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Postcard depicts Lake Ontario Shore looking east toward the mouth of the Genesee River. At left is a sailboat moored at the West Pier; the red-roofed building at upper center may be a resort hotel called the Spencer House. Along the boardwalk and…

This striking landscape is organized around the single arc of a highway that divides the space into two sectors: above, a brightly lit realm of forests and mountain ridges; below, a shadowed landscape of brown fields, a diseased tree, and a…

Set of 18 engravings that link American history to famous trees associated with those events. Published during the Civil War, the illustrations and accompanying essay often look backward to events during the American Revolution. First among equals is…

The American Museum of Natural History became famous, and then eventually infamous, for its gallery design combining natural history and anthropology. Rooms and carefully crafted dioramas showed taxidermied animals in their native habitats; so too…

The subtitle to this Currier & Ives print says a lot: "lightning express trains leaving the junction." At this time, the town of Hornellsville (now known as Hornell) was the dinner stop for an overnight express train between Buffalo and New York…

A photo of the present day salt processing plant, owned by American Rock Salt company.

A pair of woodcocks is pictured somewhat outside of their preferred grassy habitat, beside a cozy opening in a tree trunk. Although they often are associated with spring, the presence of freshly fallen leaves seems to indicate a moment just prior to…

Interview with the Livingston County Historian concerning her opinion on the actual purpose of the rumored Underground Railroad tunnel on Geneseo's Main Street.

This item consists of seven photographs selected from an in-depth survey of New York's apple industry, specifically farms in Wayne County. The bulletin was published under the auspices of Cornell University's Department of Horticulture and as such…

Photograph taken (and tweeted) from the International Space Station just after sunset, over the ocean according to Wiseman. This image appears in OpenValley to populate a timeline created for the Green New Deal: Social Surrealism exhibit.