times"
Dating to a time when water power was essential to manufacturing, the "Ramapo Works" (later simply Ramapo) were located at the base of Torne Mountain. A nail manufacturer from New York City named Josiah B. Pierson purchased the land in 1795, built a…
Tags: Map; Ramapo River; Ramapo, NY; Watersheds
Celluloid Lighting Apparatus
Motoichi "Roy" Kadowaki was a Japanese-American artist; four of his paintings are at the New Deal Gallery, Mt. Morris. What we know of him is that his vocation always had to be supported by a variety of service jobs deemed appropriate for Japanese in…
Gerrit Hondius, 1956
Hondius (1891-1970), a New Deal Gallery artist, was born in Holland and fled Europe in 1915 amidst the Great War. He studied at Royal Academy in The Hague and the Laren Art Colony, then in New York at the Art Students League. He was known for his…
Tags: Gerrit Hondius; New Deal Gallery; Painter
Photograph of Inez Abernathy
Abernathy (1873-1956) was a landscape painter whose work is located at the New Deal Gallery, Mt. Morris. In order to support herself, she also was an art instructor at various colleges: Belmont College (TN), Stanford Female College (KY), Columbia…
Tags: Inez Abernathy; New Deal Gallery; Painter
Photograph of Bena Frank and Ralph Mayer
Bena Frank (1898-1991) was a painter whose work for the Federal Art Project is displayed at the New Deal Gallery, Mt. Morris. She was a founding member of the New York Society of Women Artists. In 1927 she married artist Ralph Mayer (1895-1979), a…
Tags: Bena Frank; New Deal Gallery; Painter; Ralph Mayer
Drawings of Third Infantry Division, WWII
Richard Gaige grew up in Binghamton, NY, studied art at Syracuse University, then moved to New York City to pursue an career. Among other things he painted for the Federal Art Project; two of his works are at the New Deal Gallery. A year after…
Study for "Black River Canal--1845"
Along with her sister Suzanne, McCullough was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to create a mural for the Boonville, NY post office (constructed in 1937). This 1838 study for the larger mural, completed the next year, is the same in…
Tags: Black River; Black River Canal; Boonville; Canals; Watersheds