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12/08/2024

Vintage photo of the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge • Perth Amboy, NJ!

11/12/2024

High Point train station on Long Beach Island with both locomotives of the Manahawkin and Long Beach Transportation company. The Yellowjacket on the left number 1 0-4-4t and number 2 4-4-0 bought from the Pennsylvania railroad

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Hereford's Lighthouse Keeper Ferdinand Heizman on sled on a frozen solid Hereford Inlet • Circa 1920s!

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07/04/2024

Detroit Publishing Co, P. At Atlantic City. Atlantic City New Jersey United States, None. [Between 1901 and 1906] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016798926/. (colorized)

05/13/2024

Dune Drive in Avalon, initially named Second Ave., when it was first cut through. This view is the intersection of 22nd and Dune back in 1889.

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Fletcher Lake, Ocean Grove NJ circa 1880s!

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02/25/2024

Circa 1880s* • Long Branch NJ • Ocean Pier!

02/25/2024

Bathers in Atlantic City NJ circa 1890!



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02/25/2024

Boardwalk - Seaside Park, New Jersey - Early 1900s!



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02/25/2024

Sept 1948 • Atlantic City NJ

Miss New Jersey!

02/25/2024

Original causeway between Ocean City and Somers Point, New Jersey from 1914!

01/18/2024

Early building in Stone Harbor

12/23/2023

Hereford's Lighthouse Keeper Ferdinand Heizman on a sled on a frozen solid Hereford Inlet in the 1920s.
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10/16/2023

Today...... Years Ago
October 16, 1775
Brigantine Beach October 16, 1775 the English transport ship "Rebecca and Francis" under Captain George Hastings runs aground at Brigantine Beach.
Members of a Harbor guard third regiment of Gloucester county militia under Colonel Richard Summers captured the crew.

This was the first British ship destroyed in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War.

Brigantine was doing their part in the fight for independence.

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10 Years Ago - A Look Back at Sandy
10 Years Ago - A Look Back at Sandy

It's been 10 years since Superstorm Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore. This video takes a look back at that historic event.

A Day at the Beach
A Day at the Beach

The Jersey Shore - circa 1895-1915

In Memory of Mr. Bobby Rydell and Those Legendary Wildwood Days
In Memory of Mr. Bobby Rydell and Those Legendary Wildwood Days

In Memory of Mr. Bobby Rydell and Those Legendary Wildwood Days

Part 9 LBI [The Spectacular History of the New Jersey Shore]
Part 9 LBI [The Spectacular History of the New Jersey Shore]

Long Beach Island is an 18-mile long barrier island along the central coast of New Jersey. Originally called Long Beach by the early settlers, it gained the title from its sprawling coastline and long stretches of white sand beach. In the 1700s, whalers used the area for their whaling operations, and farmers grazed their cattle on Long Beach and nearby Tucker's Island, to the south. In the 1800s, local fishermen were building shanties on the island, making their living fishing, clamming, and raising oysters. They called themselves the Baymen. In the early 1800s, shipwrecks had become so frequent off the coast of Barnegat Inlet, that a lighthouse was built in 1834. Replaced with a new one in 1859, "Old Barney" still stands today, the 2nd tallest lighthouse in the United States. By 1850, visiting sportsmen were coming here to hunt and fish. Wealthy Philadelphians began building large beach houses in an area known as Beach Haven, along with elegant hotels like The Parry House and The Engleside. In 1886, a railroad trestle was built across the bay, carrying passengers to new destinations like, Peahala, Brant Beach, and Spray Beach. The tiny community of Ship Bottom became known as "The Gateway to Long Beach", when a bridge was built to the island in 1914. In 1944, a powerful hurricane devastated the island, lifting hundreds of vacation cottages off of their foundations and carrying them away. The newly built Garden State Parkway linked LBI to Manahawkin in 1954, and in 1956 a newly constructed causeway began bringing even more visitors and homebuyers. In 1962, another powerful storm tore through the island, causing it to split apart in several places. In 1985, the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge opened at the south end of the island. Offering a totally relaxed atmosphere, LBI continues to be one of the most laid-back family-friendly resorts on the Jersey Shore. Music Credits: The Monk by the Sea – House by the Sea Winter into Spring Dexter Britain

Asbury Park - 1970s
Asbury Park - 1970s

The First Resorts
The First Resorts

Dr. Pitney Brings the First Train to the Ocean
Dr. Pitney Brings the First Train to the Ocean

The Spectacular History of the New Jersey Shore - Official Trailer
The Spectacular History of the New Jersey Shore - Official Trailer

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Asbury Park's Convention Hall/Bruce Springsteen/The Monte Carlo Swimming Pool [1968-1985]
Asbury Park's Convention Hall/Bruce Springsteen/The Monte Carlo Swimming Pool [1968-1985]

Bruce Springsteen bursts onto Asbury Park's club scene, and launches a miraculous career. Convention Hall is hosting rock and pop concerts on the boardwalk. The Monte Carlo Swimming Pool is the largest salt-water pool in the world.

Wampum - Decorative Native American Shell Beads/Currency [?-1600s]
Wampum - Decorative Native American Shell Beads/Currency [?-1600s]

Seashells collected by Native American tribes from the Lenape Nation were made into shell beads. The beads were used to make decorative, ceremonial garments, then later a form of currency.

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