In the Catskills – Historic Reproduction
(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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This antique lithograph of In the Catskills brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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In the Catskills
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Leisure, a hotel, and a garden gazebo are the three subjects this color chromolithograph names, and together they point to the Catskill resort trade of the 1880s. Wealthy visitors from New York and Philadelphia traveled up the Hudson Valley to stay in large mountain hotels, where they spent summers walking, riding, and sitting on verandas. The print carries a copyright notice for J. Hoover of Philadelphia, a reminder that chromolithography was a popular and affordable way to bring such scenes into middle-class parlors. Its bright colors and idealized setting reflect the era's taste for the Catskills as a summer retreat.
| Created / published | c1887. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 32263S U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J. Hoover, Phila. |
| Subjects | Hotels--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains--1880-1890. Gazebos--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains--1880-1890. Leisure--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218513 |
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