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Still Image
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Painting
Physical Dimensions
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11.75 x 17.5 in.
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Title
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Cohoes Falls on Mohawk River, New York
Creator
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Smith, John Rubens (1775-1849)
Date
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Unknown
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1974, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12614">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a><br />Via <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">Wikimedia Commons</a>
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jpeg, 951 KB
jpeg, 515 KB
Description
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Watercolor and graphite composition captures the 1,000-ft. wide falls two miles upstream from where Mohawk joins the Hudson River. The name may derive from the Mohawk phrase "a canoe falling"--a wry bit of humor. According to an 1813 description, the "river is seen gliding over a granitic rock, smoothed by its own operations, and bordered with rocky banks, supporting a sterile soil and a stinted growth of pine, hemlock, cedar and other evergreens, till it arrive at the fall, down which it pours at high water, in one sheet of near 70 feet: but at low water, descends, in excavated courses, some in cataracts, and some in oblique or zig-zag precipices, affording a most sublime and picturesque combination of bold force and violence" (Horatio Gates Spafford, <em><a href="https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofstate01spaf/page/170">A Gazetteer of the State of New-York</a>, </em>p. 170).<br /><br />In 1831, the river was dammed for manufacturing purposes and its flow has been regulated since the 1930s, when it was converted for electricity generation.
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
electricity
Hudson River
Milling
Mohawk River
Waterfalls
Watershed
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Lithograph
Physical Dimensions
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14 1/2 x 21 7/16 in.
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Title
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Palisades (No. 19, Hudson River Portfolio)
Description
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In the summer of 1820, Wall toured the Hudson River and painted a series of watercolors that then would be etched and issued to subscribers in series of four prints. The text accompanying this images reads: "The Pallisadoes consist of a line of rugged and perpendicular bluffs, which at a few miles distance from the city of New-York, margin for a considerable distance and overlook the bed of the Hudson river...Rising in savage grandeur, and stretching their tree-crowned summits far as the vision can compass, these rocks are too prominent a feature in the scenery of the Hudson to be overlooked. The shore...is abrupt, and the water sufficiently deep to allow vessels, even of considerable burthen, to approach within a short distance...The height of these bluffs....rising from 400 to 800 feet, exhibiting...steep and solid masses of stupendous stone, and presenting here and there deep cavities, where the eagle builds his nest among the cliffs."
Creator
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Hill, John (1770-1850) (Etcher)
Wall, William Guy (b. 1792) (Artist)
Smith, John Rubens (1775-1849) (Etcher)
Publisher
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Megarey, Henry J. (1818-1845)
Date
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1820
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954<br /><br /><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/357126">Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art</a><br /><br /><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">Via Wikimedia Commons</a>
Hudson Palisades
Hudson River
Wall, William Guy
Watershed
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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4 x 5 in.
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Title
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Erie-Lackawanna Bridge, Salamanca NY, 1972
Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "Flooding in area of Erie-Lackawanna bridge over Little Valley Creek in West Salamanca. "
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 716 KB
Allegheny River
Erie Railroad
flood of 1972
Salamanca, NY
Watershed
-
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Tank Truck in Olean, NY, 1972
Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "With public water supplies washed out many communities such as Olean got water from tank trucks."
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 1 MB
Allegheny River
flood of 1972
Olean, NY
Watershed
-
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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4 x 5 in.
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Title
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Olean Retaining Wall During Hurricane Agnes
Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, taken alongside Olean Creek, the caption reads: "Water nearing the top of Front St. retaining wall in Olean."
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 927 KB
Type
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Photograph
Allegheny River
flood of 1972
Hurricane Agnes
Olean Creek
Olean, NY
Watershed
-
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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4 x 5 in.
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Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "Salamanca’s Main St. after the Allegheny River receded."
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 876 KB
Type
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Photograph
Title
A name given to the resource
Main St. of Salamanca, NY After Hurricane Agnes
Allegheny River
flood of 1972
Hurricane Agnes
Salamanca, NY
Watershed
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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4 x 5 in.
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Title
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Allegheny Valley Farm During 1972 Flood
Description
An account of the resource
Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded.
Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "An Allegheny valley farm east of Olean was typical of many gutted throughout the Southern Tier."
Publisher
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W.H. Greenhow Co.
Date
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1972
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<em>Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review </em>(Hornell, NY: 1972)<br /><br />Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
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jpeg, 917 KB
Type
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Photograph
Allegheny River
flood of 1972
Hurricane Agnes
Olean, NY
Watershed
-
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Bird's Eye View
Physical Dimensions
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3 x 7 cm.
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Title
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Charles Lenker's Property, Freeport NY
Description
An account of the resource
Excerpted from <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3804f.pm005650/?r=0.287,0.382,0.395,0.177,0">a larger bird's-eye view</a> of Freeport, NY this image shows an agricultural business located on North Main Street; we see a streetcar in the foreground. Lenker is described as a "Florist and Nurseryman," although given Freeport's proximity to Manhattan he may have grown produce for the city as well. In addition to outdoor fields, several large greenhouses are part of the operation. The windmill may have been used to circulate air, but it's more likely to have operated an irrigation system. Today Freeport still "draws its water supply from eight operating wells that have been drilled into Magothy Aquifer at depths ranging from 500 feet to 640 feet. This aquifer, which was originally created by a glaciers action, is held in place by sand and pressure of the ocean water that surrounds Long Island" (<a href="https://www.freeportny.com/index.aspx?nid=36">Village of Freeport</a>).
Creator
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Hughes & Bailey
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1909
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Original image: Library of Congress
Format
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jpeg, 554 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Agriculture
Freeport, NY
Long Island
Watershed
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Title
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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. <br /><br />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 (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />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
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Old Water Wheel, Lakeville NY
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 878 KB
jpeg, 522 KB
Publisher
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F. M. Acker, Lakeville NY
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1913-07-30?
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Postcard
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard shows view of a decrepit water wheel, almost certainly located at the outlet of Conesus Lake where it becomes Conesus Creek. If so, then the photograph shows remnants of what had been a broom-handle factory operated by L.P. West, then upgraded by Henry Spencer during the 1880s to include manufacture of pumps, ladders, and farm gates. Spencer also added steam power so as to continue operations during times of low water flow. But by 1895 or 1896 the business had faded away but not, as the photo suggests, interest in its picturesque water wheel.
Conesus Creek
Conesus Lake
Genesee River
Lakeville, NY
Mill
Watershed
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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. <br /><br />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 (<strong>lumber mill</strong>); grinding corn into animal feed or for distilling alcohol (<strong>grist mill</strong>); grinding wheat or other grains (<strong>flour mill</strong>); creating boxes and other products from wood pulp (<strong>paper mill</strong>); fabricating metals (<strong>triphammer mill</strong>); powering industrial equipment <strong>(textile mill</strong>); and by the 1880s creating electricity via turbines.<br /><br />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
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Original Format
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Postcard
Physical Dimensions
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3.5 x 5 in.
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Title
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Genesee Falls, Belmont NY
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Courtesy of Ken Cooper
Format
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jpeg, 767 KB
jpeg, 557 KB
Description
An account of the resource
Postcard view of waterfall in the town that is seat of government in Allegany County. Originally named Philipsville, its population grew rapidly following construction of an Erie Railroad line--pictured at left--in 1850. As of 1860 there were two sawmills and a flour mill using water power available in the area: in this postcard, the Genesee River, and less than a mile downstream its tributaries Philips Creek and Van Campen Creek.
Date
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1910-08-30
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Postcard
Belmont, NY
Erie Railroad
Genesee River
Milling
Watershed