YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY #11, FORD, VINTAGE COCA-COLA AND JACKIE GLEASON

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PART ELEVEN - YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: A rich newspaper archive with great old ads, vintage magazines, the unusual, the stuff of future exhibits. We've picked out some interesting things today.

First, it's Glenn Ford, star of Mr. Soft Touch, for Chesterfield cigarettes; then there are 2 great Coca-Cola ads, 1950 and 1949, followed by more Jackie Gleason--his 1958 album Riff Jazz, AND A SONG CALLED THE CROTON CRAZE; Gleason lived in nearby Cortlandt--Click on the photos and enjoy. And see his round house and music room, also courtesy of The Croton Historical Society HERE.

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