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Winter in Weehawken, painted by Henry Reuterdahl, who bought Karl Bitter's home and studio after Bitter died. The painting was awarded the Silver Medal in the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. From the collection of the University of…

Colored photo postcard of Bitter's home and studio, the Meister home, a train in the foreground at the bottom of the Palisades. Postmarked January 20, 1916 from Weehawken, NJ.

Undated newspaper clipping. Caption: This scene atop the Palisades greeted your eye more than 11 years ago if you looked up the Grauert Causeway. On the brink of the cliff you would have seen the unique studio of Karl Bitters, noted sculptor. He was…

Black and white photo postcard of the home and studio of sculptor Karl Bitter on the east side of Boulevard East, part of today's Hamilton Park.

Black and white photograph of sculptor Karl Bitter's home and studio as it looked in 1910 (present day Hamilton Park.) Far left is a gazebo (a bandstand from Eldorado) cantilevered over the Palisades. At bottom, a train passes. This photograph is…

Views of Weehawken waterfront, trolley, Karl Bitter's studio and a sign advertising "Highwood Park" at the top of the Palisades.

Colored photo photcard of Bitter's atelier on top of cliffs, at center, built on the converted Eldorado castle. To the right was his, at the time, very modern home. At left is the home of the Meister family, and in the foreground, the Hudson.…

Unposted color postcard of sculptor Karl Bitter's home and studio atop the Palisades. Far left is the bandstand from Eldorado Amusement Park which was moved to the back of the Meister home (not seen) and cantilevered over the edge of the cliff.…

Black and white photograph dated 1916 showing sculptor Karl Bitter's home and studio perched atop the Palisades at the site of today's Hamilton Plaza. The Grauert stairs (built in 1915) lead from Boulevard east down to the West Shore Ferry Terminal.…

This black and white photo, sent in by Lauren Sherman, shows famed sculptor Karl Bitter (on the stairs) surrounded by some of his works in his Weehawken studio, which was located in what was the Rheinish Castle at Eldorado. The building was on the…