CANDID CAMERA, COURTESY OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY & ALLEN FUNT

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You never know what you’ll find at The Croton-on-Hudson Historical Society—Part Six.  We continue to be simply amazed at the wonderful things to be found at The Croton Historical Society. The care, enthusiasm and knowledge of our volunteers just can’t be beat…so when we heard that Allen Funt of Candid Camera fame had lived in the village on Mt. Airy Road—and we just had to know more—all we had to do was ask--and ta-da!

Click on the photo and article (1960) below to read all about it. Again, many thanks to the historical society for this very pleasant trip down memory lane.

You can also read more about Mr. Funt here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Funt

P.S. TO CHECK OUT THE LATEST HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: CROTON IN 1940--become a member today; to download the application:  http://www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/Public_Documents/CrotonHudsonNY_WebDocs/HistoricalSociety/HSMembership.pdf

  

To see past editions of YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’LL FIND AT THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY:

Part One: You Never Know What You’ll Find at The Croton Historical Society – The 1904 Cosmopolitan Magazine, World’s Fair http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/03/you-never-know-what-youll-find-at.html

Part Two: You Never Know What You’ll Find at The Croton Historical Society – The Kennedy Assassination etc. http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/03/part-two-you-never-know-what-youll-find.html

Part Three: You Never Know What You’ll Find at The Croton Historical Society – Gary Cooper, Theresa Wright, and vintage sheet music http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/06/part-three-you-never-know-what-youll.html

Part Four: You Never Know What You’ll Find at The Croton Historical Society – an 1888 French fashion plate http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/06/part-four-you-never-know-what-youll.html

Part Five: You Never Know What You’ll Find at The Croton Historical Society – Jackie Gleason’s house http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/06/part-five-you-never-know-what-youll.html

RELATED: PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE CURRENT SOCIETY EXHIBIT: THE MASSES http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2012/02/photos-from-opening-reception-of-masses.html