The Falls at De Bruce, N.Y.
De Bruce is a small hamlet located east of Livingston Manor in Sullivan County, New York. This postcard by photographer and adventurer Otto Hillig showcases a beautiful waterfall and its surrounding forests. The postcard was manufactured in Germany. The postmark on the reverse side is illegible.
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.
