FOR COLLECTORS OF VINTAGE BREYER HORSES.....

Here's a real treat....two links that tell you everything you ever wanted to know about this classic company that has been creating superb horses and animals for over 65 years and counting. 

(CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE THREE EXAMPLES CIRCA LATE 50'S TO 70'S FEATURED IN A LOCAL TOY AUCTION SOME YEARS BACK).

First---from ANTIQUE MALL, 10 Rarest Vintage Breyer Horses: Value And Price Guide.  CLICK HERE.

AND FROM BREYER'S OWN SITE HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR PIECE; CLICK HERE.

LEGENDARY ACTOR JAMES CAAN HAS DIED

James Caan, ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Elf’ and ‘Misery’ star, dead at 82

James Caan, the Bronx-born actor who starred in “The Godfather,” “Elf,” “Brian’s Song,” “El Dorado” and “Misery” among countless other films, has died. He was 82.

“It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6.  READ MORE AT THE NY POST HERE.

Click on the photo to see a vintage 1975 People Magazine featuring Caan and Streisand courtesy of THE CORNELIA COTTON GALLERY.

FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS & HISTORY BUFFS TOO #57, REWARD OFFERED FOR RETURN OF BROOKLYN TABERNACLE, BISHOPS EXPRESS CONCERN REGARDING DEPT. OF EDUCATIONS TITLE IX, LINCOLN DEPOT MUSEUM VIDEOS AVAILABLE ONLINE

One of our most widely traveled series at the OLD blog continues here. FOR OUR FAITH-BASED READERS AND HISTORY BUFFS TOO...#57

----FIRST UP.....Brooklyn Catholic diocese offers $50K reward in case of stolen $2M tabernacle

By Valentina Jaramillo July 5, 2022 | 5:42pm

“We continue to pray for the one-of-a-kind tabernacle, made possible by the original parishioners of St. Augustine, to be returned and then restored, in all its glory, to the heart. of this church"....Bishop Brennan....

The ungodly thieves stole the 18-karat gold tabernacle — believed to be worth $2 million — and also decapitated statues of angels flanking it, cops and church officials said at the time.  MORE AT https://nypost.com/2022/07/05/brooklyn-catholic-diocese-offers-50k-reward-in-case-of-stolen-tabernacle/

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----NEXT, REGARDING TITLE IX CHANGES, U.S. BISHOP CHAIRMEN EXPRESS CONCERN WITH  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE TITLE IX REGULATIONS

Click on the image to the right from the 7/10/2022 ST. AUGUSTINE (OSSINING) BULLETIN.  YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE 7/10 BULLETIN HERE.

----THE LINCOLN DEPOT MUSEUM HAS SOME WONDERFUL VIDEOS AVAILABLE ONLINE. SEE THEM HERE,

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See the last edition of this series at the link below:

FOR OUR FAITH BASED READERS AND HISTORY BUFFS TOO #56, HISTORIC W. VIRGINIA CHURCH BURNED TO THE GROUND, ARSON, NYC CATHOIC CHURCH VANDALIZED PRO-ABORTION, SPANISH CIVIL WAR MARTYRS BEATIFIED, MORE METHODIST CHURCHES LEAVE THE UMC, NEAR PRISTINE BRONZE AGE SPEAR FOUND IN BRITAIN, CITY OF THE SUN, THE LINCOLN DEPOT MUSEUM IN PEEKSKILL

IN THE NEWS: SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTOR TO TEACH SEXUAL PLEASURE CLASS TO 9 YEAR OLDS AND....U.K. BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS

A Washington woman who runs a sex shop wants to bring the kids into her store for a day of learning. Jenn Mason, who is also a director on the Bellingham school board, is offering what she called the “Uncringe Academy” at her sex shop, called WinkWink, with two age groups targeted. One class will be for kids aged 9 to 12; the other will be for kids 13 to 17, according to KTTH-AM. The class will have nuggets on “sexual anatomy for pleasure,” “kinds of solo and partnered sexual activities,” and “gender and sexual identities,” radio host Jason Rantz wrote in a post on KTTH-AM. MORE FROM THE WESTERN JOURNAL AT WA School Board Director to Host Gender Classes for Kids Ages 9-12 in Adult Toy Shop (westernjournal.com)

AND AN ARTICLE FROM THE NY POST School board director Jenn Mason to teach sexual ‘pleasure’ class to 9-year-olds (nypost.com)

AND BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS https://nypost.com/2022/07/07/british-prime-minister-boris-johnson-resigns/

NEW FROM EFSP: SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)

New from our friends at European Film Star Postcards:

Sleepy Hollow (1999) is an American Gothic Horror film directed by Tim Burton. The film is based on the short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by Washington Irving, published in 1819, which gets a few new twists. The film stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, with Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Christopher Lee and Jeffrey Jones in supporting roles. Memory Card made a series of postcards of lobby cards of the film. See and read more at 

https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2022/07/sleepy-hollow-1999.html

#11, THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER

Welcome to The New 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.

CONTINUING OUR VERY POPULAR SERIES--THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER---#11--we'll keep it light and simple (when possible) --- featuring old and new technology plus local--and not so local photographers---past, present and future....tips and more.......

Click on the photos and links.  

Came across a wonderful online archive of photos for PHOTOGRAPHER MARION POST COLCOTT AT THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM; quite a treasure trove. (AGAIN, CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR JUST ONE EXAMPLE.)  SEE THE REST HERE.

For those who don't know it, Wolcott had a Croton/Hessian Hills School connection; you can see and read more about that here.

NEXT UP: a fab tutorial--Photography cheat sheet: 10 ways to rethink the way you use your camera

Explore your camera and lens to find opportunities for experimentation.

READ AND SEE MORE FROM DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD HERE.

And finally, courtesy of Joe Haupt, a  Vintage Kodak Duaflex IV Flash Camera, Uses 620 Roll Film, Circa 1950 - 1954.

The Kodak Duaflex is a 620 roll film pseudo TLR made by Kodak in the US and UK. The original versions were available from December 1947 - September 1950 in the US, and 1949-1955 in the UK; the Duaflex IV was finally discontinued in the US in March 1960.

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SEE THE LAST EDITION OF THE CROTON PHOTOGRAPHER #10--YALE JOEL AND MUCH MORE--HERE.

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