MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS AND PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES ALEXANDER CALDER, JAMES STEVENSON, GLORIA SWANSON, AND WILLIAM GADDIS

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MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS AND PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES ALEXANDER CALDER, JAMES STEVENSON, GLORIA SWANSON, AND WILLIAM GADDIS....CLICK ON THE PHOTOS AND LINKS.

As many of you know, Alexander Calder was one of the village most notable residents....but did you know there was also....CALDER JEWELRY...Check out this book by Alexander S.C. Bower. YOWZER---THE PRICE ON AMAZON.

And in case you did not know it...VIA The Croton Historical Society--According to the Calder Foundation website, the Calder family moved to Croton in the winter of 1909 and Alexander Calder attended public school here. They probably rented the home from the Stevensons. Here’s a photo of Calder and his sister, Margaret “Peggy” Calder in 1910--SEE THE PHOTO AT https://calder.org/historical.../calder-and-his-sister-1910/

Speaking of the Stevenson family--and in particular James Stevenson--the latest edition of THE SPRING 2021 NEWSLETTER--THE CROTON HISTORIAN--has a fab article on the famed editor, award-winning book author and illustrator.

To read it, become a member of THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY today---the quarterly newsletter is a perk that comes with membership.

For more info:  Croton Historical Society, 1 Van Wyck Street, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520--ON FACEBOOK HERE.  MEMBERSHIP INFO HERE.  

As many of you know, GLORIA SWANSON was one of the village's most notable residents. 

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THAT HERE.

We stumbled upon a fab photo of Swanson by the famous photographer James Mitchell; it's quintessential Swanson later in life.

Check it out in more detail HERE 

And his website is worth spending some time at too---wow, some fab images:  https://www.jackmitchell.com/index.php

As many of you, novelist William Gaddis was a village resident in the 1960's. Your editor finally got around to finishing his first book, THE RECOGNITIONS.  It's not an easy read but is worth the trip and highly recommended.

For those who don't know,....William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. (December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist. The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005 and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.  Gaddis is widely considered one of the first and most important American postmodern writers.  READ MORE ABOUT HIM HERE.

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THIS SERIES..... 

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