Collection: Views Around Leeds | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

Item is a photographic album of views around Leeds, NY showing notable scenery and buildings. Several images are famous views while a number of others eem to be entirely unique to this album. Most of the photographs are decoratively trimmed, and there is a single image per side on each sheet. Handwritten captions in black ink appear beneath many of the pictures describing them. It is probable that this album was a souvenir purchased in the Hamlet, although how common this item was or remains cannot be determined.

Dates

1911

Biographical / Historical

The hamlet of Leeds, NY is located just west of the Village of Catskill along the route of the Susquehanna Turnpike, now Route 23B. The vicinity of Leeds was the location of some of the earliest european dwellings in the Town of Catskill, and the hamlet itself is the site of many celebrated tourist attractions and scenes including the old Leeds Reformed Church, Leeds Bridge, and the historic homes of many early residents. James L. Laraway, whose name is inside the cover, may have been a resident of Leeds or a seasonal tourist who visited there. He likely recieved this album as a Christmas gift in 1911.

Extent

24 Sheets (Photographic Album) : Black and white photographic prints applied to gray paper scrapbook backing with adhesive bound with black covers. ; 7.75 x 5.75 inches