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John Mecray
John Marcy Mecray (February 13, 1937 – November 1, 2017) was an American Realism (arts), realist painter best known for his marine art. Formative Years He was raised in Cape May, New Jersey where family roots pre-date the 19th century. John's namesake was a Civil War soldier killed in action at Williamsburg, Virginia on May 5, 1862, and memorialized by the Grand Army of the Republic, GAR with a ten-foot obelisk in the Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Lower Twp., New Jersey. John's grandfather, James E. Mecray, started one of the nation's first Ford Motor Company, Ford agencies in Cape May in 1903. He won a number of awards for his artwork in the Cape May public school system. In 1954 he was accepted at the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts (Philadelphia), University of the Arts) where he majored in illustration under Wikisource:Author:Henry Clarence Pitz, Henry Pitz and Joe Krush. After John's third year at PCA he fulfilled his military oblig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridley Park
Ridley Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The population was 7,002 at the 2010 census. Ridley Park is the home of The Boeing Company's CH-47 Chinook helicopter division. History Native American The Lenape inhabited the Delaware River region several centuries before the arrival of European explorers and traders. The Okehocking Tribe of the Lenni Lenape Nation established small permanent villages along the river and its main tributaries. Land adjacent to Stoney Creek in Ridley Township has been identified as a Native American town site. Historians also believe that additional villages may have existed at other locations along Stoney Creek and Crum Creek in Ridley Park. Native Americans significantly influenced the built environment through their network of paths laid out for travel and communication purposes. Their footpaths through the densely forested countryside grew into the first roads of the area. Chester Pike is believed to have developed from a footpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Krush
Joe Krush (May 18, 1918 – March 8, 2022) and Beth Krush (March 31, 1918 – February 2, 2009) were an American husband-and-wife team of illustrators who worked primarily on children's books. They may be known best for the U.S. editions of all five Borrowers books by Mary Norton, published by Harcourt 1953–1961 and 1982, a series inaugurated very early in their careers. Life Beth was born March 31, 1918, in Washington, D.C. As a girl she enjoyed visiting the city institutions and special events and drawing at home. Joseph Krush was born May 18, 1918, in Camden, New Jersey, and raised there. As a boy he won some prizes for drawings of boats and planes. Beth and Joe both studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, where they met on the first day of class. They married during World War II and settled in Wayne, Pennsylvania, south of the city, in 1948. They still lived there when Beth died in 2009 (in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania). Joe had a life-long love of aviation. He desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
