O. & W. R. R. Station, Liberty, N.Y.
Well-known photographer Otto Hillig of Liberty, New York published this vintage postcard titled “O. & W. R. R. Station, Liberty, N.Y.” The Ontario and Western was a regional railroad that operated from 1868 to 1957, when the company declared bankruptcy. The postcard was manufactured in the United States. It was never mailed.
Otto Hillig can be considered one of the great photographers in Catskills history. Arriving from Germany in the United States as a poor teenage immigrant he took on a series of odd jobs before developing a prosperous photography business at his adopted hometown in the village of Liberty in Sullivan County, New York. He operated a well-regarded portrait studio in the village, extensively photographed the landscapes of the region and was considered an earlier pioneer of aerial photography.
