1 10 8 https://openvalley.org/files/original/2f39d9f855befaeb600269f4cc92da95.jpg 25674192270f211bc86a42a26b1aeb74 https://openvalley.org/files/original/7cfcd467cf4f69a0e7bdbe3458a2abac.jpg 10463e6d98268c545d08adef1297117f https://openvalley.org/files/original/50fdda3df8af8fa17e579efa8c36516e.jpg 2041f8b264604de653da649a9ded9ef4 https://openvalley.org/files/original/7a0b229d7b568bdd3f1ecc7e26deabd2.jpg 1ff9a4a2a422a4b38e44c8bede20b056 https://openvalley.org/files/original/b966cbc4920e4277cc09e8c6e21427ac.jpg 711ab34782486603a3136981ee032c1a https://openvalley.org/files/original/750d435dcdfceecb29d3113ad8067d90.jpg 98e24f2313d4da2e8bd98f7251d9662b https://openvalley.org/files/original/bcf483b37fad09d57ff570e9cad27b32.jpg f2cad1ae77f3e15989a32a24e88148aa https://openvalley.org/files/original/68636d81ce22090264a009111a42a0da.jpg 5a7654b57b9afe19fb47b7511ac7d127 https://openvalley.org/files/original/2ea802a71cfaf19310078930e0e40a0d.jpg 44ef620f2fa2b89ac1ef08426785151c https://openvalley.org/files/original/f745d6523f40947bae2eb1ea98d3be96.jpg b631e91e3c4d6cac419d4bce523292db https://openvalley.org/files/original/be25d45c05615a72ef44fc14778950b9.jpg e4f318315735bad3697cfdf634d2d9ab 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 album Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 2.75 x 4 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 Grand Canyon of the East--Historic Letchworth State Park Description An account of the resource Mini-postcard album features ten views of the local attraction: Middle Falls, Mt. Morris Dam, Letchworth State Park Museum, Upper Falls, Glen Iris Inn, Statue of Mary Jemison, Inspiration Point, the "Scenic Gorge of the Genesee River," Lower Falls, and Wolf Creek. The object also is notable for this specimen of tourist prose: "Long ago when the Seneca Indians were masters of a forest empire, this was Portage, the carrying place for war conoes. The beauty of the three great Falls and the magnificence of the gorge of the Genesee cast its spell over the untutored Red Man. The White men came and called the place 'The Grand Canyon of the East.'" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charlene Williams (?) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mike Roberts Color Production Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-1960 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 Eleven jpegs, each around 1 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard album Glen Iris Inn Inspiration Point Letchworth State Park Lower Falls Middle Falls Mt. Morris dam Post Card Upper Falls William Pryor Letchworth Wolf Creek https://openvalley.org/files/original/15b439a3a6db148853586ef3dd6f2d44.jpg cf8101a215cd1c054bf4e5afab31a733 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 Engraving 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 Railroad Bridge, Portage Description An account of the resource Famous Erie Railroad viaduct over Upper Falls at Portage, located in present-day Letchworth State Park, accompanied W. S. Ward's essay "The Valley of the Genesee." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Woodward, J. Douglas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available D. Appleton & Co, Publishers, New York Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood. Vol 2. Ed. William Cullen Bryant. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1874: 353. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 480 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Engraving Erie Railroad Genesee River Letchworth State Park Portageville, NY Upper Falls Viewpoints https://openvalley.org/files/original/ab08c2c2329030a3325ac1085d382f64.jpg 4331c333cc3e18997f4e9eca994d279f 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 Engraving 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 Glen Iris Description An account of the resource Illustration from anthology of poems entitled "Voices of the Glen" shows William P. Letchworth's Glen Iris estate with Upper Falls and Erie railroad viaduct in background Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Whitney, E. J. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Auspices of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1876 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stappenbeck, Austin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry R. Howland, ed. (?). "Voices of the Glen," Rev. ed. Published under the auspices of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (1911). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg,, 141 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Engraving Erie Railroad Glen Iris Inn Glen Iris, Upper Falls Voices of the Glen William Pryor Letchworth https://openvalley.org/files/original/2307c2a4087a5a4bd17e74f6c4af9a79.jpg 20575369105dc7eaec9b5f0242df77e5 https://openvalley.org/files/original/5c35a0e2d392848e09d19c7194093e11.jpg 7d8387c210acb8651a869470eafb360b 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, Letchworth State Park, N.Y. Description An account of the resource Hand-colored postcard depicts the Upper Falls of Genese River near Portage. Usually shown with the Erie Railroad bridge, this view focuses upon the falls themselves, looking downstream. Genesee Gorge Series: No. 22 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Albertype Co., Brooklyn NY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Lee Folts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-1915 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 657 KB jpeg, 370 Kb Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Genesee Gorge Series Genesee River Letchworth State Park Upper Falls https://openvalley.org/files/original/ac5fd6fd3d7eb08661818e0bc1fc7445.jpg 3143a51684bb0233a363a3c38c352f1e https://openvalley.org/files/original/faee8d4fd2c561529752c9d3f24079e9.jpg 8e0cb7acc7fb276029e166d0a975d171 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 and Portage (Erie R.R.) Bridge, Letchworth State Park, N.Y. Description An account of the resource Hand-colored postcard shows the iconic iron viaduct built in 1875 after a fire destroyed the original wooden bridge earlier that year. Genesee Gorge Series: No. 23 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Albertype Co., Brooklyn NY Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Lee Folts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-1920 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 633 KB jpeg, 352 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Erie Railroad Genesee Gorge Series Genesee River Letchworth State Park Portageville Viaduct Upper Falls 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/ad6b39d43ccf778a67c15fca5a2aaf8a.jpg 19f9c51768289b77b059fd65140be345 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 Engraving 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 of the Genesee, ca. 1761 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Davies, Thomas, 1737-1812 (artist) Mazell, Peter, 1761-1802 (engraver) Gavit & Duthrie (copy of engraving) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1761-1762 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 660 KB Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pouchot, Pierre, and Franklin Benjamin Hough, Memoir upon the late war in North America, between the French and English, 1755-60 : followed by observations upon the theatre of actual war, and by new details concerning the manners and customs of the Indians ; with topographical map, W. Elliot Woodward, 1866. <a href="https://archive.org/details/memoiruponlatewa02pouc/page/n196?q=Casconchiagon+davies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Via Internet Archive</a> Description An account of the resource This is one of the earliest known images of waterfalls in the vicinity of present-day Rochester, NY. Davies, a British Army officer, had trained to provide drawings for military. The drawing here was one of a series produced during the French and Indian War, especially of the Niagara and Genesee Rivers. The caption reads: "South East View of the Great Cataract on Casconchiagon or Little Seneca's River, Lake Ontario, 1768. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Genesee River High Falls Thomas Davies Upper Falls Watersheds https://openvalley.org/files/original/70175823874e76bccd2fedbda571352b.jpg d17ea7cadede2892dbe77d3ab7726bcf https://openvalley.org/files/original/44bc6f36ed04714a71c2ade6d1edf1fb.jpg f19b266eefe5f38b67a106a728091db3 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 Dry plate negative 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 Genesee Falls, Rochester NY Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.1 MB jpeg, 5.3 MB Description An account of the resource Photograph from a now-defunct news service company shows the High Falls area of Genesee River. At right we see the Gorsline Building that housed three main manufacturing operations at this time: Williams, Hoyt & Co. (a maker of shoes); the Rochester Folding Box Company; and Genesee Lithographic. Previously at this location had been the Steam Gauge and Lantern Works factory. In 1888 a major fire destroyed the building and killed an estimated 34 men and boys. Note: there are two images here, a slightly cropped image of a smaller file size, and a larger file of the original image. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Detroit Publishing Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2016805433" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><www.loc.gov/item/2016805433/></a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Genesee River Gorsline Building High Falls Rochester, NY Upper Falls Watersheds