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AC: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 12:22pm.
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The Jersey Shore circa 1900. "Atlantic City from lighthouse." View just to the left of the previous post. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. View full size.
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In the Water
Submitted by GeezerNYC on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:10pm.
They seemed to have placed the utility poles below the tide line. Is that the way it was done elsewhere?
[Funny -- they built the pier that way, too. - Dave]
Hotel Pierrepont
Submitted by pedrocooper on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 8:17pm.
The $50,000 lobby. From an old postcard.
Gloomy
Submitted by Excel08 on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 2:16pm.
This photo reminds me of the first lines of Don Henley's song "Boys of Summer":
Nobody on the road,
Nobody on the beach.
I feel it in the air,
Summer's out of reach.
It would be interesting if some of the same shots were taken from the lighthouse during a warm afternoon on a summer weekend.
Looks much better than today
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 12:57pm.
I went for the first time a couple years ago, I would have rather had a time machine and gone back to 1900. That place is like a sewer now, I wouldn't go back even if you paid for everything.
Pretty neat old buildings here, though. What do you think they offer at the Capitol Sample Room?
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