Sullivan County National Bank, Liberty, N.Y.
The Sullivan County National Bank at the village of Liberty in Sullivan County, New York was established in 1893. The bank was acquired by Norstar Bank in the 1980s. The postcard was taken by well-known photographer Otto Hillig of Liberty, New York. 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.
