#7, OUR NEW SERIES: THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER

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.

INTRODUCING THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER, A NEW SERIES HERE AT EVERYTHING CROTON...we'll keep it light and simple.,,(when possible)...featuring old and new technology, local--and not so local photographers---past, present and future....tips and more........click on the photos and links....here's #7.

First up, putting the spotlight on Croton's Herbert Keppler:  After WWII, Keppler was a photojournalist for The Sun (New York) and worked for the Fairchild Fashion Media trade magazine Footwear News, but found his calling, when he in 1950 became an Associate Editor at the photographic magazine Modern Photography. In 1956 he became Executive Editor of the magazine, then Editor and Publisher in 1963 and Editorial Director and Publisher in 1966. He changed the way photographic magazines tested equipment from an, at the time prevalent, subjective analysis to a more objective analysis by introducing a testing lab that could perform scientific tests on cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment....read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Keppler.  Read his NY Times obituary at https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/arts/11keppler.html

NEXT UP, an opportunity to see some really wonderful---vintage---cameras---via Joe Haupt and his Flickr album.

Take a trip down memory lane!

Click here for the Empire Baby, (THE WONDER CAMERA), The Imperial Flash Camera, the Vintage Kodak Junior Six-16 Series II (616) Folding Film Camera, and so much more. 

(And some even have the original packaging!)

AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: THE RECENT EVERYTHING CROTON ARTICLE ON MARION POST WOLCOTT AND....

HER CROTON CONNECTION TO HESSIAN HILLS SCHOOL, AND MUCH MORE; CLICK HERE.

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THIS SERES---#6---BY CLICKING HERE. 

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