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The Charles Lindbergh house in Hopewell New Jersey
When I featured a post about a country home in New Jersey a couple weeks ago and mentioned that it was near Charles Lindbergh's former house, a lot of people showed particular interest in the Lindbergh house so I thought I would devote an entire post to the storied home.
The house is famous for being the site of the 1932 kidnapping of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh's and Anna Morrow Lindbergh's 20 month old son, Charles Junior.
Baby Charles was taken from his nursery on the second floor – presumably through the window and down a rickety ladder which was left behind at the site.
The toddler was missing for 2 months, then tragically, in May of 1932 his battered, decomposing body was found in a ditch only a couple of miles from the Lindbergh home. You can read more on the kidnapping and subsequent events here.
I have read a couple of books on the kidnapping because it is such a tragic, intriguing and – many would argue – possibly unsolved case. A German-born carpenter (Bruno Richard Hauptmann) was tried and convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Jr. and executed in 1936.
However, there are many competing theories that persist to this day; one being that Hauptmann was merely an innocent scapegoat or a peripheral figure in the crime that some other person committed. Some investigators and historians even go so far as to say that Charles Lindbergh himself was responsible for the death of his first-born son. According to many historical accounts, Charles Lindbergh was one weird bird.
In any case, my heart feels heavy for the little boy who was lost, but he is in a better place now… so the house where the kidnapping took place holds the most fascination for me.
Located in the once rural area of East Amwell, New Jersey, near the town of Hopewell, the sprawling two-story French-country style home was newly built in 1932 when the kidnapping occurred. The house was situated on 700 acres of wooded land and cleared fields. Charles Lindbergh wanted a place that was far from the public eye, very private and had enough cleared property for an airplane landing strip.
The property near Hopewell, New Jersey fit all the criteria – and, it was very difficult to find, courtesy of numerous winding and branching country roads. Today, the area is populated with homes, farms and country estates, but back in the 1930's it was quite isolated.
While the house was under construction in 1931, the Lindberghs spent most of their time at Anne's parent's estate in Englewood, New Jersey, which incidentally, looked a lot like the house Charles Lindbergh had built.
Charles and Anne drove out to their Hopewell house (which they named Highfields) to spend the weekends when it was nearing completion.
In fact, Charles Lindbergh and his wife, son and a handful of servants had just barely moved in prior to the kidnapping. That is what makes the kidnapping so baffling – no one other than very close associates and family members knew where Charles Lindbergh's new house was. Even for those people, it was difficult to find the house, let alone know what room the baby was sleeping in.
The interior of the mansion was newly decorated at the time of the crime but had little furniture.
The large home had 23 rooms as well as an attached 3-car garage.
During the investigation, the Lindbergh house became command central for the detectives who worked the case. Apparently, they even slept there, along with various other guests whom Charles Lindbergh invited over to help with the investigation.
There are only a handful of grainy old photos of the interior of the house that were taken by investigators shortly after the kidnapping.
Below is the window where the kidnapper(s) reportedly exited with the baby:
And this is the actual crib from which baby Charles was taken during the night of March 1, 1932…
The nursery was on the second floor and many historians question the validity of the theory that a single man could climb down a thin ladder with a sleeping child under arm on a cold, windy and rainy night.
You can see images of how the nursery looks today at the following Flickr website here. (material is copyrighted so I can't reproduce the images on this blog).
It is a house with a haunting history, and it is sad that the Lindbergh's never really got to enjoy their dream home in rural New Jersey.
Besides the Highfields estate, Charles Lindbergh was fortunate enough to live in several other beautiful homes in his lifetime. Here are just a couple that I was able to dig up…
Charles Lindbergh's college rental house in Madison Wisconsin:
Charles Lindbergh lived in the basement apartment of this house during his second year at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In the second semester of that year, Lindbergh's grades were so bad, his advisor suggested he drop out of school before he flunked out. Lindbergh left UW to attend flying school. The rest is history.
– from: http://www.avweb.com/
Charles Lindbergh's childhood home in Little Falls, Minnesota:
The home is now publicly owned as part of a state park in Minnesota – it was donated by the Lindbergh family in 1931 in recognition of Lindbergh's father Congressman Charles August Lindbergh .
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is a 569 acre (2.3 km²) Minnesota state park on the outskirts of Little Falls. The park was once the farm of Congressman Charles August Lindbergh and his son Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Their restored 1906 house and two other farm buildings are within the park boundaries.
– from: http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites
You can tour the home today — still decorated with its original family furnishings and possessions.
See here for interior photos of Charles Lindbergh's boyhood home in Minnesota.
Charles Lindbergh's "Long Barn" retreat in Kent England:
Frustrated by the unrelenting media attention on his home and family life after the kidnapping, Charles Lindbergh took his family and fled secretly to England in 1935.
The family eventually rented "Long Barn" in the village of Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, England. … At the time of Hauptmann's execution, local police almost sealed off the area surrounding Long Barn with "orders to regard as suspects anyone except residents who approached within a mile of the home." Lindbergh later described his three years in the Kent village as "among the happiest days of my life"
Long Barn is believed to date from the mid-fourteenth century and has hosted many other famous people over the centuries (including the likes of Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks).
Today, the most famous Lindbergh residence – Highfields in New Jersey – still stands. The site of the infamous Lindbergh kidnapping is now a residential treatment center for male juvenille offenders.
In 1933, just over a year after his son's disappearance and murder, Charles Lindbergh gifted his Highfields estate near Hopewell to the state of New Jersey.
If Charles Lindbergh revisited his former home in East Amwell Township today, he would probably be pleased. When he gave Highfields to the state on June 29, 1933, he stipulated that the estate be used to help boys, and that's what is happening there.
The Albert Elias Residential Group Center is home to 20 boys, ages 15-17. These boys have gotten into trouble and the state is using the rural setting and a new way of life to rehabilitate them. The place is staffed with teachers and social workers, not corrections officers.
– from: http://blog.nj.com/lindbergh – article by: By John Curran
Although there are few public photos of the inside of the Lindbergh home today, anyone from the public can request a private tour of the facility – see here for more details.
At first I was disappointed that the Highfields estate was being used as a juvenile offender's home, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
The fact that the fated home now serves to help rehabilitate troubled boys is a tribute to the home's unique, albeit tragic, past.
Intrigued by the Lindbergh kidnapping case? See the following websites for all the details:
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37 Responses to The Charles Lindbergh house in Hopewell New Jersey
This was fascinating, thanks so much for posting! Tragic story and wish they solve the kidnapping once and for all. Links are very interesting
Thanks for posting this – the home is actually in East Amwell, not Hopewell. East Amwell is in Hunterdon County, so this is the reason the trial was in Flemington. If the home were in Hopewell, it would have been Mercer County, so the trial would have been in Trenton.
I don't know if I agree with your comment that Lindbergh was a wierd guy – I think living through this kind of incident (he and his wife were in the house when all this happened) would probably make you a bit guarded…
Thanks for posting though – great photos – and a look into history.
My mother knew Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, because she worked as a maid, working for the Morrow household. It was during the early 1940's. It was very interesting listening to my mother talk about them. They treated my mother well. My family also knew the cook who worked for the Morrows. The cook was like an aunt to me. When I was young, we drove by the Morrow estate and we saw the Lindbergh home from a distance.
Verye nice summary! Thanks fore taking the time. Nice photos! Personally, I think Hauptman did it all by himself, but that can bee debated on the sites you posted. Thanks again!
Everyone who wants to find out the most current information on this crime, read "Cemetery John" by Robert Zorn. It was not done alone – totally impossible.
The Lone Eagle was indeed an odd duck. He liked playing sadistic tricks on people, like the time he filled a guy's canteen with a caustic liquid and laughed when the poor fellow drank from it and burned his esophagus.
He was a Nazi sympathizer who believed in eugenics and the supremacy of the white race. He almost bought a house in Berlin from a Jewish family shortly before the outbreak of WW II, until he decided against going through with the deal because he feared the homeowners would use the money to escape from Germany.
He was a great pilot but he was NOT a nice guy.
He also had several illegitimate children with two Swiss sisters…
Lindbergh was a flash in the pan. If he had not flown from New York to Paris, and then married well, he would not have accomplished anything else significant in his life, and as a matter of fact, he did not. He was ignorant, mean-spirited, and narrow minded, as the above incidents show. Sure, a lot of other famous people were part of America First, but unlike Lindbergh, they had the good sense to leave after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Lindbergh continued right on with his commentary.
Best site on the subject so far. Answered many of my questions. We will visit the museum in West Trenton. We do kind of the same thing, maybe we can do something together. My 11 year old son is in all the videos.
Well at last I have found the house t I was sent to during the war in the early 40s..I will always remember the name long barn nursery sevenoaks Kent.. I have seen on eBay ..a post card of the house ,with children .dressed in there little smocks like I was ..I can't wait for the post card to arrive.. Maybe I am in the phot..! I spent my childhood until the age of 15 in children's homes .if you were also at this house please get in touch ..my tel number is ..07790172!822..or if you have any memories relating to this subject please call me ..mr Frederick Clarke ..(nobby)
What about the house in hawaii?
I honestly do not believe that Charles Lindbergh, despite his politics of the 1940s (he was opposed to this country's entry into WWII and made at least one speech that many felt to be anti-Semitic at a time when Hitler was destroying Europe's Jews) could possibly have killed his own son. This is just nuttiness. He and Anne had five other children, and in fact he had several children with mistresses in Germany after WWII.
I do believe that Charlie Lindbergh's death changed his personality forever. He clearly must have been a much more warm and open young man before the kidnapping than he was after, when he became fearful of the press (I might, too, as they photographed the body of his dead child!) and gradually became more and more withdrawn from aspects of normal life. However, he was a good writer and won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, The Spirit of St. Louis.
I believe that he was politically either tone-deaf or actually anti-Semitic. His wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who wrote many lovely books including "Gift From the Sea," still a best-seller today, was against his giving the speech. All her family were on the "other side"– in favor of helping Britain beat off the Nazis. When Pearl Harbor settled the question of war, Lindbergh tried to be reinstated in the army air force (he had resigned in a hassle with FD Roosevelt, the president at the time). Roosevelt didn't trust him,but Lindbergh helped build planes in Michigan with Henry Ford (another anti-Semite, unfortunately) and later did make some bombing flights in the Pacific as the military looked the other way.
I do not think he killed his own son, but as one wit of the time said of him, "all heroes are horses' asses."
The baby was kidnapped and killed, probably on the night he was taken. Though Lindbergh was harsh with his children at times, I do not think he was capable of killing a child, especially his own.
The Lindbergh house is now named for my father, Albert Elias. I lived in the house with my parents and two brothers from 1952 through 1963. It was a very isolated area even then, some 20 years after the kidnapping. Our driveway was nearly a mile long and all roads leading to the estate and in the surrounding area were gravel or dirt roads. Gypsies and hillbillies lived in the area and were very protective and suspicious of everyone. An old one-room schoolhouse still stood about a mile and a half away. We were aware of the history of the place. Occasionally, a person claiming to be the Lindbergh baby would drop by. My father would indulge him and then send him on his way. I later learned that this same person visited Lindbergh at his home in Connecticut.
Re the kidnapping, obviously gave inside information to the kidnapper or kidnappers, since I don't think that Hauptmann acted alone if at all. How he came into the ransom money is still a mystery and his explanation may be half-true but so many other facts and circumstances did not make much sense either. It was a shame he was executed since Hauptmann may have been more forthcoming had he lived in prison for many years.
I spent about 4 months at Highfields from Oct 1959 thru Feb 1960 and met your father as part of my treatment as a Juvenile offender. I can say he and his staff turned my life around and set me on a path leading to a satisfying and successful life.
To this day I make use of the knowledge obtained in the program developed to get us to look within ourselves as a first step toward correcting our problem behavior.
Being older now I cannot remember to many details but do remember the cook, who we used to call "Mom". Since we used to work off site during the week at the State facility (hospital) nearby, I recall the driver of the truck which took us there and back, I believe his name was Herb.
My father coauthored a book called "The Highfields Story" that is now out of print about the residential treatment program there that opened in the early 1950s. You might be able to get the book on Amazon where I managed to get a couple of copies. A good photo of the house is on the cover with me standing next to my father in the distant background
I have it, a great and informative look into the ground breaking programs of Highfields.
This is a great site with many great photo's. I just watched "Who Killed Lindburg's Baby on Nova. It brought up many good insights into the cass with many expert investigators. I didn't know about Lindburg's nazi sentiments and his obsession with human perfection. Guess I only related to his flying accomplishments. Thanks too for all the interesting comments about the site.
Just from reading the evidence that was found, it seemed so obvious that the guilty party was charged. However, looking at these photos, I have to wonder. Not living there long, 23 rooms, 2 stories, one chance to get it right–and he happens to choose just the right window as the nursery? If the convicted man was truly guilty, he had to have had inside info. So many unanswered questions. Well, they are all gone now. But what pain there must have been for the family. RIP. Great site–put together very well.
I read that two of the Lindbergh's servants gave tours of the house before the Lindbergh's moved into it, unknown to them. That could explain how BRH knew. Also, the media could of released that information. The Lindberghs were the most famous couple in the world. Bruno Hauptman built a rather unusual ladder that could of been used at the Englewood home or the East Amwell home. He might of actually gone to the Englewood home, first, on that day and then proceeded to the East Amwell home.
There's some nice bird's eye imagery of the house available from Bing for anyone who is interested: http://binged.it/18wagr2. Even today it is still pretty isolated.
If you click on your last link to the NJ juvenile residential schools, it says that the Lindbergh home is now used as a female substance abuse rehab program called D.O.V.E.S. You can see the info here: http://www.nj.gov/oag/jjc/residential_comm_doves_hm.html
Just read "The Cases that Haunt Us" by John Douglas, former FBI profiler, and Mark Olshaker; it has an interesting chapter on the Lindbergh kidnapping. The baby apparently was mortally injured in being taken from the home and his body left in the woods; he believes that there probably was more than one kidnapper. Richard Hauptmann did have about 1/3 of the ransom money—but there were a lot of kidnappings in the 1930s, money laundering was rife, and Mr. Hauptmann would not say anything, so we will likely not ever know the extent of his involvement. Although it is clear that he built the ladder (a floorboard from his house was used in its construction),his carpentry skills could have been hired for that. Certainly the case is interesting.
The Hopewell Ghosts is a great read – check if out if you haven't. My thought is that the ladder was built for the East Amwell home, which is why it was about 30 inches too short – would have to see if the window was lower at that EA house to really know for sure. Anyway, he was absolutely guilty, whether or not he did it on his own.
I actually toured the house today and it's being used for girls instead of boys now. It seems like a great center for them to get the neccessary help.
The whole story is very interesting. it frustrates me that nobody will ever know the full truth but I guess that's also what keeps it fun.
Great site! Thanks!
Were the Lindberghs notified when the home they donated to the state of New Jersey to be used to help young boys became a home to help girls/women?
Seems to me this change would be very offensive to the Lindbergh family, as the home was donated in memory or honor of their son Charlie.


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Posted Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:51AM
Hello everyone,
This year, our trusty old Illustration Challenge turns 6 years old. Amazingly it has remained almost exactly the same since its inception in 2006, right down to the very words used to explain the rules.
When we first began the Challenge it was a fun way to share our takes on the same theme. Themes were chosen based on how accessible they were to all contributors and had to be selected in advance.
But these days, we are trying to more actively provide inspiration and ideas to contributors. This allow us to communicate our needs more efficiently than ever before. In comparison our old Challenge system is clunky and inflexible. Although we've had a lot of fun over the years we feel that it's time has passed.
We're sorry to announce that this month will be the last month that we host the Challenge in its existing format.
We don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, though. We are looking for your suggestions on where we can go from here.
We have two Challenge alternatives to offer:
1) We would be glad to hand the Challenge over to the community to run on its own
2) We could repurpose the Challenge as a pimping-style thread based on currently needed content (allowing us to switch it whenever new needed files are identified)
Please let us know what you think, we're open to any and all suggestions.
Posted Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:33AM
Quarterly Challenge with bigger prizes and checkbox voting system? I dunno, I kind of gave up on it because the prizes weren't worth the effort. Single prize of something like an Inkling, VectorTuts or Lynda.com year subscriptions. Just a thought.
Posted Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:28PM
Unfortunately, given how much we're putting into all of the other methods of identifying needed content, we can't budget hundreds of dollars on prizes for forum contests going forward.
That's why I think a pimping thread would be a good solution. People can enter files already in their portfolio, and we can target the themes around needed content. What do you guys think?
Posted Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:03PM
Why bother with posting in a pimping thread? Even the photo one that is in a forum that gets some views doesn't lead to extra sales. Anything hidden away in the Illustration forum would be a waste of time.
So far all the effort into other methods of identifying needed content (as far as contributors are concerned) comes down to one moribund thread in a forum which is only visible to exclusive contributors with a link to a PDF full of pretty pictures that are largely irrelevant to illustrators. Doing something that demonstrates istock actually wants contributions from illustrators might get more response. And the best way of doing that is boosting sales.
(Edited on 2012-04-20 17:47:00 by Susan_Stewart)
Posted Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:16PM
What about this: iS keeps selecting themes & for the challenge don´t accept old images in, only new.
Then ask a panel of non-istock illustrator contributors to decide who wins (could be photographers, admins or someone else with an honest and objective point of view). Judges would be important, so they should be the best that we could get.
Then what about this PRIZE for the winner: promote that illustrator´s FULL portfolio for at least a week in the front page. Yeah, yeah, I know photographers won´t like this, but hey, they could do the same thing. And so on with video and audio. And establish a period in which the winner can´t win again, but don´t make it too long. Perhaps not being able to win in the same year in which you´ve already won or so.
(Edited on 2012-04-20 22:56:47 by CTRd)
Posted Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:43AM
I like this idea ^
Posted Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:26AM
Good idea. I can vouch that having an image featured on the front page increases sales dramatically.
Posted Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:04PM
Hi CTRd,
We already only accept new uploads (not old files). This doesn't seem to be working very well… We've hardly gotten any entries this month, and the number of entries has been dropping every month.
Regarding judges, we have tried many, many things over the years. We've used iStock staff, admins, inspectors, and then top contributors. It always works well for the first month or two but then the number of people willing to help judge always drops off. This is something that we've been struggling with for many years now. We appreciate the idea, but, it is something we've tried and unfortunately it has failed. This is one of the many reasons we don't believe that the Challenge can't keep going in its current form anymore.
About promoting on the illustration landing page: This is something we've discussed in the past but unfortunately this just isn't an option. The featured files on the landing page are selected several months in advance in order to give us time to translate all of the text and design all of the graphics. And what if one person's file is clearly the winner every month? Placing limits will mean top contributors won't be entering on a regular basis. Sorry, but the landing page isn't an option at this point.
So it looks like you guys don't want a pimping thread... That leaves the option of giving the Challenge over to the community. Is anyone interested in taking it over?
(Edited on 2012-04-21 18:17:17 by bortonia)
Posted Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:05AM
Hi Jenn,
Please explain this phrase:
"But these days, we are trying to more actively provide inspiration and ideas to contributors."
Tom Young
Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:59AM
We recently published our first article on 'needed' files, there's the forum, we've provided access to the GI Creative Research portal, plus we have more in the works. This is the first time that we've started looking at our collection as a whole and identifying what we're missing.
OTOH, Challenge themes have always based on what we felt everyone could draw, as opposed to subjects that iStock needs. For example illustrators who don't specialize in figurative drawing wouldn't be likely to enter a challenge that was themed around drawing people. We tried to keep themes as vague and open ended as we could to encourage more people to submit.
Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be working anymore as the number of submissions we get per month has been dropping off for years now. It also doesn't help us identify content we're lacking in. This is why we thought a pimping thread based around files on our current 'Needs' list would be a better fit moving forward.
Edited to add: Is there anyone who DOES feel that the Challenge has been doing a great job of identifying content that's currently needed, and encouraging lots of submissions? That's the impression I've been getting from some of these posts, and if so, that's OK. We just need volunteers in order to keep the Challenge running as it is, so if you're interested, please sitemail me or post here.
(Edited on 2012-04-23 11:36:19 by bortonia)
Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:45AM
As someone who's been here since the very first challenge ever I can say that it's lost some of it's steam over the years. We have tried many of the things suggested above already. The community used to do the voting and eventually people lost interest in doing that so staff had to fill in.
The number of members contributing to challenges has decreased over time as well. If you guys really love the challenge and want to keep it going you can take it over yourself if one or more of you would like to take on the responsibility.
Having our own creative briefs and articles can help us remain competitive by filling areas where we need content.
There are several useful articles so far:
(Edited on 2012-04-23 11:54:25 by diane555)
Posted Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:58PM
I remember when the first vector challenge took place. There was so much hope and goodwill in the air. Contributors could reach higher & higher percentage plateaus based on accumulative downloads. Personally I found that foundation inspiring and worth investing time and energy. To me the vector challenges were a way for iStock to show how much it valued its vector artists as a great opportunity to give back to the vector community. But it was never funded like the cage challenge. Rather it was not treated seriously. Yes I won one of the challenges and received a book on Illustrator CS3 that was useless to me, whereas a cage winner could win $5000. (granted they all had to work very hard; much harder than a vector challenge).
I don't understand how a corporation that brings in hundreds of millions in revenue each year, acts as if it is an under-funded charity, needing volunteers to take the helm.
If iStock were to fund an annual vector challenge of the magnitude of the annual cage challenge then I believe there would be more enthusiasm. Also I wonder why so much energy is directed into the cage when its purpose is more for entertainment rather than generating content.
(Edited on 2012-04-23 18:01:30 by tygraphics)
Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:30AM
Hey Ty,
Thanks for the feedback, but it sounds a bit like you maybe misunderstood the purpose of the Challenge, and how it got started...
The Challenge was never an iStock initiative, and has never been funded. I started it on my own just for fun (in fact I 'borrowed' the idea from a thread that used to run in the photo forums). Any prizes we've handed out over the years were funded out of my own pocket, and all work put into running the contest was done by myself with a handful of other Admins like Diane. This was never intended to be an 'official' iStock thing, it was supposed to be something silly and fun for us in the forums.
Yes there were once prizes as part of the old Punctum Day in the Steel Cage. But outside of that, no prizes are awarded in the Cage. Comparing the Cage to the Challenge is like looking at apples and oranges, they're completely different things! But if you ever wanted to discuss the Cage, the Main Discussion forum might be a good place to start a thread since I don't know much about the Cage.
I'm sorry that my thread may have come off as an 'under-funded charity', but at this point it's about where to best spend my time (and that of my Admins). We should be focusing on something that is relevant to our contributors, not something that was started for fun years ago and that no one really seems interested in anymore.
The only ideas I had were to turn it over to the community (which no one seems interested in), or, to try and evolve it into something new.
I hope this helps explain things better. We are still looking for suggestions so please feel free to share any ideas you have.
(Edited on 2012-04-24 12:59:46 by bortonia)
Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:01PM
We also felt it was important to open the fate of the Challenge up for discussion as a group. The Challenge started as a fun community initiative so we'd like to get everyone's feedback rather than just shutting it down with no notice!
Posted Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:19PM
Jenn, please forgive me if my post offended you in any way. I guess I'm just bummed out that one of my favorite parts of iStock is falling apart. My comments were selfish. I mindlessly vented my frustration over the change in iStock financials over the past several years. I offer my sincere apology.
The truth is I participated in most of the vector challenges, even the first one. Most of my entries never went beyond the pencil stage so I never entered them. You may have no idea how obsessed I have been with iStock vector illustration. All I ever wanted was for iStock illustration to do well and share that success back to the vector artists. Maybe it is also because I know how much time it takes to create great vectors.
How I wish I personally had the financial resources to be able to volunteer my time but alas I do not.
Posted Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:02PM
Hey wdunn, thanks so much for the detailed suggestions! Awesome post
But like I said before, we can't use the Landing Page for the Challenge for a number of reasons. Here are just a few:
- Given how far in advance landing page content must be chosen, any winners featured would end up being at least 6 months old: Not ideal
- Any content still needs a caption and description, which needs translation: it's built into the page functionality and cannot be changed
- We can't feature a single image as a winner, it has to be a Collection, forum link or a lightbox
- The landing page content is Marketing driven for clients and focuses on regional and seasonal content that's trending: This can't be done with the Challenge
- The slots aren't always the same and different regions use them to promote content that is suitable to their countries: Again, this can't be achieved by featuring the Challenge
- We're losing out on a huge opportunity to promote the content that clients are looking for
- I'd argue that featuring a collection of seasonal content is far more useful to clients than featuring a 6 month old Challenge winner, at least from a customer perspective. The Challenge is for contributors, not clients.
While you guys seem really focused on the landing page, I'm sorry but like we said earlier, using it for Challenges is not an option at this time. Sorry.
So, let's try to focus on the contest itself. We need to figure out how to reduce the amount of Administration time it takes to run, how to attract more entries, and target needed content. There's little point in talking about promotion when the actual Challenge itself is being shut down!
Again, if you guys think it's running fine on its own, then we'd be happy to turn it over to a group of volunteers to run. Just sitemail me to let me know
(Edited on 2012-04-25 13:09:49 by bortonia)
Posted Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:58AM
First of all, I must say that I really liked the idea of the Challenge. Sadly, I managed only once to take part in the Challenge, and it has nothing to do with laziness, I'm just too busy and I got a big family to take care of, so I rarely have any time for fun. I would like to see that Challenge lives on, in one form or another, and I've seen a number of great works during the past few years presented in the Challenge threads, so I really hope that some solution will occur. Unfortunatelly, I cannot offer any help in this case, I just want to say that it would be a pitty if the Challenge disappeares completely.
Posted Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:00AM
@ kristijanh, absolutely, some of my all time favorite files were uploaded as part of the Challenge. Did you ever see this lightbox? It's a collection of some of the awesome work that's been submitted over the years. So much great stuff!
Wdunn: ...otherwise without that old link and no other encouragement it will eventually die.
The thing is, the Challenge already died despite a link on the landing page. I've already explained why we can't use landing page content to feature content in a timely matter. So let's please look at how we can evolve and improve the Challenge itself, rather than worrying about what's on the landing page
Posted Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:38PM
I just had a thought...
I was looking for summer sports illustrations today. I wasn't looking for cartoony or kids themes, but more natural and serious illustrations. Like the kind that could be used to advertise a pro sports event. I needed illustrations of sports such as tennis, track and field, baseball, etc.
In the end I was only able to find a few files from a small handful of contributors. The rest turned out to be a lot of really cute cartoons and kid themes, that while very well done, didn't really fit the more serious look I needed. I also found a lot of hybrid business/sport stuff (ie 'business man in suit jumps over hurdle'). Great concepts, but not what I was looking for.
This happens to me all the time. I'll need something specific, in a certain style but won't find much. There are a lot of opportunities for us to fill some of these gaps.
So I got to thinking, how about we start some kind of 'stuff we noticed was missing' thread? It could work like the Request forum, where we post gaps we've noticed. Illustrators could go through the thread and tackle anything that catches their interest.
This won't be an official listing of files iStock needs, or part of our Creative Research. Instead it would focus on the random things we notice might be missing whenever we try a search for something, both silly and serious.
Posted Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:39PM
The basic idea behind the thread itself is what I like the most Jenn. A clear sense of friendly and relaxed community with a strong professional business attitude inside iS is something I miss. This makes me think that I still wonder why the BuyRequest program isn´t around any more. It didn´t give me huge financial results by itself, but it did get me into creating a few succesful illustrations that perhaps I wouldn´t have had decided to make by myself.
I also like the fact that people will be able to come into the illustration forum asking for content. Yes, I know there is a specific forum to do that right now, but to be honest, I tend to forget that it exists and hardly look at it.


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Have you checked out our Preferred Partners Program lately? As a City Club member, you will receive 15% off (may not apply to all products & services) at the businesses listed below!
If you are a club member and would like to apply for the program, just go here and fill out the application – https://cityclubofwilmington.wordpress.com/city-club-preferred-partners/
Adam Shay CPA, PLLC
Tax planning and tax preparation for business owners and individuals.
We also provide outsourced CFO services to businesses.
Adam Shay Phone: (910) 256-3456
Women's boutique specializing in custom, one-of-a-kind women's couture
hats; high-end vintage costume jewelry; occasion dress; vintage and new
bags, wraps; vintage accessories such as gloves and bags; local artists
including jewelry artists and fiber artists.
Jan Wutkowski Phone: (910) 397-9099
Bluewater Marine and RV & Bluewater Transport Limousine
Transportation needs land or sea large and small we can move it all. Limousine Service, Boat Charters & Cruises, Yacht Transport at Sea, RV, Trailer, Fifth Wheel Transport. Michael Hamby (910) 256-8328
Cape Fear Formal Wear
Men's Formal Wear. Suites and Tuxedos
Jeff Hovis Phone: (800) 433-7558
Coastal Cupcakes
Wilmington's first and premier cupcakery, offering designer cupcakes made fresh daily from the worlds finest ingredients. Great for Gift Giving, Birthday Parties, Weddings, Showers, Business Meetings and other events!
Kristen Beckmeyer Phone: (910) 251-8844
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
One of the largest law firms in North Carolina with more than 100 attorneys serving clients across the state from offices in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Wilmington. We represent clients in all stages of litigation before federal, state, and local courts in North Carolina, as well as select administrative agencies.
John Martin (910) 777-6054
Crescent Moon at 2 N Front, LLC
Retail gift and decor gallery for hand made craft in America. We buy from over 75 artists that are local, regional and national and sell their hand craft in art glass, pottery, fiber, metal sculpture, jewelry and visual arts. Affordable Made in the USA gifts and art. Free Gift Wrapping. Free Delivery in the Greater Wilmington area. We ship and insure to the Continental USA.
Joan Loch Phone: (910) 762-4207
DeeTrain Personal Training Services
1-on-1 Personal Training, Group Fitness Classes and Bootcamps
Dee Whittington Phone: (910) 367-5571
DesignLoud, Inc
Full service Web Design/Branding and Internet Marketing Agency. Our professionals have been working within the industry for a decade or longer and have a deep understanding of how the web works and what makes an effective brand. Todays internet users expect a certain kind of usability when browsing the web and if they find your website too difficult to use then you could be losing out on potential customers.
Derek Schmidt Phone: (910) 399-6237
Diamond Diaries
A practical way to share proposal stories and engagement ring pictures with friends
(and the world) as quickly as possible. It also gives brides-to-be a good place to show off their new ring and brag about their sweet future husband.
Cameron Dobson Phone: (707) 502-2362
Events! On Front
Located in the heart of Wilmington's historic downtown business district on Front Street. Featuring a full 18-foot bar, permanent dance floor, stage, elegant finishes, and neutral decor to suit any special event!
Nancy Bullock Phone: (910) 777-2887
Flash Promotions
Promotional products such as t-shirts, hats, buttons, flashlights, mugs, koozies, etc.
Louise McColl Phone: (910) 350-1211
Front Street Optometric Care
Healthy Eyes Meet Stylish Eyes! Full scope optometric practice that offers routine eye exams, CL exams, and treatment of diseases of the eye. Evening & Saturday appointments for your convenience. Most vision and medical insurances accepted. Optical boutique with 1000 frames.
Dr. Tiffany Jackson Phone: (910) 341-4556
Greater Wilmington Business Journal / Wilma Magazine
Numerous avenues for clients to connect with their target audience–print, online and in person – Greater Wilmington Business Journal, Book on Business or Wilma magazine ads, Business Journal & Wilma websites, Daily Emails, sponsorships at our Power Breakfasts, Coastal Entrepreneur Awards, Wilmington Biz Expo, Health Care Heroes, Wilma Expo, Wilma Nights, SpotOn video, and Insights.
Judy Budd Phone: (910) 343-8600 x212
Greene Resources
Recruiting and staffing services. Designs and delivers specialized recruiting solutions from a wide variety of industries.
Lindsay Smith Phone: (910) 251-0505
Infinity Acupuncture
Chinese medicine is a proven system of medicine that has worked effectively for over 4,000 years and withstood the test of time. Acupuncture balances and treats mind, body and spirit for whole healing.
Gretchen S. Reavis Phone: (910) 262-1122
Intracoastal Realty
Real estate sales (buy or sell)
Michelle Clark Phone: (910) 367-9767
Junction Mechanical
Plumbing and piping service, repairs fro industrial, commercial and residential customers. 32 years of experience and insured.
Kal Marton Phone: (910) 742-7037
Kelly Kottage
Online boutique offering accessories, apparel, and gifts for baby/kids, women, home décor, etc. We also offer monogramming and embroidery services.
Kelly Thomas
Live Oak Real Estate
Leader in foreclosure and general full service real estate in Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach, and the surrounding Pender and Brunswick County areas. Experts in REO, foreclosure, and corporate owned assets. Find and buy foreclosures fast or fast track your listing with the same methods we use for the largest banks in America to give you a level playing field in this market.
Pamela Wooddell Phone: (910) 470-2532
NC Eco Odysseys
Unique adventures by introducing history, activity, and culinary adventure into our events. Custom outings & corporate team building adventures. Recurring event – Paddles and Pairings, a unique kayak adventure on one of our local waterways coupled with a catered craft beer or wine pairing dinner.
Deena Craig Phone: (407) 247-5516
Outdoor Creations Landscape & Design, Inc.
Specializes in guaranteed landscaping and lawn care solutions to enhance the value and natural beauty of your home. A beautifully landscaped yard is an investment that pays for itself in pleasure as well as increased home value.
Raymond Bray Phone: (910) 343-0777
Paws4people Foundation
Pet, therapy and service dog training
Kyria Henry Phone: (910) 431-0698
Pomp Event Furnishings
Lounge furniture and specialty decor rentals for weddings, corporate events and special occasions. Make your next cocktail party or special event spectacular by adding items from one of our seven amazing collections. Schedule a showroom appointment to see the collections in person including items like sofas, sectionals, benches, day beds, lanterns, room dividers, custom pillows and more.
Rebecca Pirone Dawson Phone: (910) 251-7711
QuickTrainer, Inc.
QuickBooks consulting company is dedicated to everything QuickBooks: Consulting (setup, implementation, 1-on-1 training, data cleanup, quarterly & year-end reviews), QuickBooks Bookkeeping, Classes (including payroll) & Point Of Sale.
Denise and Jim Merritt Phone: (910) 338-0488
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
Certified Financial Planner™ Assistance with insurance, investment and retirement planning needs. Jon Tait Phone: (910) 371-0366
Relax! Massage Therapy
Whether you desire a relaxing Full-Body Massage, deep tissue work, or need a therapeutic session to release your sore neck or back, Relax! Massage Therapy is the destination of choice in Wilmington, North Carolina, for clients that demand the best in massage therapy.
Gretchen S. Reavis Phone: (910) 262-1122
River Landing
Gated golf course community covering over 1,700 unspoiled acres on the banks of the northeast Cape Fear River in Wallace, NC. Easy 35 minute drive from Wilmington. Number of different venues for special events (weddings, meetings, board retreats, fundraisers, etc.). 2 top 50 in NC golf courses, 2 amazing restaurants, our own Holiday Inn Express and Suites and in the gates we have deluxe suites and golf cottages.
Madi McDougald Phone: (910) 285-1006
Riverside Dental Arts
Comprehensive General Dentistry (Dental Implants & Aesthetic Dentistry). Achieve your appearance goals combined with preventive measures for a healthy smile that lasts your lifetime. New Patient Exam, Cleaning & necessary Radiographs, Professional Teeth Whitening & $500 off Invisalign Orthodontic Therapy.
Dr. Gabriel Rich Phone: (910) 254-4555
Salon Beyond Basics Day Spa
Full service Salon and Spa with 26 stylist chairs, 3 massage therapist suites, 2 aesthetician suites, and 2 wig/hair piece suites. We carry about 25 different professional product/tool lines to fully care for any client needs.
Terry Allgood Phone: (910) 452-0072
Seaside Wellness Center
Chiropractic, Clinical Nutritional Care
Dr. John Weisberg Phone: (910) 352-2723
Seaside Wellness Center
Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Reiki
Daryl Weisberg Phone: (910) 352-2723
Simply Divine Bed & Breakfast, Inc.
Lodging – overnight and extended stay, special events, weddings, parties
Carmen Forrester Phone: (910) 892-2296
Starr Financial Resources
Our clients are entrepreneurs, executives and individuals who care about people. We help them achieve what they would want…if they knew the possibilities.
Peter Starr Phone: (910) 367-5497
The Barbara Pugh Real Estate Team – Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage
Helping buyers, sellers and investors navigate the real estate market with professional service and integrity. I work with sellers from investment rental properties to luxury homes on the ICWW. My Team and I are always willing to go the extra mile to help buyers find just the right property.
Barbara Pugh Phone: (910) 520-2945
The Inn at City Club
Six luxury suites seated proudly above terraced gardens in the 1841 ante-bellum de Rosset House. Each suite is individually appointed with heart-of-pine floors, period furniture, large whirlpool tubs, separate showers, gas log fireplaces, cable TV, telephones, data ports, coffee makers, refrigerators, microwaves and irons with boards. Two of the suites are full apartment suites with kitchens and washer/dryers.
Holt Broadhurst Phone: (910) 343-1880 ext 206
The Three Divas Events
The Three Divas are a mother/daughters event design team who offer full service event planning and directing with in house services that include cake, floral & event design, and Videography!
The Three Divas Phone: (910) 399-6276
TheatreNOW Productions, LLC
Weekend dinner theater shows, kids show and Sunday jazz brunches, comedy, and more!
Alisa Harris Phone: (910) 399-3669
Wealth Coach of North Carolina
Comprehensive Financial Planning (Personal and Business), Philanthropic and Charitable Gift Planning, Financial Planning for children and adults with Special Needs, Investment and Insurance Planning
Steven Krasnipol Phone: (910) 398-6405
Welcome Service LLC
Personally welcoming newcomers and new businesses to New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick County. The only personal welcoming service in the area. We keep the service exclusive, and make sure you are exclusive to your area.
Nancy Wilcox Phone: (910) 793-0950
Whittington Consulting Group
Sales and marketing consulting, training and implementation for small-medium sized businesses.
Neal Whittington Phone: (919) 669-0551
Wilmington Cleaning Solutions
Commercial & Residential Cleaning/Janitorial Services, Carpet Cleaning
Neal Whittington Phone: (910) 367-5232
Wilmington Junior Golf Academy
We use golf as a vehicle to teach young people about life skills and core values. Any child is welcome at absolutely no cost. We are presently in 9 elementary schools, 5 afterschool programs and have 6 clinics on the weekends.
Jake Hunt Phone: (910) 622-5253
Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming
"One-stop shop" for superior pet products, along with offering a spa-like feel for our pet grooming" services.
Erskine Smith Phone: (910) 256-5557
Pat Kusek Financial Group presents the 3rd Annual Great Gatsby Gala hosted by Jess James at The City Club inspired by the Great American Novel and the joie de vivre of the Jazz Age glamourized by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Get ready for some Roaring 20's reverie! As the City Club's only event open to the public, The City Club will offer an exclusive discount (80% discount!) for membership sign-up the night of the event only.
"And I like large parties. They're so intimate." – Jordan Baker
* Delicious food, Prohibition era cocktails, 1920's music and Great Gatsby viewing in the garden.
* Gatsby models in 1920's finery with hair by Emily Rodriguez and Monica Kelly of Steven Ward Hair, Makeup by Amy Kennison and enchanted deco decor by Kickstand Events
* Jazz Age inspired shopping with aMuse, A Second Time Around, Front Street Optometric Care, Lumina Gem + more!
* Speakeasy: Members Only (code word will be provided) Burlesque show with nationally renowned Burlesque dancer Por Cel Ain. Sign up that night to enter!
* Portraits in the Garden with Artist Kat Christian and Photo Booth with Bella Rose Photography.
* Coveted charity raffle prizes to benefit Kids Making It, "The Bee's Knees" wardrobe contest and Roaring Twenties reverie.
THE MAGIC HOUR: Thursday, September 19th 7pm-10pm
WHERE: The City Club of Wilmington – 23 South 2nd Street
TICKETS: $50 in advance and include heavy hors d'eoeuvres and two complimentary drinks. Tickets on sale NOW at www.stylegirljessjames.com. $60 at the door.
DRESS CODE: 1920's, "old sport!"
"Can't repeat the past?…Why of course you can!" – Jay Gatsby
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Varisia's newest heroes have stumbled across a powerful relic from the ancient empire of Thassilon—yet the artifact has been sundered into seven fragments. The third of these fragments lies in the swampy Mushfens south of the city of Magnimar, hidden within an ancient, towering lighthouse known as the Lady's Light. With squabbling boggards, troglodytes, and other swamp monsters dwelling around the ruins, approaching the Light will require either stealth or bravado. But the threats posed by slimy and scaly humanoids pale in comparison to the exiled Gray Maidens who have claimed the interior of the Light as their new headquarters, or to the sinister curse that afflicts the powerful, ancient caretaker of the ruin.
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Playing With: Disappeared Dad
Basic Trope: A character's father is missing or absent, often without mention.
Dad, if you get this, come find me at Disappeared Dad. I miss you.
- Straight: Bob's father is absent from his life.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob doesn't even know his father.
- Many characters seem not to have fathers.
- Downplayed: Bob's father is around but emotionally distant, and/or always too busy to be a part of his life.
- Justified:
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You.
- He's dead.
- He lives far away.
- Bob's mother was never married; Bob was either adopted or an illegitimate child.
- Inverted: Bob is the one who is completely absent from his father's life for reasons out of either of their control.
- Gender Inverted: Bob's mother is absent.
- Subverted: It initially seems like Bob's dad is never about, but then we see him and his father having a good time together, and showing that they are quite close. Apparently the dad was just at work all this time or something.
- Double Subverted: Until the villains kill the dad.
- Parodied: All the family photos have Bob's father cut out from them.
- Zig Zagged: Perhaps because his work is seasonal, sometimes Bob's dad is at home and always there for him, and other times his dad is absent for long streches and completely out of touch with Bob.
- Averted: Bob's dad is always there for him, regardless of what happens.
- Enforced: One of the writers was born after his father died (or his parents were divorced), and he decides to apply this aspect of his life to a character.
- Lampshaded: "Mommy, what happened to Papa?"
- Invoked: Bob's dad purposefully walked out of his son's life, perhaps because he thought he would be a bad influence on Bob.
- Exploited: The villain tries to use Bob's father's absence to induce a breakdown in Bob.
- Defied: Bob's dad goes to great lengths to be a part of his son's life, regardless of what the world throws at him.
- Discussed: "Where is Bob's father? It's almost scary that we've never seen him."
- Conversed: "Why doesn't that kid have a father? Are we to believe he was adopted or what?"
- Implied:
- Despite him being a kid, Bob's dad is never brought up in any way, shape or form, leading the audience to believe that this was the case.
- Bob's family is mentioned but never seen. Bob constantly tells his friends how much he loves his mother and siblings, but does not mention his father even once.
- Plotted A Good Waste: At first, most characters' fathers are not shown because they are at work. The writers eventually decide to show most of them except Bob's father, because they feel that there should realistically be at least one single-parent family in the cast.
- Played For Laughs: Bob's father is a deadbeat who still lives nearby, but goes to great lengths to avoid his ex-wife and son.
- Played For Drama: In a Father's Day episode, most characters are shown bonding with their fathers, and everyone sympathizes with Bob, who feels left out because his father is dead.
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