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A rectangular table is the platform for dried flowers and branches in an ornamental vase, a clear pedestal fruit bowl filled with pears, grapes and nectarines, as well as a small serving platter holding the same fruit. The vase and table are adorned…

Two digital photos tentatively identified as Camp Blue Eagle, located near Naples and Springwater. Migrant farmworkers here weren't attached to any specific farm, although many worked at the Roy Gibson farm in Springwater. These images probably date…

Smallest in size of the Finger Lakes, Canadice and nearby Hemlock Lake have been a major source of drinking water for the City of Rochester since 1919, following a decades-long legal fight. That legal decision had important effects upon surrounding…

Carl Moore was the "crew leader" for Roy Gibson's farm near Wayland, NY. What this title meant is that he served as an intermediary between farmer and migrant farmworkers: he recruited them (from Florida) and bused them up to New York; their wages…