Saturday, August 17, 2013

CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS RELEASE: POSTCARD EXHIBIT & LENORE ULRIC, OPENING RECEPTION

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THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS A NEW EXHIBIT:

POSTCARD EXHIBITION FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF SOLOMON GLUCK AND THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

   Croton Village Historian, Dorothy Pezanowski and Curator of the Croton Historical  Museum, Thomas Simone announce the opening of their newest exhibition at the Croton Municipal Building. The show entitled "Croton In Postcards" presents a fascinating view of the village from 1900 to 1950 in pictures of a bygone era. Mounted on the walls of the Museum are the actual artifacts as well as framed enlargements; a big screen monitor located on the first floor of the village hall continuously projects several hundred images. The exhibition celebrates the collection of Solomon Gluck, a longtime Croton-Harmon High School English teacher, whose family donated his postcards to the History Room. 

   The postcard was the conventional means of communication informing family and friends of travel and adventures before the appearance of the cellphones, instant messaging and Smartphone photographic transmission.  In the early twentieth century a number of Croton merchants printed and sold cards of the locality—'The What-Not-Shop', 'Barlow & Company', 'Givens the Druggist', Frank Simone's 'Tonsorial Parlor' and 'William Morton and Sons'. Various local restaurants, inns and hotels used postcards for advertising. The Society's large collection of postcards of the Croton Dam is incorporated into the show.

   Also on display in the Historical Museum are photos and rare memorabilia of Lenore Ulric, a successful Broadway and film star who lived in the village from 1927 until 1951. Miss Ulric, discovered by Broadway playwright and producer David Belasco, stared in such popular vehicles as "Tiger Rose", "Kiki", "The Harem" and "LuLu Belle" and was particularly noted for her portrayals of the "fem fatale" hot-tempered fiery woman.

   The Croton Historical Society will host an public opening of these shows on Sunday, September 8th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. All are invited; light refreshments will be served.

Updated: PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING RECEPTION  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/09/photos-opening-reception-postcard-lenor.html

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