Rock Lodge Club is a naturist club located on 145 acres (59 ha) of privately owned land located in the Stockholm area of the Hardyston Township, New Jersey, which is situated on the New Jersey Highlands of North Jersey, about 40 miles (64 km) from Manhattan, New York. Rock Lodge Club and Sky Farm, also based in New Jersey, were founded in 1932 as the first permanent nudist communities in the United States. Both clubs are active today.
Rock Lodge pond swimming lake
This newspaper ad probably ran in the 1940s during World War II given its reference to saving gasoline and "rubber" tires, and touting Rock Lodge Club's proximity to New York City. In the ad, AGA stands for the American Gymnosophical Association, the group promoting social nudism at the time.
Stockholm is an unincorporated community located in the southeastern part of Hardyston Township in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its ZIP Code is 07460. Like many neighboring towns, Stockholm is home to a number of lakes including Deer Trail Lakes, Lake Stockholm, Lake Gerard, Beaver Lake, Lake Tamarack and Summit Lake.
Members of the Stockholm Fire Department graduating from Firefighter 1 and 2 courses at the Fire Academy. Pictured from left to right is Bob Cook, Timothy Kopf, Thomas Kopf, Travis Henderson, Brandon Kopf, Anthony Rosta, Conner Griesel, Joe Ionta Sr., Kevin Fryer, Tom Conroy, and Ryan Webb.