1 10 8 https://openvalley.org/files/original/97c052588cb8f8c4e13c728d55aad26d.jpg f175d6b4a5c3a8b66d141caf84c6b34e https://openvalley.org/files/original/138b6fd7c4ab95e189b1694abfe273c2.jpg fa3643a648e91e3cfd7648df38d396f7 https://openvalley.org/files/original/0bc137138a58f46007d7e7ebae320b0c.jpg 9ad3fa934c865a33a14d17ed19753809 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 Newspaper advertisement 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 For a Carefree Vacation, Keep in Touch by Telephone Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2 MB jpeg, 1.8 MB jpeg, 1.7 MB Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York Daily News 5 Aug 1940: 56 New York Daily News 13 Aug 1940: 73 New York Daily News 19 Aug 1940: 175 Description An account of the resource During the 1920s-30s, telephone service developed from a luxury facilitated by telephone operators, to a self-dialed consumer necessity. Or so the phone companies suggested. This series of three advertisements from 1940 envisions humorously disastrous fears as to what's happening back home, when an individual is on vacation. The New York Telephone Company lists several vacation spots from which to check up on a slumming husband or malingering employees. Using inflation-adjusted figures, however, a 3-minute phone call from Lake Placied to New York--on an evening or weekend--translates into more than $15.  The illustrations are of interest because they were created by Federal Art Project painter Stephen R. Ronay, whose work <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/2096" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Life Boat</a> is held by the New Deal Gallery in Mount Morris, NY. While that work is more serious in tone, it shares with much of Ronay's output from this period an interest in vibrant, chaotic scenes involving many people and actions--somewhat in the manner of William Hogarth. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ronay, Stephen R[obert], 1900 - 1983 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York Telephone Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-08-05 1940-08-13 1940-08-19 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image advertisement Cartoon New York Telephone Stephen Ronay telephone https://openvalley.org/files/original/6b79b1dd2f373a95f577dc8a8b5eebdc.jpg 0bc7f25b346e58dc49fe8cd2ecd008ee https://openvalley.org/files/original/6df5f1a651b80ee8c2c0be7d7537f7dd.jpg 9744e1d5ca3b5894663bfadcc6c990da 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 Newspaper advertisement 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 Homes for the Industrious! Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Illinois Central Railroad Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861? Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Genesee Farmer 22.5 (May 1861): 168 <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_genesee-farmer_1861-05_22_5/page/n31/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 922 KB jpeg, 1.4 MB Description An account of the resource The 19th-century land rush was heavily subsidized by railroad companies, who had been granted large tracts of appropriated indigenous land and had a financial stake in the settlement of territories. This advertisement lists out eighteen inducements for Easterners considering relocation. While it's clear that farmers still are the primary target, the text also mentions mechanics, and statistics on a rapidly growing population are meant to attract merchants of all kinds. Midwestern states were a direct competitor to New York agricultural interests. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image advertisement farming Illinois Central Railroad Railroads Settlement https://openvalley.org/files/original/9976059e210cbe41065f2a281cbf4452.jpg 0808b801f26f09a636d2d8f5af22f196 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 Engraved advertisement 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 Improved Combined Thresher and Winnower Description An account of the resource Portion of an advertisement for horse-powered machinery depicts a team on treadmill with the company's patented "endless chain railway." Its purpose was to process harvested grains like wheat or barley and eliminate the arduous work of separating kernels from the head. Among the many advertisements for agricultural machinery, this image is relatively unique in showing several workers using the equipment. It sold for $245--or about $8,500 in contemporary terms--and thus represented a significant investment for farmers. New York State Agricultural Works was run by engineers Alonzo Wheeler and William B. Melick in Albany, NY where it persisted until bankruptcy in 1888. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ferguson, Hiram Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Wheeler, Melick and Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1857? Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Cultivator 4.8 (1860): 135 <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_cultivator_1860-04_8_4/page/135/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.4 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image advertisement agricultural machinery Farm implements Wheeler and Melick https://openvalley.org/files/original/7a336829bdc7ec314ec6a98c7a1299ef.jpg 94ec54c37b5f372274b13b6158707b31 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 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. 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. 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. 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource 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 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. 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 Perry Knitting Co. 'Help Wanted' Advertisement Description An account of the resource The Perry Knitting Co. used postcards like these to advertise for help wanted. The postcard shows working men and women outside the knitting mill. The card reads: "Mills 1, 4, & 5, the Perry Knitting Co., Perry, N.Y. Girls Wanted. Photo by Kenney." Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Raupp, Emma Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Clark Rice Photography Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.2 MB Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 5289 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image advertisement Clark Rice Photography Collection Perry Knitting Co. https://openvalley.org/files/original/48d58ba87071c1a38da37041fbbe9607.jpg fee85696af3ea9bb356d1455742eb8fb 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 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. 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. 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. 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource 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 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 10 x 8 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 Perry Knitting Mills and Co. Advertisement Photo. Description An account of the resource The Perry Knitting Company provided some of the prints of the mill to advertise for workers and also for their product. The company made long underwear, for both men and women, and garments for the military. Following World War II they began to manufacture a line of children’s pajamas that they called Nitey-Nites. These garments proved to be very popular and one could find them in stores all over the country. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pelletier, Ethan Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Clark Rice Photography Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.2 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 5276 advertisement Clark Rice Photograph Collection Perry Knitting Co. Perry NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/335c09a10bd59d98e0d43157d6988016.jpg a8c85450b1b2adcf2765b23e5b7d7a08 https://openvalley.org/files/original/0cf200cd50e060ab6776aa288945359f.jpg 4b3e4f3c8981c02ef5f72ba35dccae70 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 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. 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. 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. 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource 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 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 8x10 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 Two Color Photographs of Nitey-Nite Pajamas Description An account of the resource These two similar photographs were shot for the Nitey-Night pajama company product catalog. It's not clear whether the photographs ever were used. The child on the left posing in the photo is identified as Regina Ireland, wearing a pair of footie pajamas; the boy on the right wears striped ones. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ferraro, Michaelena Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Clark Rice Photography Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Jpeg, 398 KB jpeg, 422 KB Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2544.1 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image advertisement Clark Rice Photograph Collection Nitey-Night Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY https://openvalley.org/files/original/95c1ad70c0b5ee53841b028a1f244399.jpg 36b380db7276cb33410f212bfa3424fb 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 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. 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. 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. 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource 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 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 Newspaper advertisement 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 Nitey Nite Songbirds Description An account of the resource This advertisement appeared in the Perry Herald to promote a weeklong display in the Perry-Rockwell Company's display window. To illustrate the vivid colors of PKC's Nitey Nite pajamas, a different bird "flown in from the tropics" was featured: flamingo pink, canary yellow, parakeet and hummingbird green, bluebird blue, and robin red. The <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1535" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finished display</a> was photographed by Clark Rice. The flamingos obviously are there to steal the show. Readers are assured that "They have a big pool to play in and are being cared for according to the most scientific theories." Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Archives of the Perry Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1951-10-25 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="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=flamingo%20display&i=f&d=01011837-12312014&m=between&ord=k1&fn=perry_herald_usa_new_york_perry_19511025_english_6&df=1&dt=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perry Herald 25 Oct. 1951: 6.</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.5 MB advertisement Nitey Nite Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY Rockwell-Perry Co. https://openvalley.org/files/original/1af9a540aef90c647fa1743898011ecb.jpg 85977c39b4bf9b632f192a8540d2a430 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 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. 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. 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. 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 An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource 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 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 Photography Ad Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8 x 10 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 Part of series from Catalog from Perry Knitting Company. Description An account of the resource An advertisement explaining how a previous ad received national attention. There is a list of different magazines the ad was mentioned in, including the New York Times Magazine. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gatlin, Melisha Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Clark Rice Photography Collection Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.7 MB Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2838.4 advertisement Clark Rice Photography Collection Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY switchabouts