Monday, July 30, 2018

SILENT SCREEN FILM STAR FLORENCE LA BADIE, SOPE HILL, THE CROTON CONNECTION

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INTERESTING STORY IN THE YORK, PA DAILY RECORD--- YORK DAILY RECORD: MYSTERY WOMAN IN THE YORK BUILT COUPE

Florence La Badie was a famous silent firm star that received a customized York built Pullman Deluxe Coupe in 1916. La Badie’s publicity photo, via Pinterest, is from the height of her career in that same time frame.....On August 28, 1917, La Badie was driving near Ossining, New York, when she swerved on Sope Hill in Croton-on-Hudson to avoid a collision with several trucks at 6:30 PM and went down a steep embankment. She was taken to the hospital in Ossining and.....READ MORE HERE

You may also have an interest in: 1920, AND ABOUT SOPE HILL: SOPE HILL, THE HIGHWAYMAN AND TUMBLE INN  https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2018/04/1920-croton-highwayman-soap-hill-tumble.html

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