Research

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New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

 

 

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These glass plate negatives and prints depict views of conditions inside factories, usually showing workers in chemical, food, glass, clothing, and other industries. The images show inadequate ventilation or exhaust systems; dirt and animals contacting food products; unguarded machinery; overcrowding .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series is composed of approximately 6,000 glass plate negatives showing detailed views of construction activities on the New York State Barge Canal Western Division. Each negative is enclosed in an envelope listing the plate number, subject, locality, contract number, and date taken..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Highways

 

 

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These photographs show damaged roads in eastern upstate New York; machinery used to construct or resurface roads; work in progress; roads before and after repair; various road surfaces like macadam or concrete; road signs; and automobile accidents. These were probably created by the Albany division .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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Series includes three black and white photographic prints (16" x 20") of an unidentified man, presumably a representative to the 1915 Convention, which are stored separately from the negatives. The negative from which the prints were produced is not present in the series, and is presumed lost..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Library

 

 

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This series consists of photographic images of the Flushing Remonstrance taken before and after the New York State Capitol fire of 1911. Material includes 3 glass negatives of the Flushing Remonstrance taken before the fire; prints made from those negatives; and photographic prints of the Remonstrance, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission

 

 

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This series consists of 23 glass plate negatives depicting activities and machinery associated with logging and lumbering, particularly in the Adirondack Mountain region. Most if not all of the images appear to have been duplicated from unknown publications, possibly Forest, Fish and Game Commission .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

 

 

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These negative photographs depict the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School's new facility at Industry, New York, which was completed in 1907. Most negatives provide views of: farm land; grounds; building interiors; physical facilities; and inmates, school officers, and visitors..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Conservation Commission

 

 

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This series consists of mostly glass plate negatives of topographic maps used in forest fire detection in the northern, central, and southern portions of the state. Observation rings, with observation stations or fire towers located at the center, are superimposed on the maps. Adjacent fire towers would .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Conservation Department

 

 

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The series consists of glass plate and film negatives and photographic prints compiled by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Conservation Department. They illustrate activities of these predecessors of the Department of Environmental Conservation. The images document .........

 

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New York State Archives