An Orleans County farmer's dream of training a more authentic Santa Claus
Early in his career, future governor William H. Seward had to institute a regime of palliative measures in order to quell the axe-wielding settlers' riot against the Holland Land Company when their farms were threatened with imminent foreclosure.
The Board of Women Directors at the Pan Am used their power and social standing to overtly claim public space for women and challenge traditional Victorian gender norms.
Ignoring the cries for human rights and basic human decency, President Millard Fillmore opted to support the Fugitive Slave Act in an attempt to prevent civil war and preserve the Union.
Sold like a draft animal in 1793, Chloe Cooley's horrific ordeal set into motion a series of events that would eventually result in the elimination of slavery in British North America.
A narrated, slideshow-style virtual exhibit created by Buffalo State's Museum Studies graduate students, focusing on the New York Car Wheel Works—Buffalo’s largest rail car wheel manufacturer—as well as art by a Buffalo company best known for map making.
Buffalo Bills expert Greg Tranter takes a look at the 2020 Buffalo Bills season before recalling moments from the franchise's storied history.
A chance find in a semi-related album yields some fascinating photos of a pioneering event in aviation history.
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Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this photography book showing the end result of the restoration of the Art Nouveau murals in the North Park Theatre.
Through a partnership with Christopher Behrend Photography, we bring you this unique collection of the most intense & beautiful winter icescapes-captured during the incredible winter months of 2019.