Biplane Almost Over Lake Hopatcong Metal Print

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This gag photo postcard was photographed at Lake Hopatcong by local photographer William J. Harris at beginning of the 20th century.

One of the trademarks of W.J. Harris were his humor and novelty postcards. Vacation time at Lake Hopatcong encouraged people to loosen up a little and laugh, and humorous scenes were in high demand to send back to friends in the cities.

Summer lake visitors could go to the studio of W.J. Harris on Lake Hopatcong and have their photo taken in a powered bi-plane which was suspended in Harris' studio. Their 'flight' photo negative would be sandwiched with an aerial photo negative of Lake Hopatcong, and the two printed together into a personalized postcard. This was only a few years after the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers, so with air flight so new these personalized postcards probably fooled a few folks back home.

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Mark Miller's passion for the visual arts has been a driving force throughout his life both personally and professionally. Born and raised in Paterson NJ, he was educated as a commercial artist. He owned and operated Creative Touch Video Productions from 1992 thorough 2009. In 2011 Mark opened Mark Miller Studios as a professional still photographer who specializes in fine art, commercial and portrait photography. Mark entered his first photography competition in October of 2011 and since that time Mark's photographs have earned numerous awards and recognitions in local, national and international competitions. Mark Miller retains full copyright of any and all digital files, images, prints, and previews of his work and offers to sell...