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View of Prattsville, Greene Co., N.Y. 1844... – Antique Photo Print

View of Prattsville, Greene Co., N.Y. 1844..., [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
View of Prattsville, Greene Co., N.Y. 1844..., [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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View of Prattsville, Greene Co., N.Y. 1844... comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Prattsville, in the Catskill hills of Greene County, New York, took its name from Zadock Pratt, a tanner who built a leather works there and developed the village around it. Tanneries of this kind relied on hemlock bark from the surrounding forests, and the industry shaped the town's economy and landscape for decades. The title dates the view to 1844, though the shelflist card gives no date and names a "Parsons, C." whose connection to the print is unverified. The scene is a useful record of a small mountain community during the period when tanning and timber were central to local life.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Parsons, C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119835

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