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Western House of Refuge, Rochester, N.Y

Description: Image of an elevated view of Western House of Refuge, a detention facility for the confinement and reform of juveniles in Rochester, New York; buildings (including hospital and workshops) and central yard surrounded by a 22-foot wall at center; horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians visible in foreground; descriptions of buildings and grounds in bottom margin.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1877-1887
Call number: priJLC_POL_004427
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Rochester. From the west, 1853

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Image of an elevated street view of Rochester, New York, along the Genesee River; bridge over waterways and boats in water in foreground; pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles visible in streets; city buildings extend to the horizon.

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Falls of the Genesse, Rochester, N.Y

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Image of a landscape view of waterfalls on the Genesee River, with Rochester, New York, above the falls in the background.

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Crosman Bros. seeds Rochester, N.Y

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Image of a fashionably dressed woman examining a poster advertisement for Crosman Bros. Seed House of Rochester, New York, posted outdoors on stone wall; the woman peers through pince-nez spectacles and carries a puppy and a parasol umbrella in one arm against her hip; fashion details include a long plaid dress with ruffles and lace, ruffled button gloves, a straw hat with feather embellishment.

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Briggs and Bro. seedsmen & florists, 1872. Rochester, N.Y

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Image of a large bouquet of a variety of lilies in an urn advertising for Briggs and Brother seeds of Rochester, New York; flowers are numbered but there is no corresponding key with this print.

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Famous Rochester seeds the best in the world

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Image of various varieties of vegetables and fruit with caption labels, including cabbage, celery, squash, tomato, and corn; inset images of the "Hiram Sibley & Co. Seedsmen" buildings in Rochester, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, at top left and right.

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Crosman Bro’s. Rochester N.Y. Choice flower seeds

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Image of a man in work clothes and a straw hat wheeling a little girl in a wheelbarrow past a low stone wall through a flower garden in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; girl holds a straw hat full of flowers in her lap; stately home with fountain, statute and trees in background.

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Western House of Refuge, Rochester, N.Y

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