Description: A view of the Lower Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, New York (1870-1879). This photograph appears opposite p. 109 of "Rochester: The Flower City, 1855-1890" by Blake McKelvey (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1949). The Genesee River runs through the heart of Rochester, New York, on its way to Lake Ontario. Within the city the Genesee drops in three places (the so-called Upper, Lower, and Middle Falls). The Lower Falls have a 110-foot drop. Situated along the riverbanks are several industrial-looking buildings with tall smokestacks. Other buildings form a backdrop to this vista. Historian Blake McKelvey's professional career is inextricably linked to his adopted hometown, Rochester, New York. The majority of his books are devoted to the city's history, including the publication in which this map is found. During the last half of the 19th century, Rochester was home to a thriving nursery industry, thus earning for itself the nickname "Flower City." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05785
Subjects: Rochester (N.Y.)--History; McKelvey, Blake, 1903-2000;
Places: Rochester (New York); Monroe County (New York)
 

Description: This tavern on East Avenue in Brighton, New York, was kept by William C. Bloss. From 1830 to 1860 he hid fugitive slaves there. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03094
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Taverns (Inns)
Places: Brighton (New York); Monroe County (New York)
 

Description: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. After escaping slavery, he worked tirelessly for the cause of abolition and equal rights as an orator, author, and statesman. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02845
Subjects: Abolitionists; Former slaves; Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Boston (Massachusetts)
 

Description: Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad. This cabinet card is from J.H. Kent Photographer, and the photograph was taken on August 25, 1893, in the Haytian Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03091
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Monroe County (New York)
 

Description: Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and an agent in the South. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03092
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Monroe County (New York)
 

Description: Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. This image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03093
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Rochester (New York)
 

Description: This photograph of Liederkranz cheese at a factory in Van Wert, Ohio was taken in the 1960s. Liederkranz cheese was invented by Emil Frey of Monroe, New York in the 1882, while he was trying to make Limburger cheese. Frey was a member of a Liederkranz Club, a German singing society, and named the cheese after it. He started the Monroe Cheese Company, which moved to Van Wert, Ohio in 1926 and was sold to Borden Company in 1929. Borden sold the factory to Fisher Cheese Company in 1981, but it too stopped producing Liederkranz cheese after a contamination problem in 1985. Liederkranz cheese is made from cow's milk. It has a yellow crust that is edible and a soft white inside. The photograph is 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3172_3805965_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Dairy products industry; Cheese; Factories
Places: Van Wert (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio)