tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951483292186512206.post4514700555586930552..comments2024-03-22T09:40:51.869-04:00Comments on BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. HISTORY . . . etc.: Oldest Person From New Gretna- Part 2Pete Stemmer, moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12922972073356224964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951483292186512206.post-87434411278213357082013-08-01T21:48:08.015-04:002013-08-01T21:48:08.015-04:00Love seeing all the history I have in New Gretna. ...Love seeing all the history I have in New Gretna. When looking at these pictures its hard to believe thats where we started.. Hopefully the Wiseman gean is still as strong as my Aunt Ethel.. <br />Thank You,<br />Aimee WelshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951483292186512206.post-16784659961132352942009-01-09T18:23:00.000-05:002009-01-09T18:23:00.000-05:00At a "friendly Seniors" meeting today (Januay 9th)...At a "<BR/>friendly Seniors" meeting today (Januay 9th), we were treated to a look at the Bass River history Blog as part of pwete's presentation. one of the selected p[osts was the Wiseman family, and linda M.remarked that Myrtle Wiseman Falkenburg's mother Myrtle's mother was dressed in the fashion of the day, and that's why she looked like one of Charles Dana Gibson's girls. Linda found some information about Gibson Girls, and shared it with me. I thought I would post it: <BR/><BR/>"Charles Dana Gibson’s period of greatest popularity was between 1900 and 1910, although he was productive well into the 1920’s. His best-known subject was the proverbial ‘Gibson Girl’. She became known as an ideal image of youthful American femininity, the modern woman, athletic, smart, stylish, and desirable and she sold magazines. In fact, whole fashion lines were started when Gibson placed a ribbon on her forehead or a certain style dress on her tall statuesque figure. While the nation was craving its own styles of architecture and searching for an American identity on the world scene, it also searched for idealizations in art. ‘The Gibson Girl’ satisfied that need by captivating the imagination of the country and by providing a perfect image of femininity,uniquely American."<BR/>So, New Gretna had its very own "Gibson Girl"<BR/>Jackie StemmerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com