RPPC - LOT of 4 Otsego County Fair Morris NY 1908 Balloon Real Photo Postcards for Sale

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RPPC - LOT of 4 Otsego County Fair Morris NY 1908 Balloon Real Photo Postcards For Sale

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RPPC - LOT of 4 Otsego County Fair Morris NY 1908 Balloon Real Photo Postcards:
$148.00

SUPER - Old Real Photograph Postcard LOT
Series / Set of 4 Cards - Unique
Otsego County Fair
Morris, New York
ca 1908

For offer - a very nice old Postcard! Fresh from an estate in Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, antique, Original - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! Manuscript handwriting identifies the scene on back. Balloon can be seen in one photo, horses decorated, - advertising signs for Theatre and the Wo / Mo Sisters, etc. In very good condition. Please see photos and ask any questions before sale ends. If you collect postcards, 20th century history, American, Americana, photography images, etc., this is a nice one for your paper or ephemera collection. 2325

Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 62,259.[1] The county seat is Cooperstown.[2] The name Otsego is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning \"place of the rock.\"[3]

History

See also: Montgomery County, New York

Map of Otsego County, at its formation

Map of Otsego County, New York, by Simeon De Witt c. 1792-1793

1829 map of Otsego County, New York

In 1789, Ontario County was split off from Montgomery. The area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, as it included the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, Yates, and part of Schuyler and Wayne counties.

Formation

Otsego County was one of three early counties split off from Montgomery (the other two being Herkimer and Tioga) after the American Revolutionary War. Otsego County was officially established on February 16, 1791, with Cooperstown as its county seat, although at the time the village of Cherry Valley was much larger. The original county consisted of three large townships:

Cherry Valley in the northeast,

Otsego in the northwest, and

Harpersfield in the south.

Otsego and Cherry Valley together roughly covered the area of modern Otsego County, while Harpersfield covered the area south of the current county as far as the Delaware River.

Communities

Map of Otsego County NY to accompany Bacon\'s History 1902

City

Oneonta

Towns

Burlington

Butternuts

Cherry Valley

Decatur

Edmeston

Exeter

Hartwick