1 10 20 https://openvalley.org/files/original/7a840599758596784698187fa9d9ba6d.jpg 4f67c92b1b89912255cae766f4a77dd1 https://openvalley.org/files/original/b378f6b97a0dd49108d7b591e77863ab.jpg 5fd4e19024e041bd21e3f27a0684c653 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Book plate Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reference Map of Monroe Co., New York Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1877 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived W H McIntosh, History of Monroe County, New York (Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign & Everts, 1877): 6 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.8 MB jpeg, 1.3 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Description An account of the resource Map of post-bellum Rochester puts an emphasis upon the city's developing industrial infrastructure: canals, roads, railroads, and a very short-lived steamship to Canada named the Norseman. Oddly, the one specific businesses mentioned is the Rochester Brick and Tile works, perhaps due to the pace of building at the time. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Everts, Ensign, & Everts Map Railroads Rochester, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/ec2ad0d4a93a7733f263da608bda4e80.jpg 516c39baf2254d902b427e9ca232c277 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 9.5 x 33 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genesee River View Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Haines Photo Co., Conneaut, Ohio Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2007662056/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 896 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Description An account of the resource Wide-angle panorama of looks west where the Erie Canal crosses the aqueduct at present-day Broad Street. Its course points toward the tower of Rochester's city hall. Directly across the Genesee we see factory of Cluett Peabody & Co., manufacturer of Arrow Shirt Collars; the smokestack to its right is topped by a statue of Mercury, created in 1881 for the Kimball Tobacco Co. formerly at this location. To the left, Court Street Bridge has railroad terminals on either side of the Genesee: on this side, the Lehigh Valley (still standing today as Dinosaur Bar B Que restaurant); on the far side the Erie Railroad. The sign at near right for the "People's Safety Show" probably dates the photo to 1914, advertising an exposition on worker safety at the Rochester Convention Center. Cluett Peabody & Co. Erie Canal Erie Railroad Genesee River Lehigh Valley Rail Road Rochester, NY Watersheds https://openvalley.org/files/original/e8ce159b666148e4f4c92cba36ed8357.jpg 81f2fccfb8be3593e820ebbc849e300a https://openvalley.org/files/original/8846cf87efe650ec885f9817a8d219d6.jpg 3587425102d10215f0b0595c29617818 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource View of Sea Breeze, One of Rochester's Beautiful Summer Resorts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rochester News Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1907-1915 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 654 KB jpeg, 399 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Description An account of the resource Overlooking Lake Ontario, this amusement park has remained in operation since its opening in 1879--making it America's fourth-oldest such operation. It originated as a trolly destination in an era without air conditioning; temperatures due to the lake-breeze effect could be 10 degrees cooler. In the postcard we see travelers on the Rochester & Suburban Railway debarking upon company land, anticipating various concessions and by the time of this photograph several rides--including carousels and a figure-eight roller coaster. In 1920 Sea Breeze built its famous wooden "Jack Rabbit" roller coaster, currently the second-oldest one in the US. Through financial challenges, new owners, destructive fires, and social change it has managed to remain open and share its pleasures with new generations. Amusement Park Irondequoit, NY Lake Ontario Post Card Rochester, NY Sea Breeze https://openvalley.org/files/original/97694477f27a75126ba8b7217e676578.jpg 6a61562786a2de9a199820c3cdeb34ba https://openvalley.org/files/original/bd132820599fd7ece12f0f1e3dc4b110.jpg b8edbf609fc988e18ec528abdd177003 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Public Market, Rochester NY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-12-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 552 KB jpeg, 469 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Description An account of the resource At the time of this photograph in the early 1900s, Rochester's public market had been in operation for more than seventy years. Initially located on Main Street just west of the Genesee River, it opened in 1827 and then moved to its current location on Union Street in 1905. Thus, the postcard depicts a modern facility supplied by farmers who have traveled via horse and wagon. It wasn't until 1913 that the City of Rochester allowed farmers to sell directly to the public, so this scene is best appreciated as a brokers' market. In the years since, it has remained viable despite the emergence of huge (suburban) grocery chains that doomed public markets in other cities. Today, an estimated 2.4 million people visit the market annually, perhaps 40,000 on a busy Saturday. It remains one of the most economically and culturally diverse locations in the Rochester metropolitan area, and recently has undergone renovations such that a new outdoor shed closely resembles the one pictured on this postcard. market Post Card Public Market Rochester, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/aad63460c02abdfc6b76603f22a6793f.jpg e5cc525465f0213e01162d979fae051e https://openvalley.org/files/original/2c8136a024ce5a0b90063d6ab5bfae65.jpg 90daac61a1b4561522b5a154591be4d3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lower Falls of the Genesee, Rochester NY Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 663 KB jpeg, 331 KB Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Scrantom Wetmore & Co., Publishers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-1910 Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Description An account of the resource Five miles downstream from here, the Genesee River empties into Lake Ontario at Charlotte, and the base of the falls has been a major spawning ground for salmon and lake trout until non-native fish like the alewife reduced their numbers. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/seth-green--home-waters">The fisherman Seth Green</a> ran a large commercial operation nearby in the lower gorge; ironically, his success also contributed to declining stocks and led to his experiments in pisciculture and eventually a fish hatchery located in Caledonia, NY. At the time of this photograph, an extensive engineering project recently had constructed Rochester Gas & Electric's Hydro Station #15--a portion of which is shown at left--and transformed the falls themselves. An 80-foot long concrete facing raised the falls to a height of 96 feet and created an intake dam 17 feet in depth. The building at right is a remaining part of the settlement called McCrackenville, chartered in 1821 and best known as an industrial site: flour and paper milling, carpet-making, furniture manufacture, a tannery. In 1850 the city of Rochester annexed the land as part of its plans for residential development along Lake Avenue; eventually it was remade as Lower Falls Park, from which visitors have a spectacular view of the gorge. Genesee River Lower Falls, Rochester McCrackenville pisciculture Post Card Rochester Gas and Electric Rochester, NY Seth Green Watershed https://openvalley.org/files/original/0e9a94ce714466166919bf9fbeb26185.jpg a54a5450c39ff172fc79a407c4cafee6 https://openvalley.org/files/original/bcf7a9ea3e25d2919f15d0071eb96358.jpg 2c56b93826367ac1c654800176e9bb75 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Middle Falls of the Genesee, Rochester NY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Souvenir Post Card Co., NY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909-08-18 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 736 KB jpeg, 465 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Description An account of the resource A mile and a half downstream from Rochester's Upper Falls (later, "High Falls"), its Middle Falls originally had a height of 25 feet and were featured in Thomas Davies' 1768 engraving of the area. Here, we see one of two masonry dams built at the site. In 1917, one of the old dams was demolished to build a new moveable one, whose primary function now was to channel water through a tunnel--20 feet in diameter, 1500 feet long--to a generating station located at the base of Lower Falls. That dam project may cause the "Middle Falls" to lose its designation as a waterfall, considered an "historical" one instead. Dam Genesee River Middle Falls, Rochester Rochester, NY Waterfalls Watershed https://openvalley.org/files/original/48c5bded616e2fa9675ce7c4fbeeb025.jpg a3728c209bebee0ad5a72c23df4704aa https://openvalley.org/files/original/7c7feb9691d57f6fae2f70829f6997d2.jpg b07ed5d0fd9f9971e4270214f886c5b1 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kodak Park, Home of Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester NY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Manson News Agency Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1945 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 628 KB jpeg, 259 KB Description An account of the resource Following the success of George Eastman's introduction of affordable cameras, the company's manufacturing infrastructure expanded rapidly. Postcard announces Rochester company as the "largest industry of its kind in the world." At its height in the mid-1960s, Kodak Park was comprised of 1,300 acres on a parcel four miles long, and housed 140 manufacturing buildings. At this location Kodak manufactured film, photographic paper, processing chemicals, magnetic tape, and some 4,000 other "research chemicals." 20,000 employees worked there, so the company's description of Kodak Park as "virtually a city within a city" was justified. As a consequence of its chemical production, Kodak Park also had an outsized ecological footprint--one that became increasingly public by the 1980s in the wake of Love Canal. Dioxin, methylene chloride, and many other hazardous wastes led to its status as (by far) the largest polluter in Western New York. Between 1974 and 2007, Kodak secretly operated a small nuclear reactor; in 2013 it was revealed that the company had buried radioactive waste at the western edge of this complex. The two large smokestacks at the photo's center were part of a coal-fired electrical plant that burned perhaps 600,000 tons of coal per year generting up to 200 megawatts--the equivalent of a city of 200,000. In 2018, one of only three such plants in New York state, converted to natural gas (also a fossil fuel). Several buildings were demolished, the plot of land was renamed Eastman Business Park, and its chemical reckoning continues. Works Consulted: Eastman Kodak, The Kodak Park Works: Where Kodak Film, Papers, and Chemicals are Made (1964) Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Coal Eastman kodak company Genesee River George Eastman Kodak Park Pollution Post Card Rochester, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/1025ebc0db164225f1cfb80188798387.jpg 733221be45c977815509e32277eb572e https://openvalley.org/files/original/d2968d76aca1194b9d2358bbd0f147c4.jpg eb15c26980e21bf8fec14ea4d3bc4255 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mills of Genesee Valley Description An account of the resource Before the commercial extraction of fossil fuels from the Oil Creek region of northern Pennsylvania, most mechanical work in the Genesee Valley was done by human and animal power, or some source ultimately derived from the sun: burning wood, wind power, or flowing water. The exception to this, of course, was coal--by the 1880s America's dominant source of energy. Due to the Genesee region's ample supply of wood and running water, along with the cost of shipping coal, it's quite common to find instances of various water mills in the area's history. They were adapted to a wide range of uses: cutting wood into timber and milling it into specialized shapes (lumber mill); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (grist mill); grinding wheat or other grains (flour mill); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (paper mill); fabricating metals (triphammer mill); powering industrial equipment (textile mill); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines. This collection gathers various documents concerning mills in the Genesee Valley. In addition to images and written texts, there is also an interactive map illustrating the density of their usage during the mid-nineteenth century. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Upper Falls, Genesee River, Rochester NY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rochester News Co. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 608 KB jpeg, 343 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Description An account of the resource At nearly 100 feet in height, the "High Falls" were a determining factor in the location of Rochester. Mills took advantage of the drop and the Genesee River's water flow in the form of mills, beginning in 1807 and especially in the years following construction of Brown's Race--which enabled numerous mills to operate along the western banks. Less than a mile upriver, the Erie Canal was routed so as to pass near this important manufacturing and milling location. At one point Rochester was milling more than 500,000 barrels of wheat flour per year before the wheat midge drastically curtailed production in the Genesee Valley. In the postcard, at left of the falls is Rochester Gas and Electric's Hydro Station #4 (since abandoned), and crossing the river is a New York Central Railroad viaduct. At right is the Gorsline Building, reconstructed in 1888 as a shoe factory after a major fire that killed perhaps 35 workers. Structural problems nearly led to its demolition, but it was partially demolished and renovated during the late 1990s for use as office space. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1934 Genesee River High Falls Mill New York Central Railroad Post Card Rochester Gas and Electric Rochester, NY Upper Falls https://openvalley.org/files/original/b2ba1b663a351af5cb2270c0487ff947.jpg 811b7584ca1ccdc43ea8067d9e2643d5 https://openvalley.org/files/original/f13b115394385ab8db874bd7c1e95c3a.jpg 71a2716fe2dc661b63371deab9d9e150 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mt. Hope Reservoir, Rochester NY Description An account of the resource In 1873 work began on a water system for the city of Rochester--an earlier one had failed due to poor construction--that would draw from Hemlock Lake in Livingston County, nearly thirty miles distant. By this point the growing city of some 70,000 still drew its water from wells and cisterns; diseases like cholera and dysentery were common because wells were located near cesspits. When a fire broke out the city depended upon water from the Erie Canal or Genesee River. Hemlock Lake was 385 feet higher than the reservoir and as such gravity fed. It was completed in 1876 and later, in 1919, was expanded to include nearby Canadice Lake. Today, what's now called the Highland Reservoir looks much as it did in this old photograph. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Scrantom Wetmore & Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901-1907 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 602 KB jpeg, 287 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Canadice Lake Hemlock Lake Highland Reservoir Mt. Hope Reservoir Post Card Rochester, NY Watershed https://openvalley.org/files/original/ca5e97830425c9cadd9b5b12a7898003.jpg 31359f89f22c9f11d80d8e390d1575c4 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource North American Hotel Description An account of the resource Scan of an 1891 photograph of the North American Hotel in Rochester, NY. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Monroe County NY Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1891 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 215 KB Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Chauvin, Noah Hotel Rochester, NY Temperance