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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
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Subjects: Old Senate House, Kingston, New York

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Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ed to make the exposureduring a rain—however the light was perfect. It is the old-est house along the Hudson river, remaining in the possessionof the original family. It is over 200 years old, and the onlyone I know of which has the original smoke-house still stand-ing. Continuing on I made my way through Catskill and Jeffer-son. Each of these towns contain many old houses of greatinterest. On through East Windham to Gilboa; the latter aplace of the past because this town is now uninhabited andwill soon be under the waters of a large reservoir. Here Imade a number of beautiful landscapes. Just one view toshow the possibihties—Manorkill Falls (Figure i, Page 182),one of the feeders of the new reservoir. Then on as far asGrand Gorge, returning to Kingston. The town of Kingston was founded in 1610 by Hollanders,who estabHshed a trading post; Norwegians, Dutch, French,English and Germans came later. In 1652 a permanent set-tlement was made. At that time the whole region went under 178
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a cq si J- SI -5o s Wen O W< mQO 170 the name The Esopus. It became Kingston when this sec-tion came under the control of the British. Of the many old houses still standing, probably the mostinteresting as well as picturesque is the one built in 1676 byWessel Tenbroeck and known as the Senate house (Figure2). This is now a museum owned by the state. It was herethe first state senate met until the burning of Kingston, in1777, by the British. It is on the main highway. The next most interesting is the old academy (Figure 3),founded in 1774, now occupied by a newspaper plant. Herewas educated the first Governor of New York, Gov. Clinton,as well as other prominent men—Vanderlyn, the artist, Thos.DeWitt, D.D., Livingston, Van Rensselaer and many others. Kingston is one of the few old places that really makeyou forget the present and live again in the past. Whereveryou go some old house looms up before you, all in a perfectstate of preservation. The Tappen house, wherein livedChristoph

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