Catskills Museum of Photography: Historic Photograph of the Month – November 2026
November 01, 2026
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The Catskills Museum of Photography is an online historical photograph gallery with over 5,400 photographs from over 190 of the greatest Catskills photographers in history.
Each month I will select one photograph from the collection to feature as the Historic Photograph of the Month.
Title: Fifty Years a Happy Home
Photographer: Schuyl...
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The Oldest Frame House in the Catskills
October 31, 2026
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The Oldest Frame House in the Catskills was a popular destination in the northern Catskills in the early 1900s. Postcards typically showed the house in varying states of disrepair, but with the house still having an air of history and dignity. Postcards of the old landmark were for many years a favorite of visitors to that section of the Catskills...
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Spruceton Methodist Church
October 24, 2026
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Introduction and Location
Spruceton Methodist Church is located in the long and winding Spruceton Valley. The small hamlet of Spruceton is located within the town of Lexington in Greene County, New York.
Spruceton Road begins at the hamlet of West Kill and ends at the trailhead parking areas for Hunter Mountain and Diamond Notch Falls. The ro...
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Fallsburg Falls
October 17, 2026
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Fallsburg Falls, once known as Old Falls or Neversink Falls, is a series of charming cascades on the Neversink River in the hamlet of Fallsburg in Sullivan County, New York.
Much of the early industry in the town of Fallsburg centered around the falls as it provided the necessary waterpower for the mills. Thomas Lockwood, considered by county hi...
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Cattail Falls at Livingston Manor, New York
October 10, 2026
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Cattail Falls is a scenic waterfall located near the hamlet of Livingston Manor, New York. The falls are located on the Cattail Brook, which feeds into the Little Beaver Kill and the Willowemoc Creek at Livingston Manor.
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The Red Caboose at Livingston Manor
October 03, 2026
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The regional New York Ontario & Western Railway (O&W) operated from 1868 to 1957 and ran from Weehawken, New Jersey to Oswego on the shores of Lake Ontario, passing through the southern Catskills and Sullivan County along the way. There were also branches to Kingston, Port Jervis, Monticello, Delhi, Utica, Rome and Scranton. The railway was mainly...
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Catskills Museum of Photography: Historic Photograph of the Month – October 2026
October 01, 2026
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The Catskills Museum of Photography is an online historical photograph gallery with over 5,400 photographs from over 190 of the greatest Catskills photographers in history.
Each month I will select one photograph from the collection to feature as the Historic Photograph of the Month.
Title: John Burroughs on Veranda at Woodchuck Lodge, Ro...
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Delaware & Ulster Railroad: A History and Photographic Study
September 26, 2026
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The Ulster and Delaware Railroad had its founding roots with the Rondout and Oswego Railroad, chartered in 1866 by Thomas Cornell in order to provide a route for goods from mid-state beyond the Catskills to the Hudson River. By 1872 the Rondout and Oswego was bankrupt, but was reorganized as the New York, Kington and Syracuse Railroad. This railroa...
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Roscoe O&W Railway Museum
September 19, 2026
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The regional New York Ontario & Western Railway (O&W) operated from 1868 to 1957 and ran from Weehawken, New Jersey to Oswego on the shores of Lake Ontario, passing through the southern Catskills and Sullivan County along the way. There were also branches to Kingston, Port Jervis, Monticello, Delhi, Utica, Rome and Scranton. The railway was mainly...
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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts: A Photographic Study
September 05, 2026
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The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is scenically located just north of the hamlet of Bethel in Sullivan County, New York.
The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is home to the site where the historic Woodstock Music & Art Fair took place on August 15-18 1969. The concert featured 32 of the most famous musical acts of the era including the Gratef...
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Catskills Museum of Photography: Historic Photograph of the Month – September 2026
September 01, 2026
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The Catskills Museum of Photography is an online historical photograph gallery with over 5,400 photographs from over 190 of the greatest Catskills photographers in history.
Each month I will select one photograph from the collection to feature as the Historic Photograph of the Month.
Title: Kaaterskill Falls, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.
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Brunel Park: A History and Photographic Study
August 29, 2026
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“As a token of admiration for the grandeur and mysteries of nature and the beauty of the Catskill Mountains, Emile Brunel, a native of France, chose these sites for the Chalet Indien in 1920. He conceived, designed, sculpted and erected these statues and monuments in memory of the Indian tribes who sojourned on these grounds, once upon a time.”...
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Tugboat Catherine C. Miller on the Hudson River
August 22, 2026
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The Catherine C. Miller is a U.S flagged tugboat from Staten Island, New York. It was built in 1981 by Terrebonne Shipbuilders Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana as the Miss Keely for Sea Ray Marine Services Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana.
In 1998, the tug was acquired by G and B Marine Incorporated of Houma, Louisiana. The tug retained her name...
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Coral Coast, Chesapeake City, Maryland
August 15, 2026
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The Coral Coast is a U.S. flagged tugboat from Chesapeake City, Maryland. It was built in 1971 by the McDermott Shipyard Incorporated of Morgan City, Louisiana as the Luke Z. Defelice for the DeFelice Marine Towing Company of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
In 1980, the DeFelice Marine Towing Company was acquired by Gulf Fleet Marine Incorporated of Ho...
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Esopus Meadows Lighthouse: A History and Photographic Study
August 08, 2026
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Introduction
The Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, affectionately known as the Maid of the Meadows, is an active lighthouse located on the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Kingston. It is located at River Mile 87 on the Hudson River, as measured from the southern tip of Manhattan. The Hudson River is approximately 315 miles long.
The lighthouse...
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