Sunday, April 30, 2017

4/29 COMEDY NIGHT FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT CHOP

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By all accounts, last night's  COMEDY NIGHT TO BENEFIT CHOP was a rip-roaring success. Sponsored by  Croton Auto Park at Holy Name of Mary. Click on the photo, courtesy of Marie Considine (http://www.stevenscott.tv/) And many thanks to all who made this event possible. 

BY SPECIAL REQUEST--A LOOK BACK AT APRIL 1970 IN CROTON

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST--A LOOK BACK AT APRIL 1970 IN CROTON. CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW, courtesy of the outstanding archives maintained by THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/04/by-special-request-1970-exchange-of.html

AND SINCE THE CROTON NEWCOMERS ARE FEATURED:  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/08/crotons-welcome-wagon-newcomers-club.html

EXPORTED TO THE USA, JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, COURTESY OF EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS

Courtesy of our friends at European Film Star Postcards: EXPORTED TO THE USA - JOHNNY WEISSMULLER... 

Hungarian-born American competition swimmer and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) is best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Weissmuller was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man, Tarzan, a role he played in twelve films.  READ AND SEE MUCH MORE HERE http://bit.ly/2qhSmWU 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Reputedly, Weissmuller was filmed jumping off the cliffs above the Croton River for one of his early films...

Saturday, April 29, 2017

COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED, MORE PHOTOS FROM THE 2017 CROTON EARTH DAY

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And now, courtesy of Croton United, more photos from the 2017 Croton Earth Day.

Click on the link: facebook.com/crotonunited/posts/781938705296496

PHOTOS, 2017 CROTON EARTH DAY

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JUST A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE 2017 CROTON EARTH DAY. Click on the images.below.Stay tuned for more.  

Thanks once again to Croton Conservation Advisory Committee for sponsoring this event.

CROTON KIDS MOB JACK DEMPSEY FOR AUTOGRAPHS, THE CROTON CONNECTION

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AND NOW MORE OF "THE CROTON CONNECTION"....PRIZE FIGHTER JACK DEMPSEY...it's October 23, 1936—when Jack Dempsey visited Croton to stump for Roosevelt and Lehman. Again, courtesy of THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW...

1924, FROM YOUR EDITOR'S FLICKR SET

Friday, April 28, 2017

MORE FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC. FROM EVERYTHING CROTON

From the December 1914 edition of Modern Mechanics, and a recent tag sale find, some poignant World War One Christmas images from the French, German and American perspectives. Click on the images below...and enjoy.

Worth looking at again--A VERY unusual set of G.E. Christmas lights http://bit.ly/2qfnRkD

The BEST use of a vintage typewriter in a vintage Christmas display we have ever seen; really clever http://bit.ly/1gPHlj6

THE LATEST ADVENTURES FROM ROB & MONICA  http://bit.ly/2qh1xUS

PLASTICVILLE!  B & O Passenger train making its evening run through the sleepy town of Plasticville on a cold winter's night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjmUw4-b6Q&list=PLz6Uw8M5fzmzPpBurgpIksM4HlpwFr7-f


OLD LIGHTING + NEW LIGHT BULBS = PROBLEMS FOR OWNERS OF VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE LIGHTING  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/02/old-lighting-new-light-bulbs.html

TRAINS! BUILT-RITE BUILDINGS, VIDEO! http://toyconnect.blogspot.com/2017/03/train-time-built-rite-buildings-and.html

REMEMBERING THE RED BARON http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/04/remembering-red-baron.html 

COURTESY OF BOB ANDERSON: PHOTO ALBUM, BLOOMS & BOOKS AT THE CROTON FREE LIBRARY

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Courtesy of Deputy Mayor Bob Anderson: Photo album - BLOOMS AND BOOKS AT THE CROTON FREE LIBRARY--and a scene from Benedict Boulevard too.  Click on the photos below.

For more about the Croton Free Library, visit crotonfreelibrary.org 

For more about Croton United, visit https://www.facebook.com/crotonunited/#_=_

COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED, PHOTO ALBUM - CROTON ROTARY SPRINGS INTO ACTION!

5/2 UPDATED--AND YOU CAN SEE THE ROTARY FB ALBUM HERE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/05/courtesy-of-croton-rotary-201.html

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

COURTESY OF CROTON UNITED, PHOTO ALBUM - ROTARY SPRINGS INTO ACTION!  

DRIZZLING RAIN WAS NO PROBLEM YESTERDAY MORNING FOR CROTON ROTARY VOLUNTEERS WHO CLEANED, WEEDED, AND PLANTED IN THE ROTARY GARDEN AT THE FOOT OF MT. AIRY road. Read and see more here  https://www.facebook.com/crotonunited/posts/781328272024206

FOR MORE CROTON ROTARY, CLICK ON THE LINK  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/03/charlie-goldberg-march-2017-student-of.html

BY SPECIAL REQUEST: 1970 EXCHANGE OF PULPITS AT OUR SAVIOUR AND ASBURY

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BY SPECIAL REQUEST: 1970 EXCHANGE OF PULPITS AT OUR SAVIOUR AND ASBURY; folk mass at Our Saviour. Click on the images below.

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN SELECT SCANS FROM THE CROTON-HARMON H.S. YEAR BOOK OF 1970; SEE THE INDEX TO THE POSTS AND ADDENDUM HERE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2013/07/addendum-to-chhs-class-of-1970-yearbook.html

Thursday, April 27, 2017

FROM 1931: CROTON'S "BROKEN HEARTED GLORIA" SWANSON

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A discovery from one of our vintage movie magazines---all about Gloria Swanson---one of Croton's most famous residents. Click on the images below and enjoy the "Hollywood drama" of 'BROKEN-HEARTED GLORIA'...

You may also have an interest in more Swanson here http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/04/remembering-crotons-gloria-swanson.html

and LET'S GO SEE A MOVIE, THE 1920'S  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2017/04/lets-go-see-movie-1920s.html

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

CHRISTMAS IN THE 1970'S

So a friend of ours turned us on to a really fun site: Yes, it's time for CHRISTMAS IN THE 70'S... THE TOYS... THE TIMES... THE POLYESTER!


YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY SEEING THESE 1970'S CHRISTMAS CATALOGS COURTESY OF WISHBOOK WEB--1973 Canadian Simpson-Sears, 1975 Eatons, 1977 Sears - CLICK ON THE LINK http://www.wishbookweb.com/

AND YOUR EDITOR'S FLICKR ALBUM OF PHOTOS, EPHEMERA ETC.--MORE REALLY STUCK IN THE 70'S, ALL PHOTOS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://www.flickr.com/photos/22283683@N07/albums/72157627364707179