Title

Rip Van Winkle House, Sleepy Hollow, Catskill Mountains, N.Y., c1902. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Rip Van Winkle House, Sleepy Hollow, Catskill Mountains, N.Y., c1902. Rip Van Winkle Hotel and gift shop selling 'beers'. Tourist attraction exploiting the geography of a ravine resembling the one described in the story of "Rip Van Winkle" by American author Washington Irving. The buildings were abandoned and later burned down after the Otis Elevating Railway was built.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A63_064

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,8Mb (3,1Mb) / 17,2in x 13,5in / 5161 x 4049 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation exterior outdoors building wood library timber architecture shopping shop shops arts flag flags mountain range country geography color wooden veranda verandah hotel lumber chair location banner gift shop porch sleigh furniture literature rocking chair rocking chairs B&W new york state tourist attraction standard Library of Congress Catskills Catskill Mountains clapboard road Transport United States of America Colour black & white black and white B W white and black Rip Van Winkle Westchester County American America tourism USA geographical feature TGN outside united states Unknown Washington Washington Irving Irving Company Congressional Library Sleepy Hollow Heritage Art hôtel Greene county 8 x 10 in. Detroit Publishing Company Edwin H. Husher William A. Livingstone Detroit Publishing Detroit Publishing Co Photograph Dry plate negative: glass