Collections

Erie Canal Photograph Collection
Photographs of the Erie Canal in and around Schenectady, New York. Includes images of the construction of the canal and architectural features of the canal, such as aqueducts, bridges and locks.
Osmond D. Putnam Photographs
Images taken by Osmond D. Putnam in Warren and Essex Counties, New York, in the Adirondacks.
Scrapbook of Ablett Mill

A scrapbook of Ablett Mill, with interior and exterior photographs of the wool mill in Whitesboro.

Watervliet Businesses
This collection consists of images of businesses and industries located in and around Watervliet, N.Y. in the early 1900's.
William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript 1886

The William N. Weeden Color Printing Manuscript is an inventor's hand-written account in 1886 of his discovery of a printing method that produced multi-color printing with one impression. The collection includes color prints generated by the process.