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Sand Castles: 1905
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 3:00pm.
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The Jersey Shore circa 1905. "Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel, Atlantic City." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Marlboro-Blenheim on film
Submitted by Dabro on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:04pm.
The Marlborough-Blenheim hotel is prominently featured in the 1972 film "The King of Marvin Gardens" with Jack Nicholson. It's a good way to see the entire boardwalk as it appeared in the early 1970s.
Shame
Submitted by switzarch on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 6:01pm.
The 'present' is nowhere near as grand. Bally's could be anywhere, one size fits all, the 'three chairs no waiting' school of design; just plop that puppy down and open the doors.
What replaced it
Submitted by Mark W Rummel on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 4:04pm.
That fabulous Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel was ultimately torn down in 1979 and replaced by this mundane-looking, seen-everywhere tower. And both photos might have been taken from the very same spot.
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