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Still Image
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Original Format
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Film negative
Physical Dimensions
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4 x 5 in. or smaller
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Title
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Friend Family Moving Into Housing at Nesbitt Farm, Albion NY
Description
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Labor shortages on Western New York farms during World War II led to various programs for making up the shortfall: the "Farm Cadets" youth program; calls for community volunteers; guest workers from Jamaica and the Bahamas; and prisoner of war labor. <br /><br />The photograph here is one in a series documenting how an Albion, NY farmer named David Nesbitt contracted through the US Employment Service to transport a family from Richmond, WV. Bryant Friend--along with his father, wife Hazel, and daughter--are shown entering a formerly abandoned house on the Nesbitt farm. On another photograph in the series, it is noted that "So urgent was the need for immediate farm labor that even before the Friends moved in, they were working in the fields of David Nesbitt."
Creator
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Collier, John Jr.
Publisher
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Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information
Date
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1942-09
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8c28023/?st=image" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy Library of Congress</a>
Format
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jpeg, 247 KB
Type
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Still image
Albion, NY
Farm labor
Migrant Labor
World War II
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
Physical Dimensions
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9.25 x 7.5 in.
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Title
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Apple Bin at H.J. Heinz Plant, Medina
Description
An account of the resource
The agricultural region of Orleans county supported several large food processing plants, among them the Olney Canning Company in Albion, NY and the H. J. Heinz factory in Medina, NY. The latter was built in 1899 as the seventh branch factory of Heinz, for the purpose of making vinegar. Here we see in a photograph from 1908 indicating the scale of production that was implied. Bulk apples that were considered "seconds" either were processed for sauce or, more likely in Medina, vinegar. <br /><br />During World War II the Heinz plant was considered an important processor to support US troops--it produced a meat-and-stew ration--and as such was allocated labor via several means. Some hands came from Jamaica or the Bahamas through a guest worker program; others were Italian or German prisoners of war. Even so, there were constant emergency appeals during the harvest season, often depending upon women to work in the factory or for school to be delayed a week so as to complete the tomato harvest.
Creator
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H. J. Heinz Company
Date
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1908-10
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<a href="https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/78602/#slide=gs-476379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of H.J. Heinz Co.</a>
Format
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jpeg, 452 KB
Type
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Still image
Farm labor
Food Processing
H. J. Heinz
Medina, NY
World War II
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Perry Knitting Co.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources.<br /><br />First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. <br /><br />Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years.<br /><br />Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti.
Contributor
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Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell.
Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Print document
Physical Dimensions
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8.5 x 11 in.
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Title
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Perry Knitting Co. Draft Deferment Requests, 1942
Description
An account of the resource
In 1940, the Selective Service and Training Act provided for America's first peacetime draft registration, applicable to all men ages 16 to 64. Initially it was to be for a period of twelve months, but after the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941 eligibility was extended indefinitely in early 1942. <br /><br />Against this backdrop the Perry Knitting Co. requested an exemption for its employees on the grounds that its product was essential for military operations. We have here a tissue-paper copy of a letter sent to Local Board #571 as "Affidavits to Support Claims for Occupational Deferment" pertaining to the company's employees. These men are listed by their draft number although not, as in <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1677" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a similar 1917 appeal</a>, according to their PKC department. <br /><br />The fragile paper has numerous tears that have been retouched for the purpose of display; the first two pages are printed back-to-back and show evidence of shadow bleed-through.
Publisher
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Perry, NY Public Library
Date
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1942-03-18
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Henry Page Historical Documents
Format
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jpeg, 939 KB
jpeg, 961 KB
jpeg, 748 KB
Type
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Still image
Draft Deferment
Henry Page Historical Documents
Perry Knitting Co.
Perry, NY
World War II
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Perry Knitting Co.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources.<br /><br />First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. <br /><br />Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years.<br /><br />Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti.
Contributor
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Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell.
Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Letter
Physical Dimensions
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8.5 x 11 in.
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Title
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George M. Traber on Women Cutters
Description
An account of the resource
Letter to Local Board #571 of the Selective Service System shows the President of Perry Knitting Co. attempting to secure as many deferments for his (male) employees as possible. In this case, he argues that women in the Cutting Room lack the strength to handle a full 40 lb. batch in a single cut, and the resulting half-batches slow down production 50%. Traber also argues there is not enough room to locate the additional workers to compensate. Not a Rosie the Riveter moment.
Although this document is not dated, its typewriter style and contemporary newspaper accounts suggest it was composed during World War II.
Creator
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Traber, George M.
Publisher
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Perry, NY Public Library
Date
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1940-1945
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Henry Page Historical Documents
Format
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jpeg, 875 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Draft Deferment
George M. Traber
Henry Page Historical Documents
Perry Knitting Co.
Perry, NY
World War II
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Book illustration
Physical Dimensions
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All images approx. 4 x 6 in.
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Title
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Drawings of Third Infantry Division, WWII
Creator
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Gaige, Richard T[homas] (1907-1992)
Source
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Donald G. Taggart, <em>History of the Third Infantry Division In World War II</em> (Infantry Journal Press, 1947)<br /><br />National Security Internet Archive, via Internet Archive
Description
An account of the resource
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 enlisting in 1942 Gaige published <em>Me and the Army</em>, a collection of sketches whose faceless but sympathetically rendered soldiers resonated with the shared experience of enlisted men. It's likely he was invited to create this collection of illustrations based upon his earlier work.<br /><br />In Donald G. Taggart's history of the Third Infantry Division, an illustration appears immediately after the title page for each chapter. The images therefore correspond rougly to the following campaigns:<br /><br />1. Preparation for War<br />2. Casablanca<br />3. North African Interlude<br />4. Sicily<br />5. Southern Italy<br />6. Anzio<br />7. The Push to Rome<br />8. Southern France<br />9. Through the Vosges<br />10. The Colmar Pocket<br />11. Germany
Date
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1947
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Format
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1. jpeg, 595, KB
2. jpeg, 554 KB
3. jpeg, 510 KB
4. jpeg, 544 KB
5. jpeg, 586 KB
6. jpeg, 707 KB
7. jpeg, 628 KB
8. jpeg, 513 KB
9. jpeg, 484 KB
10. jpeg, 559 KB
11. jpeg, 543 KB
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still images
New Deal Gallery
Richard T. Gaige
World War II