Rip Van Winkle's Dream
September 30, 2023
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Rip Van Winkle’s Dream was published in 1883 in dedication to the Michigan Central Railroad – The Niagara Falls Route. The book contains over 30 beautiful, full-page illustrations, many of them featuring the beloved Rip Van Winkle. Wemple & Co., of New York, worked on the book as lithographers.
The first seven pages of the book, unrelated...
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Rip Van Winkle, with Illustrations by Rhoda Campbell Chase
September 23, 2023
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Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving was published to international acclaim in 1819. Set in the Catskills, an amiable Rip wanders off in the woods with his dog Wolf to escape his wife’s nagging and to avert “all kinds of profitable labor” only to encounter a silent group of short, bearded men playing nine-pins. After drinking some of their liquor he...
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David J. Auchmoody – Kingston, New York Photographer (Part 2)
September 16, 2023
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David J. Auchmoody was a much-respected photographer located at the city of Kingston in Ulster County, New York from 1868 to circa 1893. He photographed thousands of Kingston’s citizens over the course of his 25 years in business. Auchmoody also published a popular series of stereoviews that included scenes of Kingston, Rondout, Rosendale, Rifton,...
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David J. Auchmoody – Kingston, New York Photographer (Part 1)
September 09, 2023
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Introduction
David J. Auchmoody was a much-respected photographer located at the city of Kingston in Ulster County, New York from 1868 to circa 1893. He photographed thousands of Kingston’s citizens over the course of his 25 years in business. Auchmoody also published a popular series of stereoviews that included scenes of Kingston, Rondout, Ros...
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Edward Lewis – Saugerties, Kingston and Ellenville, NY Photographer (Part 2)
September 02, 2023
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Edward Lewis operated a popular photography gallery at the village of Saugerties, New York during the late 1860s and at the city of Kingston in Ulster County, New York from the late 1860s to 1883. In addition to his portrait work Lewis issued a wide range of scenic stereoscopic views from throughout the Catskills. From 1883 to 1886 Lewis operated a...
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Edward Lewis – Saugerties, Kingston and Ellenville, NY Photographer (Part 1)
August 26, 2023
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Introduction
Edward Lewis operated a popular photography gallery at the village of Saugerties, New York during the late 1860s and at the city of Kingston in Ulster County, New York from the late 1860s to 1883. In addition to his portrait work Lewis issued a wide range of scenic stereoscopic views from throughout the Catskills. From 1883 to 1886...
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Harry C. Earl – Sidney, New York Photographer
August 19, 2023
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Harry C. Earl – Sidney, New York Photographer
Introduction
Harry C. Earl was a popular photographer at the village of Sidney in Delaware County, New York. He worked as a portrait photographer from 1921 to 1937 and then worked on the photographic staff of the Scintilla Magneto Division from 1937 until his retirement in 1954.
Portrait, Wel...
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B. E. Pudney – Sidney, New York Postcard Publisher
August 12, 2023
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Introduction
B. E. Pudney was a prolific publisher of postcards depicting the scenes of Delaware County, New York and the surrounding region. Located at the village of Sidney, he was also a well-known businessman, at times operating a clothing store, a bicycle shop, a stationery store, an automobile garage and a famous music store.
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George A. Vallet – Kingston, New York Photographer
August 05, 2023
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Introduction
George A. Vallet was a prominent photographer at the city of Kingston in Ulster County, New York from the 1850s to the early 1880s. Vallet began his photography career around 1852 and took over the gallery of Robert H. Hill in 1857, offering photographs utilizing the daguerreotype process, which was the original photographic process...
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Winfield S. Davis – Ellenville, New York Photographer
July 29, 2023
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Introduction
W. S. Davis was a popular photographer at the village of Ellenville, New York from the mid-1880s to 1902. He also operated a branch gallery at Grahamsville, New York during the 1890s. Winfield was the son of Edwin A. Davis, a photographer in Rockland County, New York. Winfield sold his Ellenville gallery in 1902 after the passing of...
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Alfred Wurts Tice – Ellenville, NY Photographer
July 22, 2023
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Introduction
Alfred Wurts Tice (1829-1909) was a popular photographer at the village of Ellenville in Ulster County, New York for nearly two decades from the early-to-mid 1860s to the early 1880s. In 1881 Tice left Ellenville to open a photograph gallery at Corry, Pennsylvania. He returned to Ellenville in 1895 and worked as an assistant in the...
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J. J. Cornish – Walton, New York Photographer
July 15, 2023
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Introduction
J. J. Cornish was a photographer during the early 1870s at the village of Walton in the western Catskills of Delaware County, New York. Cornish had previously worked as a photographer for most of the 1860s at Dodgeville, Wisconsin; and after leaving Walton he worked as a photographer at several small villages in Colorado.
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New Gallery: Albert V. Porter, Ellenville, NY Photographer
July 08, 2023
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Albert V. Porter was a popular portrait and landscape photographer at the village of Ellenville in Ulster County, New York. He took over the studio of W. S. Davis in the early 1900s and successfully served the Ellenville community for nearly 20 years. By late 1918 Porter faced a significant health challenge in losing his eyesight, and therefore ret...
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Albert V. Porter – Ellenville, NY Photographer
July 01, 2023
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Introduction
Albert V. Porter was a popular portrait and landscape photographer at the village of Ellenville in Ulster County, New York. He took over the studio of W. S. Davis in the early 1900s and successfully served the Ellenville community for nearly 20 years. By late 1918 Porter faced a significant health challenge in losing his eyesight, a...
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James V. Brandow – Windham, New York Photographer
June 24, 2023
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Introduction
James V. Brandow was a prominent photographer in the northern Catskills from the late 1800s to the 1930s. He was perhaps most associated with his work at the village of Windham, but at various times he also had galleries at Catskill, Prattsville, Stamford, Gilboa and Ellenville. He also operated a winter-time gallery in the city of...
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