Among the Hemlocks in Winter. Liberty, N.Y.
This beautiful postcard by Otto Hillig depicts a horse-drawn sleigh as it makes its way through a thick grove of hemlock trees laden in a heavy winter snow. The postcard was manufactured in Germany. 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.
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