Detroit Publishing Company: From Black-and-White to Color in the Catskills
April 29, 2023
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In the blog posts of April 8 and April 15 the importance of the photochrom process was discussed as part of the history of the Detroit Publishing Company. As a brief recap the process was invented in the 1880s in Zurich, Switzerland. The exclusive American rights to use the photochrom process was acquired in the mid-1890s by the Photochrom Company,...
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Detroit Publishing Company: New Catskills Photo Gallery
April 22, 2023
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The last two posts described the history of the Detroit Publishing Company, one of the largest American publishers of photographic prints and postcards in the early decades of the 20th century. Part of the company’s extensive inventory included beautiful black-and-white photographs and colorized photochrom postcards from the central and northern Ca...
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Detroit Publishing Company: Capturing the Beauty of the Catskills (Part 2)
April 15, 2023
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The Catskills
“The Detroit Publishing Company of Michigan issued such a wide variety of views that one is awed by their prolific coverage of towns and cities and hamlets of the nation, along with the magnificent sights of the west and mid-west. These picture postcards form an important record of American historical and social life. Not only from...
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Detroit Publishing Company: Capturing the Beauty of the Catskills (Part 1)
April 08, 2023
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Introduction
“One firm, the Detroit Publishing Company, a part of the Detroit Photographic Company, covered the length and breadth of America shortly after the turn of the century and chronicled as no other publisher attempted the diversity of people, activity, and industry found in the United States.”
The Detroit Publishing Company, earlie...
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Merrill & Humphries, Delhi, NY Photographic Partnership: New Gallery
April 01, 2023
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The partnership of Merrill and Humphries operated a drug store located at the village of Delhi in Delaware County, New York while also publishing scenic postcards of the western Catskills region from 1911 to 1928. After the partnership dissolved in 1928, Pierre B. Merrill continued to publish postcards under his own name.
See my blog post titled...
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Schuyler S. Cornell: New Portraits and Stereoviews
March 25, 2023
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Schuyler S. Cornell (1843-1927) was a popular photographer who operated out of the village of Stamford in Delaware County, New York for nearly 50 years. He operated a portrait studio on Main Street in the village and was also well known for his landscapes of the surrounding western Catskills.
I have recently acquired seven new stereoviews and th...
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Stereoviews of the Catskills by the E. & H. T. Anthony Co.
March 18, 2023
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The E. & H. T. Anthony company was the largest 19th-century manufacturer and distributor of cameras and photographic supplies in the United States. The company was founded by Edward Anthony (1818-1888) and his brother Henry T. Anthony (1814-1884). Regionally, the company produced many of the greatest views of the Catskills of the 19th century. The...
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The Foot Race, Loch Sheldrake, N.Y.
March 11, 2023
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For several years now I have been collecting postcards and photographs from throughout the four-county region of the Catskills. Most of my purchases have focused on specific requirements, perhaps a particular photographer, or a certain location, and some items for my Catskills: Then and Now series.
Every once in a while though I will come across...
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Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridge – A Photographic Study
March 04, 2023
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The historic Ashokan-Turnwood Covered Bridge is located at the Ashokan Center in the Catskills hamlet of Olivebridge, New York. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “as a rare and substantially intact example of rural vernacular bridge design and construction in the Catskill region.”
The Ashokan-Turnwood C...
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Beaverkill Covered Bridge – A Photographic Study
February 25, 2023
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“If there is one stream more than another that deserves the title of a perfect trout-stream it is the Beaverkill.” – Benjamin Kent
The historic Beaverkill Covered Bridge is located north of the Catskills hamlet of Livingston Manor in Sullivan County, New York. The historic bridge provides a scenic background as part of the Beaverkill State Cam...
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Tanbark Trail at Phoenicia
February 18, 2023
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The Tanbark Trail in the Catskills hamlet of Phoenicia offers a moderately challenging 2.1-mile route, with views from both Phoenicia Overlook and Grand View Ledge. Both wonderful viewpoints overlook the hamlet of Phoenicia, surrounded by the idyllic Esopus Valley landscape of Mount Pleasant (2,900 feet), Romer Mountain (2,160 feet), and Panther Mo...
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Phoenicia Diner
February 11, 2023
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The legendary Phoenicia Diner is located along Route 28 outside the Catskills hamlet of Phoenicia, New York. The diner structure was constructed in 1962 by the DeRaffele Manufacturing Company and was originally located on Long Island. The diner was then moved to its current location in the Catskills in the early 1980s. The first iteration of the di...
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Davy Crockett, at Phoenicia
February 04, 2023
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The imposing ten-foot-tall fiberglass statue of old Davy Crockett, standing proudly with a rifle over his shoulder and a coonskin cap on his head, can be found in front of the Sportsman’s Alamo Cantina in the Catskills hamlet of Phoenicia, New York. The statue has been a prominent part of the Phoenicia’s Main Street since at least the 1970s. It has...
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Phoenicia Railroad Station – A Photographic Study
January 28, 2023
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The Phoenicia Railroad Station is located at the hamlet of Phoenicia in the town of Shandaken, Ulster County, New York. The station served the former Ulster and Delaware Railroad (UDRR).
The Ulster and Delaware Railroad had its founding roots with the Rondout and Oswego Railroad, chartered in 1866 by Thomas Cornell “in order to p...
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St. Francis de Sales Church, Phoenicia – A History and Photographic Study
January 21, 2023
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The Roman Catholic parish of Saint Francis de Sales in the Catskills hamlet of Phoenicia was founded in 1902. Upon its founding, Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan entrusted care of the church to the Missionary Fathers of La Salette, a religious order that was founded in honor of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at La Salette, France that took...
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