Picturesque Scene in Sullivan County, N.Y.
Well-known photographer Otto Hillig of Liberty, New York published this vintage postcard titled “Picturesque Scene in Sullivan County, N.Y.” The scene shows a country road, a river with a small cascade, several homes and a double set of railroad tracks. The postcard 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.
