rochester

Rochester Centennial - 1st log cabin

Str. Rochester, the launch, Wyandotte, Mich.

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Mrs. Willett and two little girls. Said 8 and 12 years old. Living in ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 2530. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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E.R. Rochester - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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Americanization School of Rochester & Syracuse, 3/9/29

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Houses in a Negro quarter of Rochester, Pennsylvania

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A section of Rochester, Pennsylvania

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Rochester, New York. Shirley helps Mrs. Babcock with the shopping

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A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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The tower portion of the 1913 Italian Renaissance-style Memorial Art G...

The gallery is part of the University of Rochester and occupies the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Pur... More

The original 1913 Italian Renaissance-style building at what became a ...

The gallery is part of the University of Rochester and occupies the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Pur... More

Treat-Witherspoon House, 25 Clarissa Street, Rochester, Monroe County,...

Significance: This small Greek Revival house, demolished in 1968, was located just outside the once fashionable Third Ward. The few remaining early 19th century houses reflect the architectural styles of the ad... More

The upper falls of the Genesee at Rochester, N.Y., from the east / J. ...

Print shows a view from the east of waterfalls on the Genesee River with the city of Rochester in the distance.

Bates-Ryder House, 1399 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This large Italianate villa built at the height of this style's popularity is one of the few remaining in the area. It is representative of the earlier residences built along Bast Avenue, Rocheste... More

Panoramic view from Rochester Business Institute

H80116 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Williams & Rogers; July 2, 1906. Copyright claimant's address: Rochester, N.Y.

Hiram W. Sibley House, 400 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: As the home of Rochester's wealthiest man when is was constructed in 1868, it stands today as an example of the use of residential architecture to illustrate and enhance the social position of a p... More

Crombie-Mathews House, 135 Spring Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This late Greek Revival house characterizes not only the variety of this style found in western New York, but also the residential and architectural quality of its neighborhood which has been dest... More

Crombie-Mathews House, 135 Spring Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This late Greek Revival house characterizes not only the variety of this style found in western New York, but also the residential and architectural quality of its neighborhood which has been dest... More

Henry A. Brewster House, Spring & Washington Streets, Northwest, Roche...

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Henry A. Brewster House, Spring & Washington Streets, Northwest, Roche...

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Henry A. Brewster House, Spring & Washington Streets, Northwest, Roche...

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New York State Arsenal, 75 Woodbury Boulevard, Rochester, Monroe Count...

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Newsie in cellar-room of a paper office in alley back of Main Street, ...

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Female Academy of the Sacred Heart, 8 Prince Street, Rochester, Monroe...

Significance: The complex composed of five separate but adjoining structures reflects not only the stylistic time each was constructed but also the compatibility of varied materials and varied forms. The Female... More

Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Office, 668 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, Mo...

Significance: This adaptation of a residential form in the Gothic Revival style for use as an office for a nursery illustrates the preference of the romantic and picturesque qualities found in landscape gardeni... More

Main Street Bridge, Main Street East, spanning Genesee River, Rocheste...

Significance: The present Main Street Bridge is the fourth bridge to occupy this site since 1812. Main Street is and has been throughout its history the primary commercial and business thoroughfare for the Cit... More

Main Street Bridge, Main Street East, spanning Genesee River, Rocheste...

Significance: The present Main Street Bridge is the fourth bridge to occupy this site since 1812. Main Street is and has been throughout its history the primary commercial and business thoroughfare for the Cit... More

Silas O. Smith House, 485 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-7 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction

Silas O. Smith House, 485 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-7 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester,...

Significance: This is a pin connected Baltimore through truss bridge; 6 panels long; supported on riveted sheet metal abutments. Survey number: HAER IN-25

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester,...

Significance: This is a pin connected Baltimore through truss bridge; 6 panels long; supported on riveted sheet metal abutments. Survey number: HAER IN-25

Tippecanoe River Bridge, State Route 25 & Tippecanoe River, Rochester,...

Significance: This is a pin connected Baltimore through truss bridge; 6 panels long; supported on riveted sheet metal abutments. Survey number: HAER IN-25

Joint High School, 625 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Significance: The Joint High School is significant in architectural style and educational/cultural attitudes of the period. This two story with basement building is an example of the Eclectic Revival style. T... More

Hervey Ely House, 138 Troup Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: The house sits like a small Greek temple on top of a hill in Rochester's architecturally significant Third Ward Historic District. As one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in we... More

Driving Park Avenue Bridge, Spanning Genesee River Gorge, Rochester, M...

Significance: The Driving Park Avenue Bridge was constructed in two years, from 1889 to 1890, by the Rochester Bridge and Iron Works, based on design plans by Leffert L. Buck. The bridge is 717 feet long, span... More

Driving Park Avenue Bridge, Spanning Genesee River Gorge, Rochester, M...

Significance: The Driving Park Avenue Bridge was constructed in two years, from 1889 to 1890, by the Rochester Bridge and Iron Works, based on design plans by Leffert L. Buck. The bridge is 717 feet long, span... More

Jonathan Child House, 37 South Washington Street, Rochester, Monroe Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1837 Initial Construction

Lindley M. Moore House, 22 Lake View Park, Rochester, Monroe County, N...

Significance: Fine example of a Greek Revival style residence, despite alterations, marks the growth of Rochester's first architecturally significant neighborhood, the Third Ward. Unprocessed Field note materi... More

Oliver Culver House, 70 East Boulevard, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1818 Subsequent Work Building/... More

[Billy Maloney, Rochester Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Billy Maloney, Rochester Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Henry Batch, Rochester Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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Gillette's map of Monroe Co., New York : from actual surveys /

County cadastral map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, irregular rural property tracts, rural buildings, and rural householders' names. The Rochester and Brockport insets show buildings... More

Lula, Rochester driving park - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

J18807 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Phoenix Lith. Co.

Down the Genesee, Seneca Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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Washington Place, Rochester, N.Y.

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Ontario Beach Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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[Maplewood Park, Rochester, N.Y.]

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Masonic Temple, Rochester, N.Y.

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Launching party, Str. Rochester, Wyandotte, Mich.

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Early automobiles - Claire Rochester

Photograph shows actress Claire Rochester driving a Golden Flyer for the "Wake up America drive" to raise funds for Liberty War Bonds in April 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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Rochester, New York. Mr. Babcock leaving the plant for home at the end...

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Rochester, New York. Earl Babcock's mother helping with his bath

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Rochester, New York. Mrs. Babcock, Shirley, and Earl greeting Mr. Babc...

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IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

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IBM Manufacturing and Administrative Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 195...

Box. no. 3. No. 491. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The principal figures in artist Tom Otterness's 2012 "Creation Myth" i...

The gallery is part of the University of Rochester and occupies the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus. The figures represent a sort of allegorical reversal of the story of Pygmalion,... More

Minature brass versions of larger stone figures in artist Tom Otternes...

The gallery is part of the University of Rochester and occupies the southern half of the University's former Prince Street campus. The figures represent a sort of allegorical reversal of the story of Pygmalion,... More

Mayo Clinic, Plummer Building, 110-115 Second Avenue, Rochester, Olmst...

See also HABS MN-68 for additional documentation. Significance: Constructed to house the growing medical practice of the Mayo brothers. Bringing other doctors in, they set up the first private practice of grou... More

Mayo Clinic, Plummer Building, 110-115 Second Avenue, Rochester, Olmst...

See also HABS MN-68 for additional documentation. Significance: Constructed to house the growing medical practice of the Mayo brothers. Bringing other doctors in, they set up the first private practice of grou... More

Mayo Clinic, Plummer Building, 110-115 Second Avenue, Rochester, Olmst...

See also HABS MN-68 for additional documentation. Significance: Constructed to house the growing medical practice of the Mayo brothers. Bringing other doctors in, they set up the first private practice of grou... More

Isaac Hills House, 135 Plymouth Avenue South, Rochester, Monroe County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-10 Building/structure dates: ca. 1827 Initial Construction

Isaac Hills House, 135 Plymouth Avenue South, Rochester, Monroe County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-10 Building/structure dates: ca. 1827 Initial Construction

Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail...

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Reservoir, Highland Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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Estelle waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[McDowell, Rochester Post Express, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: S.F. Hess & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Main Street Bridge, Main Street East, spanning Genesee River, Rocheste...

Significance: The present Main Street Bridge is the fourth bridge to occupy this site since 1812. Main Street is and has been throughout its history the primary commercial and business thoroughfare for the Cit... More

Silas O. Smith House, 485 East Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-7 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction

Joint High School, 625 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Significance: The Joint High School is significant in architectural style and educational/cultural attitudes of the period. This two story with basement building is an example of the Eclectic Revival style. T... More

Joint High School, 625 Pontiac Street, Rochester, Fulton County, IN

Significance: The Joint High School is significant in architectural style and educational/cultural attitudes of the period. This two story with basement building is an example of the Eclectic Revival style. T... More

Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, Depot, Philadelphia Street, ...

Survey number: HAER PA-274-A Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction

Hervey Ely House, 138 Troup Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: The house sits like a small Greek temple on top of a hill in Rochester's architecturally significant Third Ward Historic District. As one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in we... More

Jonathan Child House, 37 South Washington Street, Rochester, Monroe Co...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1837 Initial Construction

[Edward C. Foster/Joseph Ward, Rochester Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 30 Church Street, Rochester, Monroe Co...

Significance: This example of late 19th century public architecture done in the prevalent Richardsonian Romanesque style was designed by Harvey and Charles Ellis of Rochester. The interior detailing of the Cour... More

U. S. Post Office & Courthouse, 30 Church Street, Rochester, Monroe Co...

Significance: This example of late 19th century public architecture done in the prevalent Richardsonian Romanesque style was designed by Harvey and Charles Ellis of Rochester. The interior detailing of the Cour... More

Oliver Culver House, 70 East Boulevard, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS NY-5-R-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1818 Subsequent Work Building/... More

Address at the Celebration of West India Emancipation, Rochester, N.Y.

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

E. E. Boynton House, 16 East Boulevard, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: This well-preserved typical example of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous prairie house is unique in its completeness of an interior room. The dining room perhaps summarizes the architect's rather radica... More

Twilight; A Meditation - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Agave Americana fol. var. striped leaved American Aloe, or Century pla...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 127, Folder 47b.

Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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Susan B. Anthony School, First Street & Central Park, Rochester, Monro...

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[Hotel Seneca, Pompeian room, Rochester, N.Y.]

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[Children, some with sleds, outside in snow, in front of open-air scho...

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Alumni gymnasium, University of Rochester

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Driving Park Ave. bridge and falls, Rochester, N.Y.

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Selling at 12:30 P.M., between school hours, on Main Street. Location...

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