23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Rip Van Winkle Found Sleeping

There was a sleeping wooden sculpture of Rip Van Winkle, a creation of the author Washington Irving in a store window in his beloved Catskill Mountains in New York. Rip Van Winkle’s story is part of American mythology and folklore

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Catskill, New York, United States of America
Camera: Pixel 4a
Copyright: © Rhonda Weiss