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Drawing

Process of Excavation, Lockport

Date: 1825
Description: Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri...
Postcard

Workmen Build a Stone Wall

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of three workmen building a stone wall next to a shed.
Photograph

Barn Raising

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn that they are building.
Photograph

Klumb Barn Raising

Date: 1899
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn they're building on Holy Hill Road, which has a stone foundation. On the far right three women ...
Photograph

Building the Bathhouse

Date: 1935
Description: Men wearing hats and long overcoats are walking toward the camera from the bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park. Other men in work clothes, members of the ...

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