HISTORY & MYSTERIES
Two pages from Souvenir of the Hudson River, published by Wittmann Brothers. The inscription in the back reads “Bought Sept. 1881 on Steamer Vibbard.” A New York State Library website has some background on the boat: In the first full season of the Day Line in 1864 the steamer Chauncey Vibbard was launched and paired … Continue reading Souvenir of the Hudson River, published by Wittmann Brothers
An envelope, postmarked from Croton, June 1, 1942, commemorating the dedication of the "Croton Point and Harmon, N.Y. Seaplane Base and Airport."
In April 1925, Clarence White, one of the founding members of the Photo-Secession movement, took a group of students to photograph at Croton Dam. The series of images he made incorporate the soft, diffused light of Pictorialism with the modern, abstract vision that interested him in his later compositions. He compiled his work from that … Continue reading Croton Dam photographs by Clarence White
Robert Havell (1793-1878) View of Croton Point from Sing Sing, New York oil on canvas 38 x 50 in. (96.5 x 127 cm.) Painted circa 1845.
William Rickarby Miller (1818–1893) Boating on the Old Croton Reservoir, NY watercolor on paper 15 x 21 inches (sight size) signed and dated 1851, lower right
William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893) On the Croton River, Sing Sing, New York signed and dated "W.R. Miller 1880" lower left—inscribed with title on label attached to the reverseoil on canvas 12 x 24 in. (30.5 x 61cm.)
Julie Hart Beers Hudson River at Croton Point, 1869 Oil on canvas
Robert Havell Jr. Hudson River North to Croton Point circa 1850s Oil on canvas, 60x 46 inches framed Ossining Historical Society Museum
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