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Silver Lake Institute Historic District is a national historic district located at Silver Lake in Wyoming County, New York.The district consists of 13 acres (5.3 ha) and is historically significant because of its association with the Silver Lake Institute, a Methodist-affiliated camp facility established in 1873.
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by its creator, Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891 The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. [1]
Gibson died of a heart ailment in 1944, aged 77, at 127 East 73rd Street, his home in New York City. [1] After a private funeral service at the Gibson home in New York, he was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [22] His widow died at her home in Greenwood, Virginia in April 1956 at the age of 83. [12]
Bare Acres Retreat [218] is a clothing-optional campground in Putnam County. Cactus Canyon Campground, near Ava, a male-only nude campground; Forty Acre Club, [219] in Lonedell, a family-friendly nudist campground; Heartland Naturists, [220] a non-landed group organized in Kansas City affiliated with The Naturist Society
Gibson is a hamlet in Eastern Steuben County, New York, United States. The hamlet is located in the town of Corning on the north bank of the Chemung River. Residents of Gibson are served by the Corning Painted Post Area School District. The combined New York State Route 17 and I-86 run between the river and the hamlet
Camilla Antoinette Clifford (29 June 1885 – 28 June 1971), known professionally as Camille Clifford, was a Belgian-born stage actress whose short theatrical career was highlighted by her performance as "Miss New York" in the Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen, a role in which she impersonated a "Gibson Girl"-like woman.
Feldman appeared on the radio periodically. She is noted as reprising her role in a radio version of the play Counsellor-at-Law with Paul Muni in 1935. [10]After her stage career ended, Feldman's major activity was serving as president of the Ziegfeld Club, an organization of alumnae of Ziegfeld musical shows from 1939 to 1965.
East Berne, New York [1] Coordinates: Area: 308 acres (1.25 km 2) [2] Operated by: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: Visitors: 63,934 (in 2014) [3] Open: All year: Website: Thompson's Lake State Park