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Home of Katrina Van Tassel, Tarrytown, NY, circa 1901

Subjects
Forests & TreesResidences
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1901 (Early)
Front of Home of Katrina Van Tassel, Tarrytown, NY, circa 1901, c. 1901 lithograph postcard
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Back of Home of Katrina Van Tassel, Tarrytown, NY, circa 1901, c. 1901 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A white clapboard house with green shutters, a bay window, and a chimney stands among mature trees behind a stone wall. The printed caption identifies it as the home of Katrina Van Tassel and ties the site to "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in Tarrytown, New York. Katrina is the young woman in Washington Irving's 1820 story, and Tarrytown, in the lower Hudson Valley, has long been associated with the tale's Sleepy Hollow setting. The caption presents a local house as the fictional character's home, a common way early postcards turned literary landmarks into tourist subjects.

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PublisherM. Brown
HOME OF KATRINA VAN TASSEL. Legend of Sleepy Hollow, TARRYTOWN N. Y.
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Postcard record

PublisherM. Brown
ConditionGood
Place depictedHome of Katrina Van Tassel, Tarrytown, NY
PublisherM. Brown, Brooklyn, NY
NotesWhite border; red printed caption along bottom edge. Undivided back; no postmark, address, or message; imprint: PUB. BY M. BROWN, BROOKLYN (GERMANY).

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Home of Katrina Van Tassel, Tarrytown, NY, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/home-of-katrina-van-tassel-tarrytown-ny-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.