Atlantic City was the go-to destination in the mid 1950s for my family and the Million Dollar Pier was another must-go-to attraction. I saw Pat Boone in person. He was a little bland for my taste (Little Richard rocked the songs Boone covered much better) but Mom and Dad enjoyed him.

After Pat Boone we saw a first run of an all-time classic Western, "High Noon". Dad and I loved it and Mom and older sister thought Grace Kelly was nice.

I took a dive to the bottom of the ocean in a diving bell. This disappointed me for I had expectations of being in the middle of a giant aquarium with schools of fish dancing in front of me. All I saw were a few unknown fish swimming in muddy water.

There was a smaller scale fishing-net raising then shown on the pic but still neat. Being an avid fisherman I never understood why the just lowered the nets and let all those fish go.

Pier Day ended with trip to the end of the pier to see a very good comic vaudeville skit with expert divers doing zany acrobatic ocean diving somewhat akin to a Marx Brothers At Sea movie. After that came the famous diving horses. I was impressed by both the horses and the ladies riding the horses. (I was a teen with raging hormones.)

That was almost 70 years ago but it remains seared in my memory so that it seems I can taste the frozen custard and saltwater taffy I had that day.

What the heck is going on here? All those lines, and all those people? Looks chaotic!

Large crowd out in their Sunday best. To watch as some conspicuously empty nets are raised from the Atlantic. Better than watching grass grow, no doubt, but still ...

There's something missing here: context, to put it in the 21st-century way. This is an oddly interesting photograph in need of a 1910-ish caption that explains what the attraction was. My best guess is that it was a chance to get some ocean-breeze relief from the muggy heat of a cloudy-bright summer day.

[Did you not click on the link in the caption? "All manner of fish plucked from the deep spilled onto the deck, as the crowd leaned on the wooden railing and gawked." - Dave]