He was a part of the second great African American migration to the north who built a creative and spiritual life; along the way he documented the life of his community.

A man who continued to do what fascinated him in childhood, and eventually created a business with it. describes how he came under the spell of the model railroad.

The Silsbee homes that survive in Buffalo are a distinguished group of Queen Anne and Shingle Style buildings that continue to be enjoyed by both inhabitants and passers-by; they are the largest known concentration of his domestic work.

A look at the business promotion history of the famed Larkin Company.